Re: adrenal function Frances

[Guest guest]

Frances,

Did you start the thyroid medication at the same time as the cortisone

acetate and did the doctor gradually increase? I agree with Dean, the

racing heart could be a hyper thyroid symptom - meaning the dose was

too high or increased too fast.

Usually the cortisol would be introduced first, then the thyroid at a

low dose and the thyroid increased gradually every 6 weeks or so.

I would split the cortisone acetate to 4 doses, ie 5 mg at 7 am, 10

am, 1 pm, and 4 pm. There is no need to take any after 4 pm.

Teitelbaum says to use the lowest dose that feels the best and not to

go above 20 mg.

You may find the book " From Fatigued to Fantastic " by Teitelbaum helpful.

J

>

> > My Dr. put me on cortisone acetate 10 mg. twice a day(10 MG at lunch

> > and 10 mg at dinner. i have been experiencing sypmtoms of too much

> > adreniline i.e. heart racing and palpitations and shortness of

> > breath,

> > dizziness and trembling,as well as tiredness 'wired but tired'

> > i see my dr next week and i'm not feeling any improvement on the

> > cortisol so far(about 1and 1/2 mo.s) Also I noticed that wired

> > feeling was worse at night, so i took the cortisol earlier in the day

> > (before 4p.m.) I am taking natural dessicated thyroid as my blood

> > work (tsh was high) but t3 and t4 conversion seems to be o.k. Any

> > thoughts would be appreciated as these symptoms are debilitating and

> > i have been putting off dmsa chelation until i get my hormones back

> > in check. Thanks so much Frances, in Toronto area.

> >

>

> Is it possible that the cortisol you are providing is making the

thyroid

> hormone more usable. You need cortisol to get your thyroid into you

cells?

> If that is the case you need to lower you desiccated thyroid a bit

and see

> how you are doing.

> Racing heart can be thyroid related and not always adrenaline.

>

> Also consider to lower the cortisone for a while. Did you start with

the

> slow build-up, or jump right in?

> Dean

>

[Guest guest]

When you see your doctor ask for testing of TSH, free T3, free T4 and

antithyroid antibodies (there are 3 antibody tests). What I do is

skip my morning thyroid medication, go for the blood test, and then

take the medication. I'm not sure that this is the 'right' way to do

it but at least I am consistent each time.

It is the T4 that could lead to the racing heart, wired and tired feeling.

J

>

> Hello all,

>

> Below are results from my 4 pt. cortisol saliva test:

>

> HORMONE STATUS RESULT RANGE UNITS RANGE APPLIED

>

> cort AM within rnge. 5.5 2.0-11 ng/ml within 1 hr awakng

>

> " noon below rnge. 0.7 1.0-7.0 " noon cortisol

>

> cort PM below rnge. 0.4 0.5-3.5 " approx 4.p.m.

>

> cort HS low end rnge 0.2 0.2-1.3 " bedtime sample

>

>

> My Dr. put me on cortisone acetate 10 mg. twice a day(10 MG at lunch

> and 10 mg at dinner. i have been experiencing sypmtoms of too much

> adreniline i.e. heart racing and palpitations and shortness of

> breath,

> dizziness and trembling,as well as tiredness 'wired but tired'

> i see my dr next week and i'm not feeling any improvement on the

> cortisol so far(about 1and 1/2 mo.s) Also I noticed that wired

> feeling was worse at night, so i took the cortisol earlier in the day

> (before 4p.m.) I am taking natural dessicated thyroid as my blood

> work (tsh was high) but t3 and t4 conversion seems to be o.k. Any

> thoughts would be appreciated as these symptoms are debilitating and

> i have been putting off dmsa chelation until i get my hormones back

> in check. Thanks so much Frances, in Toronto area.

>

[Guest guest]

hi

i am on cortef 10 mg a day divided at lunch and dinner and no thyroid

meds and i get a racing heart after taking the cortef. without it though

i have no energy.

monique

[Guest guest]

:

" i am on cortef 10 mg a day divided at lunch and dinner and no thyroid

meds and i get a racing heart after taking the cortef. without it though

i have no energy. "

Maybe divided at breakfast and lunch, when you need more cortisol, would help.

-Olif