Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 If you r adrenals are weak I never recommend more than a 1/4 grain increase but you can do those every week. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Hmm. Why increase the Armour? If the Cytomel addition helped so much, maybe you need a combo of Armour and Cytomel? I guess I am not really understanding the question of why you want to increase to begin with since it sounded like the only reason you felt bad was taking your dose late. Unless you mean because you are feeling more hypo lately? I personally would wait for the labs, but since I am not on T3 or Armour, or Cherie could probably advise you better on ramping up. How much are you on now (Armour)? I think 1/2 a grain every 2 weeks is what I hear everyone saying as long as your adrenals can handle it. Cheri -----Original Message----- I wemt for my blood work yesterday and I was already feeling a little hypo lately. I waited to take my armour until after the blood test...around 11am. I felt so horrible by the time I was out of there! I took my dose subliguially to get it right into my system and then added a Cytomel (5mg) at 3pm. I started feeling better around 4pm. (I don't normally take Cytomel...I had it from when I was on Synthroid.) Today, I woke up at 6am and finally fell back asleep for an hour at 7am. I feel great now and think I got plenty of rest. I am wondering if I should just go ahead and increase my armour today and not wait for the blood work? Obviously, I am very dependent on the T3. Val, Cherie, Cheri..what would you do? How much would you increase at this time if 5mg of Cytomel hit the spot? Debbis . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Hi Cheri, Yes, I do mean LATELY as in my December labs showed both my T3 and T4 low in the normal range but my doctor wanted me to wait to increase my dose. I prefer to take just the armour if possible. I have the Cytomel from taking Synthroid with it in the past and suppose I could continue, but I prefer taking just one medication if I can. I am currently taking 2.25g of Armour and 8 IsoCort pellets (20mg of adrenal cortex) daily. I took another Cytomel (5mg) at noon today and am feeling sooo much better! I will see how I do tomorrow but possibly I will just continue with for a few more days and then up my armour. It seems apprarent I do not have enough T3 in reserves for my body which is why I went downhill so fast yesteday! Debbie > > Hmm. Why increase the Armour? If the Cytomel addition helped so much, maybe > you need a combo of Armour and Cytomel? I guess I am not really > understanding the question of why you want to increase to begin with since > it sounded like the only reason you felt bad was taking your dose late. > Unless you mean because you are feeling more hypo lately? I personally would > wait for the labs, but since I am not on T3 or Armour, or Cherie > could probably advise you better on ramping up. > > How much are you on now (Armour)? I think 1/2 a grain every 2 weeks is what > I hear everyone saying as long as your adrenals can handle it. > Cheri > -----Original Message----- > > > I wemt for my blood work yesterday and I was already feeling a little > hypo lately. I waited to take my armour until after the blood > test...around 11am. I felt so horrible by the time I was out of there! > I took my dose subliguially to get it right into my system and then > added a Cytomel (5mg) at 3pm. I started feeling better around 4pm. (I > don't normally take Cytomel...I had it from when I was on Synthroid.) > > Today, I woke up at 6am and finally fell back asleep for an hour at > 7am. I feel great now and think I got plenty of rest. I am wondering > if I should just go ahead and increase my armour today and not wait for > the blood work? Obviously, I am very dependent on the T3. > > Val, Cherie, Cheri..what would you do? How much would you increase at > this time if 5mg of Cytomel hit the spot? > > Debbis > > . > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 If your adrenals are stable, then you can try 1/2 or 1/4 grain and then again in 2 weeks if you still feel hypo. Make sure to watch for low cortisol symptoms as you ramp up though. Cheri -----Original Message----- Hi Cheri, Yes, I do mean LATELY as in my December labs showed both my T3 and T4 low in the normal range but my doctor wanted me to wait to increase my dose. I prefer to take just the armour if possible. I have the Cytomel from taking Synthroid with it in the past and suppose I could continue, but I prefer taking just one medication if I can. I am currently taking 2.25g of Armour and 8 IsoCort pellets (20mg of adrenal cortex) daily. I took another Cytomel (5mg) at noon today and am feeling sooo much better! I will see how I do tomorrow but possibly I will just continue with for a few more days and then up my armour. It seems apprarent I do not have enough T3 in reserves for my body which is why I went downhill so fast yesteday! Debbie . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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