Guest guest Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Hello to all, today my head is truly a disaster. Fog fog fog…. I am thinking to assume the hydrocortisone without medical support also because here it is impossible. My blood tests (cortisol, ACTH, TSH, FT3, FT4) are normal (ruotine tests). I know, do not have a lot meant in our case…. but for the endocrinologist yes. Antithyroglobulin relatively high and the insulin is to the maximum limit of the range. Chronic thyroiditis result not to treat for now. I ask to you, I can try the hydrocortisone for my adrenal without medical support? It can help also for brain fog and dizziness? Thanks for the eventual answers, Vinc --------------------------------- --------------------------------- L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la nuova Yahoo! Mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 > > Hello to all, today my head is truly a disaster. Fog fog fog…. > I am thinking to assume the hydrocortisone without medical support also because here it is impossible. My blood tests (cortisol, ACTH, TSH, FT3, FT4) are normal (ruotine tests). I know, do not have a lot meant in our case…. but for the endocrinologist yes. TK--- post results for help Antithyroglobulin relatively high and the insulin is to the maximum limit of the range. Chronic thyroiditis result not to treat for now. > I ask to you, I can try the hydrocortisone for my adrenal without medical support? TK--- I would suggest a salivary adrenal test on your own or a 24 hr urine as blood tests for this are not as informative for us. You can try low dose Hc on your own but I would also look into the insulin problem - what are you doing for it ? Normal test results don't mean much - you need to look at the numbers yourself to make sure where you are as the doctors only check to make sure you are within range which is not adequate. > It can help also for brain fog and dizziness? TK-- yes but this may also be an insulin problem - you should look into both > > Thanks for the eventual answers, > > Vinc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 My results: Glucose 97 mg/dL normal range 74-106 Sodium 141 mEq/L " 135-146 Potassium 4,6 mEq/L " 3,6-5,0 Calcium 10,1 mg/dL " 8,8-10,6 Cortisol 8h 13,1 ng/dL " 5,0-25,0 ACTH 20,2 pg/ml " 9-52 Insulin microU/ml " 1,5-20 TSH 2,44 " 0,46-4,6 Antithyroglobulin 173 < 100 normal ; 100 - 200 doubt ; > 200 positive Anti-thyroid peroxidase 10 < 70 normal ; 70 - 130 doubt ; > 130 positive Ultrasound >> oriented to autoimmune thyroiditis My hardest moments during the day are between the 10 AM and the lunch and the 3 PM and the 6 PM (brain fog, dizziness when go up, weakness, blurred vision). Often I fill better during and after the meal and always I fill much better after dinner. What do you think? Thk Vinc TK tk200192071@...> ha scritto: > > Hello to all, today my head is truly a disaster. Fog fog fog…. > I am thinking to assume the hydrocortisone without medical support also because here it is impossible. My blood tests (cortisol, ACTH, TSH, FT3, FT4) are normal (ruotine tests). I know, do not have a lot meant in our case…. but for the endocrinologist yes. TK--- post results for help Antithyroglobulin relatively high and the insulin is to the maximum limit of the range. Chronic thyroiditis result not to treat for now. > I ask to you, I can try the hydrocortisone for my adrenal without medical support? TK--- I would suggest a salivary adrenal test on your own or a 24 hr urine as blood tests for this are not as informative for us. You can try low dose Hc on your own but I would also look into the insulin problem - what are you doing for it ? Normal test results don't mean much - you need to look at the numbers yourself to make sure where you are as the doctors only check to make sure you are within range which is not adequate. > It can help also for brain fog and dizziness? TK-- yes but this may also be an insulin problem - you should look into both > > Thanks for the eventual answers, > > Vinc > > --------------------------------- --------------------------------- L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la nuova Yahoo! Mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 >Vinc wrote: I ask to you, I can try the hydrocortisone for my adrenal without medical support? >>TK wrote: I would suggest a salivary adrenal test on your own or a 24 hr urine as blood tests for this are not as informative for us. You can try low dose Hc on your own but I would also look into the insulin problem - what are you doing for it ? Normal test results don't mean much - you need to look at the numbers yourself to make sure where you are as the doctors only check to make sure you are within range which is not adequate. TK, since I have such severe neurotoxicity, I have trouble deciphering all the info on here and elsewhere and trying to make sense of it all; I also forget a LOT. My attention is ALways drawn to ANYthing that could possibly help relieve some measure of brain fog (it's been 30 years of my 50 that I've suffered with it and it's worse now than ever). I would like to look into hydrocortisone if it might help. When you mention the salivary test, is that a kit you can order? Should I be going through my doctor? Thanks! : Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 > > > > Hello to all, today my head is truly a disaster. Fog fog fog…. > > I am thinking to assume the hydrocortisone without medical support > also because here it is impossible. My blood tests (cortisol, ACTH, > TSH, FT3, FT4) are normal (ruotine tests). I know, do not have a lot > meant in our case…. but for the endocrinologist yes. > > TK--- post results for help > > Antithyroglobulin relatively high and the insulin is to the maximum > limit of the range. Chronic thyroiditis result not to treat for now. > > > I ask to you, I can try the hydrocortisone for my adrenal without > medical support? > > TK--- I would suggest a salivary adrenal test on your own or a 24 hr > urine as blood tests for this are not as informative for us. You can > try low dose Hc on your own but I would also look into the insulin > problem - what are you doing for it ? > Normal test results don't mean much - you need to look at the > numbers yourself to make sure where you are as the doctors only check > to make sure you are within range which is not adequate. > > > It can help also for brain fog and dizziness? > > TK-- yes but this may also be an insulin problem - you should look > into both > > > > > Thanks for the eventual answers, > > > > Vinc > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 My head!! Insulin 20 microU/ml " 1,5-20 I know here there is alka seltzer but not gold. Do you know wich is the difference? Thanks Vinc lindajaytee@...> ha scritto: > > My results: > > Glucose 97 mg/dL normal range 74-106 > Sodium 141 mEq/L " 135-146 > Potassium 4,6 mEq/L " 3,6-5,0 > Calcium 10,1 mg/dL " 8,8-10,6 The body aims to keep the Na, K, and Ca in a fairly tight range. The above numbers don't tell you whether or not you need to supplement them. > Cortisol 8h 13,1 ng/dL " 5,0-25,0 > ACTH 20,2 pg/ml " 9-52 Cortisol and ACTH fluctuate from min. to min. The above don't tell you how well your body is responding to stress. Measuring cortisol and ACTH in blood before and after stress (exersize) would give you a better idea. A 4x per day saliva cortisol test may be useful. It would be good to do this test before you add adrenal support. > Insulin microU/ml " 1,5-20 You missed the actual reading on the insulin, looks like you just gave the normal range. > TSH 2,44 " 0,46-4,6 > Antithyroglobulin 173 < 100 normal ; 100 - 200 doubt ; > 200 positive I'm surprised that you doctor isn't willing to do anything after seeing this test result. Did he give a diagnosis? It would be good to test free T3 (should be in the top 1/4 of the normal range) and free T4 (should be in the top 1/2 to 1/3 of the normal range). If you are suffering from adrenal insufficiencey, it is best to treat adrenals first before the thyroid. > Anti-thyroid peroxidase 10 < 70 normal ; 70 - 130 doubt ; > 130 positive > > Ultrasound >> oriented to autoimmune thyroiditis > > My hardest moments during the day are between the 10 AM and the lunch and the 3 PM and the 6 PM (brain fog, dizziness when go up, weakness, blurred vision). Often I fill better during and after the meal and always I fill much better after dinner. > What do you think? Try eating small frequent meals and snacks with protein at every meal and snack. Avoid sugar and starchy foods. Eat plenty of vegetables with lemon juice and olive oil based dips or dressings. Avoid deep fried foods, processed foods, processed oils and margarines. Fats from fresh things, like avocado, nuts and seeds are ok. The goal is to maintain fairly steady blood sugar levels. Look for supplements to support adrenals - lots of vitamin C and B vitamins. Adrenal cortex extract and possibly licorise. Search recent messages for discussions of other herbs that help the adrenals. See if you can buy alka seltzer gold (or ask pharmacist for something similar) where you are at and try it to cut the brain fog. J > Thk > Vinc > --------------------------------- --------------------------------- L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la nuova Yahoo! Mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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