Stop Armour/Switch to T4 to allow adrenals to get stronger

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I have become hypersensitive to everything because of adrenals. No matter how

small a

dose of Armour, adrenal support, HC , vitamins, etc, I get heart palps and feel

adrenal

push and wake at 3am. I have been on Armour 1 1/4 grain a day for 4 1/2 weeks

(Synthroid prior to that since 2000) I was taking it one 15 mg tablet every 3

hours. I felt

the heart palps/shortness of breath at first but they subsided some as time went

on. But i

never felt good on it...wired/tired feeling. Last week my symptoms increased

and I took

the 1 1/4 grains, but divided it into even smaller amounts and took it every

hour. I felt

better after 2 days. Tues/Wed this week I got very sick with the flu. Temps

were 98.9 but

normally between 96.2 and 97. I could only take approx 3/4 grain to 1 grain of

Armour

for those two days because I was so ill. During those two days I slept through

the night

with no waking at 3 am. (soundly from 8:30 pm to 6:00 am in the morning).

Since then I

cannot get back to the full 1 1/4 grain amount. I am having bad heart palps,

shortness of

breath, extremely irritability. I am waking in the morning feeling like lead.

Then almost

immediately I feel extremely hot and my heart is pounding and then I wake up. I

had an

opportunity to talk with Dr. Rind briefly and his suggestion was to not be on T3

at this

time because it pushes the adrenals more than I can handle.

What are your thoughts? Even taking 1/4 of a 1/4 grain tablet sublingually I

still feel

hyper sensations. Is it wise to switch to stop Armour for a period of time to

allow the

adrenals to rest? Should I switch to T4 (Synthroid) to help maintain the T4

stored in the

tissues to avoid needing to wait the 4-6 weeks again to get it to build later?

(what would

be the conversion of 1 1/4 sublingual Armour to T4?)

I have not done a saliva test test for adrenals but did BP, temp, and symptoms

when

thryoid meds increased.

Thanks for your input.

Loralee

PS Diagnosed with Hashi's 7/08 waiting for lab results.