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There were a few things I wanted to reply to you on. Please bear with me if

I repeat anything anyone else has said. :-) First you need to be off of any

HC or adrenal supplements for at least 2 weeks before doing the salvia test

or the results will be skewed. This is important. If you are in one of the

later stages of adrenal fatigue, you will probably need to take HC to help

get better. Adrenal support by itself will sometimes help in the early

stages, but not usually the later stages.

Hypoglycemia can be associated with low cortisol too. That may be where that

symptom comes from. I don't remember anything about Armour supressing

adrenal function. This is how I understand it. Your body must have cortisol

to get the T3 into your cells. If you are adrenal fatigued the thyroid

hormone can't get into the cells properly and sits in the blood stream

looking pretty. Having poor thyroid function can stress the adrenals and

contribute to fatigue though. From what I understand, you get problems

(thyroid dumps) when you are on thyroid replacement and start taking HC if

you ramp up too quickly or vice versa. When you start taking the HC your

body can all of a sudden actually use all that T3 sitting in your blood, so

it does, all at once. You then get a rush or hyper feeling. This is why

people go slowly increasing everything and one reason why many take their

Armour in 3-4 small doses throughout the day. If you have your results or

can post them, Val is a whiz at giving advice and giving you a direction to

go in if not outright predicting what they will find with other tests. :-)

Also, keep in mind that too much excercise can put extra stress on your

adrenal glands. If your body can't produce much cortisol, you are probably

running off of adrenaline. Which is not really good for a long term thing.

I hope this helps some. :-)

Cherie

> In Jan 07, I found a great FNP in Wilmington, NC-- ,

> who knows more than the endocrinologist, whom I no longer see. Within

> 10 minutes, she told me that yes, I was probably hypo thyroid, but I

> was in severe adrenal exhaustion. We did saliva testing first and

> kept the Armour low... 5mg a day plus Dr. s Adrenal rebuilder

> and stress formula. I " m still on the rebuilder and a year later, up

> to 90mg Armour a day. I'm starting to get a feel for what

> stressors do to my uptake, as there are days I feel like I've

> forgotten to take my meds....but I'm also beginning to see a pattern,

> and even though I haven't had a period in 8 years, they rhythm of

> my 'down' times does seem hormonal.

>

>

> Next week I go back for a full physical and fasting labs, plus a

> repeat of the saliva testing. Doc mentioned blood sugar testing.

> After reading your list, I see a relationship between stress, blood

> sugar, potassium, thyroid, hormones and adrenals....

>

> I " m not sure I'm a true hypoglycemic, but that I 'get there' when the

> imbalance between my Adrenals, thyroid, hormones, etc is at a certain

> place... at least that's my take.

>

> The saliva tests a year ago showed that I start the day with low

> adrenals, so we scheduled the Armour for later in the day as it

> supresses adrenal function...

>

> Is it possible to expect that I'll regain my 'normal' energy and be

> able to walk daily, do yoga, pilates, regain my strength, leanness,

> endurance, and get back to around 120 lbs? I gave up starvation

> diets for normal nutrition....and not willing to go back.

>

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