, here are her thyroid and cortisol labs ehelm63 RE: test result on sex hormons and cortisol level

January 25, 2008

So I think what she is looking for is how much HC and in what breakdown and

what to do about her Armour dosage. You are better at advising that than me.

I have included her thyroid and cortisol labs. She is already on DHEA so I

didn't include those:

This result I have just received.

TSH 0.01 range (0.4-4.0)was 1.33 in 07/16/07

Free T4 1.27 range (0.70-1.48) was 0.86

T3 3.06 (58-159) was 78

cortisol morning 12.4(5.1 - 40.2)within range, lower end

cortisol noon 2.3 (2.1 -15.7 ) borderline low

cortisol evening 0.9 (1.8 - 12.1) low

cortisol night 0.3 (0.9 - 9.2) low

" I was on Nature-thyroid since end of november, started with 1/2 grain

till 2 grains, on 2 grains now for a long time.Also bc my progesteron

is low i am taking 1 tab progesteron at night right now till my

period will come. When my adrenl saliva test came in it showed very

low cortisol level especially at night. So my ND gave me HC 5mg Er

caps, and said take 5 mg in the morning, 5mg at noon , and 5mg at

4pm.

So, bc i just receive this TSH result i have got scared about how T3

is low and TSH is low(mean my thyroid wnt hyper?)too. What is going

on? what my ND doing wrong. He said do not take anymore 2 grains of

thyroid, take only one evry other day, and don't take HC right now.He

explained me that thyroid started to work and thats why it is now

hyper, but he coudnot gave answer with T3 low level. "

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OH SORRY I didn;t see that she had been taking 15mg. MOre than likely it

wasnt;l enough to begin with and just stopping OUCH NO! Thsi doc is

dangerous that would tell you to simply stop taking it. Definitely would

not!

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January 25, 2008

Looking at this cortiso result, you wil need at least 20MG HC daily probably a

little more than that. As for thyroid we need to determnine if these ranges ofr

the Free T3 are correct. They do nto look right to me. IF they are correct she

may have a thyroid dump in her future as she raises HC. Thus lowering it a bit

may be helpful until she finds her correct dose of HC.. SO I would say go back

to the 5mg three times a day and from there in a couple days go to 7.5 - 5 - 5

thne add in another 2.5 MG dose four hours after the last 5mg. to be 7.5 - 5 - 5

- 2.5 and watch your temps to be certain they are not rising sharply. If htey do

nto then you are fine to stay at that Armoru (Naturthroid) sdosing for now but

wil have to find a source for more HC to build your cortios up higher.