Re: Florinef ~do I need more???

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I am taking 1/2 tsp in the am and pm and heavily salting my food all

day long. What do you think about the flashlight test...shouldn't it

be better now after being on the Florinef for 8 months?

KIm

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> Are you taking enough salt with it? You could try increasing salt

first

> but if the symptoms persist I would increase by 1/4 tab.

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Val, I went over to STTM and started reading through the long

Florinef thread Bob started again...came across this:

" As mentioned in the " Anatomy " section, aldosterone is manufactured

in the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex. Like coritsol,

aldosterone follows a diurnal pattern of secretion with its major

peak at around 8:00 AM and major low between midnight and 4:00 AM.

Also like coritsol, its production and secretion increases and

decreases in response to stimulation of the adrenal cortex by ACTH.

This means that aldosterone levels generally rise in stressful

situations. However, aldosterone is not part of the negative feedback

loop controlling its release. Instead, it depends on the negative

feedback loop in which coritsol levels trigger ACTH activity. This

means that coritsol determines the amount of ACTH which controls

production of both coritsol and aldosterone with aldosterone having

no say in the matter.

The only thing the cells that produce aldosterone can do to regulate

production is to alter their sensitivity to ACTH. Therefore, after

about 24 hours, the adrenal cells of the zona glomerulosa become less

sensitive to the demands of ACTH and stop manufacturing more

aldosterone. The amount of circulating aldosterone then begins to

decrease, even though the ACTH levels are high and the need for

increased amounts of aldosterone may continue. This decreased

production continues until the cells of the zona glomerulosa recover

their sensitivity to ACTH, but in the meantime the decreased

aldosterone leads to many of the symptoms of adrenal fatigue.

Aldosterone is the most important mineralocorticoid, but

corticosterone and desoxycorticosterone are also included in this

category. The effects of aldosterone depletion can be observed in a

large number of hypoadrenic persons. Aldosterone depletion may create

one or more different symptoms which are specifically related to the

diminished mineralocorticoid levels. "

From this info, do you think it would help or hurt to try taking an

extra dose at bedtime? In the middle of the night is when I have

most of the problems (peeing like crazy, extremely dehydrated).

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> Yes it should be better if you are getting enough.

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

>

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

>

[Guest guest]

Val, I went over to STTM and started reading through the long

Florinef thread Bob started again...came across this:

" As mentioned in the " Anatomy " section, aldosterone is manufactured

in the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex. Like coritsol,

aldosterone follows a diurnal pattern of secretion with its major

peak at around 8:00 AM and major low between midnight and 4:00 AM.

Also like coritsol, its production and secretion increases and

decreases in response to stimulation of the adrenal cortex by ACTH.

This means that aldosterone levels generally rise in stressful

situations. However, aldosterone is not part of the negative feedback

loop controlling its release. Instead, it depends on the negative

feedback loop in which coritsol levels trigger ACTH activity. This

means that coritsol determines the amount of ACTH which controls

production of both coritsol and aldosterone with aldosterone having

no say in the matter.

The only thing the cells that produce aldosterone can do to regulate

production is to alter their sensitivity to ACTH. Therefore, after

about 24 hours, the adrenal cells of the zona glomerulosa become less

sensitive to the demands of ACTH and stop manufacturing more

aldosterone. The amount of circulating aldosterone then begins to

decrease, even though the ACTH levels are high and the need for

increased amounts of aldosterone may continue. This decreased

production continues until the cells of the zona glomerulosa recover

their sensitivity to ACTH, but in the meantime the decreased

aldosterone leads to many of the symptoms of adrenal fatigue.

Aldosterone is the most important mineralocorticoid, but

corticosterone and desoxycorticosterone are also included in this

category. The effects of aldosterone depletion can be observed in a

large number of hypoadrenic persons. Aldosterone depletion may create

one or more different symptoms which are specifically related to the

diminished mineralocorticoid levels. "

From this info, do you think it would help or hurt to try taking an

extra dose at bedtime? In the middle of the night is when I have

most of the problems (peeing like crazy, extremely dehydrated).

>

> Yes it should be better if you are getting enough.

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

>

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

>

[Guest guest]

Val, I went over to STTM and started reading through the long

Florinef thread Bob started again...came across this:

" As mentioned in the " Anatomy " section, aldosterone is manufactured

in the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex. Like coritsol,

aldosterone follows a diurnal pattern of secretion with its major

peak at around 8:00 AM and major low between midnight and 4:00 AM.

Also like coritsol, its production and secretion increases and

decreases in response to stimulation of the adrenal cortex by ACTH.

This means that aldosterone levels generally rise in stressful

situations. However, aldosterone is not part of the negative feedback

loop controlling its release. Instead, it depends on the negative

feedback loop in which coritsol levels trigger ACTH activity. This

means that coritsol determines the amount of ACTH which controls

production of both coritsol and aldosterone with aldosterone having

no say in the matter.

The only thing the cells that produce aldosterone can do to regulate

production is to alter their sensitivity to ACTH. Therefore, after

about 24 hours, the adrenal cells of the zona glomerulosa become less

sensitive to the demands of ACTH and stop manufacturing more

aldosterone. The amount of circulating aldosterone then begins to

decrease, even though the ACTH levels are high and the need for

increased amounts of aldosterone may continue. This decreased

production continues until the cells of the zona glomerulosa recover

their sensitivity to ACTH, but in the meantime the decreased

aldosterone leads to many of the symptoms of adrenal fatigue.

Aldosterone is the most important mineralocorticoid, but

corticosterone and desoxycorticosterone are also included in this

category. The effects of aldosterone depletion can be observed in a

large number of hypoadrenic persons. Aldosterone depletion may create

one or more different symptoms which are specifically related to the

diminished mineralocorticoid levels. "

From this info, do you think it would help or hurt to try taking an

extra dose at bedtime? In the middle of the night is when I have

most of the problems (peeing like crazy, extremely dehydrated).

>

> Yes it should be better if you are getting enough.

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

>

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

>