Re: Scheduling: Hmm, where to put the next bit?

[Guest guest]

>

> Your tempos are dropping as you are on a high dose of cortisoll and no

> thyroid support. That causes the thyroid your body does have to be used

> up vey quickly. BTW whenoyu send me temps oyu just need ot send the

> daily averages, not the whole days temps. How long hav yo been on this

> dosing regimen? What did your labs look like ot begin with?

>

Sorry. I would have posted a graph for those daily ones, as they

looked sooo much nicer before period hit, when the individual temps

started really spreading out (which didn't really show in the

averages). And, yeah, I figure the slow decline is because of no

thyroid support, as after a couple weeks free of most of the hypo

symptoms (which I'm sure the iron did contribute to, as at first I was

going hyperish right after taking the iron), they're very much back.

And right now I'm panicking/worrying about trying to get a doctor

just for the thyroid. I even think about it and I start crying and

suddenly it's an hour later--and it's always right in that 2-3 hour

mark, when the HC's wearing off. Like now...gah. No more editing of

this (so if I leave something out, sorry, my brain's addled).

I've been at 32.5 mg HC (at that 10, 7.5, 7.5, 5, 2.5 every 3 hours

w/o a bedtime dose) for about 4 weeks, minus the times I've stressed

dosed (to 45 mg). I had planned to go to 35 mg, but wasn't sure where

to put the extra...and I also didn't want to mess with the dosing

right before period, so I'd have some idea of what I'll need to do

next time.

This is mostly memory, but I think everything is right:

Thyroid labs were....ugly, especially FT3:

TSH 51 (26-86)

FT4 0.19 (0.17 - 0.42)

FT3 0.20 (0.28 - 1.10)

I panicked for the adrenal test (ALL DAY), and actually woke up that

day just fine (first time for months at the time--haven't since), and

felt better later in the day than usual, so I'm assuming it was all

skewed high, so that's not too useful other than to see that my

adrenals can't make cortisol all day, even when told to make gads of it:

morn 39 (13-24)

noon 6 (5-10)

evng 4 (3-8)

midn 3 (1-4)

Licorice root didn't help. I got a higher initial temp spike from the

first 2.5 mg HC than the licorice, too, so the 'real' values are

probably much worse.

My sodium was 133 (135-148), and sea salt doesn't seem to do a thing.

Anything else important?

Oh, need to supplement both iron and B12, the first of which is at

least partially responsible for the increase in temps, and the second

caused adrenal symptoms at first (pain/temp drop/shakiness within

minutes), but I've been trying to ease it in since the hypo sympotoms

have been returning, which hasn't been as bad.

[Guest guest]

I am willing to bet if you add Florinef to this mix and lower HC you wil

feel alot better. Is your BP in the dirt as well? That sodium is VERY

low and I am surprised oyu are functional at all wiht that. Muscle

spasms? ALL would be low sodum. Florinef may help your fele better

supported when it si this low with the cortisol as well.

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