Re: Val, I'm scared now! - was Cortisol Test Results--Q, Why ACTH te

[Guest guest]

I am in the same situation, all of my sex hormones are flat-lined and I have

tried supplementing

with bio-identical hormone creams that my dr. has had custom blended for me and

they all

give me migraines, accept for progesterone it is the only hormone cream I have

been able to

tolerate, but I am not currently using it.

I am on 30 mg of HC, have been on it for 6 mo. now and my vision has been very

blurry for the last 2 months, it was somewhat blurry before that but has gotten

worse.

I was told that the blurry vision was a thyroid symptom and would get better

when I could

get optimized on the thyroid. I cannot tolerate Armour and have only been able

to tolerate

NaturThroid in small doses for short times. My iron is very low, but has been

going up since

I have been diligent with my iron supplements.

I have been feeling very dizzy and just weird, like I am not in my body, I have

no clue why.

I bumped up my HC to 30 mg from 25, but maybe that was wrong?

I am really frustrated because the HC has helped me in many ways, but now I am

feeling worse.

I will be having aldosterone and renin checked later this week, also serum am

acth test, LH and FSH.

So, if they show it is pituitary, what am I going to do since I cannot tolerate

taking any hormones??

Also, if the HC has now messed with my blood sugar............yikes, there are

never any easy answers

are there?! I wish I could wean off it, but know it is going to be hard.

How do you optimize things when taking one thing imbalances another??

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[Guest guest]

If you raise the FERRITIN and get cortisl righ tyou should be able to

tolerate thyroid MUCH better. Those two things are critical to your body

being abnle to utilize the thyroid hormones properly.

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Yes, I am working on that, but if I cannot take hormones to get my sex hormones

up to where they need to be, I am probably never going to be able to optimize.

I am feeling frustrated with that, as taking the HC has caused all of my sex

hormones

to go even lower causing me to have terrible joint pain.

[Guest guest]

I have never read ANYWHERE that taking HC lowers sex hormones, with the

;possible exception of estrogen as HIGH estrogen is caused by low

cortisl but by bringing cortisl to NORMAL should NORMALIZE estrogen not

take ti too low. If it goes TOO low then it would have nbeen too low

wiht your own body's normal cortils if it could produice it.

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[Guest guest]

Not Val, but I have a question: How high is your blood sugar? I had blurry

vision until just a few months before I was diagnosed with diabetes.

The reason you cannot tolerate Armour could be your low ferritin.

in OH

>>>I am on 30 mg of HC, have been on it for 6 mo. now and my vision has been

very blurry for the last 2 months, it was somewhat blurry before that but has

gotten worse.

I was told that the blurry vision was a thyroid symptom and would get better

when I could get optimized on the thyroid.

[Guest guest]

just got a glucose meter (Thanks Val for informing us on that!) and will start

to make readings. is there any paper or link on when to take the readings?

ps also have blurrly vision problem for the last 6 years. it gets worse when my

adrenals get worse.

thanks a lot.

nil

Re: Re: Val, I'm scared now! - was Cortisol Test

Results--Q, Why ACTH te

Not Val, but I have a question: How high is your blood sugar? I had blurry

vision until just a few months before I was diagnosed with diabetes.

The reason you cannot tolerate Armour could be your low ferritin.

[Guest guest]

You want to checkit first thingin the morning before oyu et or drink

anything. Thenagainin abotu 1-2 hours again do not eat anything. Thsi

wil give oyu a good idea of fasting and Dawn Rise. Then you can have

breakfast and check 2 hours after eating which is called post prandial.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Val

Do you mean i have to stay hungry for 1 to two hours in the morning. That is

really difficult for me. i would have an hypoglycemia attack..should i not even

drink water? smoking?

bw

nil

Re: Re: Val, I'm scared now! - was Cortisol Test

Results--Q, Why ACTH te

You want to checkit first thingin the morning before oyu et or drink

anything. Thenagainin abotu 1-2 hours again do not eat anything. Thsi

wil give oyu a good idea of fasting and Dawn Rise. Then you can have

breakfast and check 2 hours after eating which is called post prandial.

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[Guest guest]

You can smoke or drink water, and it is not every AM you will have to do

this, just to get a baseline.

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[Guest guest]

thanks Val..

bw

nil

Re: Re: Val, I'm scared now! - was Cortisol Test

Results--Q, Why ACTH te

You can smoke or drink water, and it is not every AM you will have to do

this, just to get a baseline.

[Guest guest]

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I have never read it anywhere either, but that has been my experience

unfortunately, for

whatever reason.

I had my sex hormones re-tested after having been on the HC for 3 months and

they

were all lower, especially my DHEA and testosterone, which were already

extremely low,

and are now bottomed out. My estrogen was still >1, it didn't go up at all.

If I try to supplement the hormones, I feel worse, so I am in a Catch-22, as I

need them,

but have not found any way to supplement them, which is very discouraging. My

mom

is 74 and has shrunk at least 3-4 inches in the last few years, so I am sure the

same thing

will happen to me. She has never supplemented with hormones for the same reason,

they

make her sick. So, not sure what to do, kind of frustrating.

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I just got a blood sugar meter yesterday and tested this morning for the first

time, it was 98.

The pamphlet said that was in normal range, but it didn't say if that is normal

for fasting, so any input

would be appreciated.

I took it this morning after I showered and before I used my cortisone cream. I

had not ate since the night

before.

When is the best time to test it and what is a good range??

The pamphlet that came with it said blurry vision could be from high or low

blood sugar.

I have been hypoglycemic for years, I have to eat every few hours to keep my

blood sugar stable.

So, it could be from low blood sugar, but it has been worrying me that it has

gotten so much worse

in just the last few months. I have been feeling very tired and worn out and I

had been feeling pretty

good for a while, so I am having some sort of a set back.

I just had my iron re-checked, so I'll see where that is in a few days.

Thanks for your input!

[Guest guest]

98 i son the upper end of normal but well within normal ranges. It is

NOT high enough ot cause vision problems but if it is fluctuating wildly

it stil canevne when it is normal. I would check as you did today

several days a week.

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