Nick/Val/Mods

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Hello Nick/Val/Mods

Many thanks to you all for your precious time that you give to us all around the

world. We are all truly grateful for this. I have perused your daily digests

for some months trying to learn and understand as much as possible. I will try

and be as brief as I can -

I have a few questions please :

1) Is it possible to have an RT3 issue when thyroid blood tests show normal ? I

know someone whose hands are always ice cold, has an issue with food and doesn't

eat much with the fear of putting on weight despite being very thin (possibly

has anorexia); is on statins for high cholesterol and refuses to try

alternatives because the doctor said this is genetic, and finally, is also on

antidepressants – am wondering if the statins caused the depression?

2) It has been eight years since I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia/Chronic

Fatigue. I am 52. Started this after my hysterectomy some nine years ago

wherein they also removed my ovaries. Six months later I was in agony every

time I ate a meal and the doctor removed my gallbladder.

3) Around five years ago, through personal research, I found a doctor who agreed

and prescribed me high doses of T3 (Tertroxin) but also added high doses of T4

(Eltroxin).

4) Around two years ago I came across the STTM website and requested my doctor,

who repeatedly and ardently refused, to prescribe me hydrocortisone. I have

subsisted since then on high doses of adaptogenics, licorice, ashwaganda,

rhodiola, ginsengs, Vitamin C, B5, MSM, magnesium, coconut oil (also stopped

recently) for the yeast, etc, all costing large amounts of my monthly earnings.

Despite this, I was getting worse.

5) Earlier in April I came across your two groups the RT3 and NTH. I

communicated with Val and she gave me a website in UK to contact about saliva

tests and they replied to me that they do not deal with my country. I also fear

that I would not survive if I stopped all my adaptogens for the required two

weeks (and the last two weeks the HC) for testing.

6) I searched more and found the Talkshoe radio show that Val had, and listened

to it all. I deduced from this, that despite having no confirmed tests (as my

country does not do RT3 nor saliva testing), I must have high levels of RT3. I

immediately stopped my T4 (mid April) and continued only with my T3. I felt

some relief but still felt that the only thing for me to do was to start on HC

cream, which I did 13 days ago and have improved so much that I cannot believe

HC can be so responsible for all this improvement; even my continuous yeast

infections have virtually disappeared. However, the HC cream that I managed to

obtain costs US$4,00 per small tube of 28g. I am sure that your list sources

must be cheaper ? I am also finding the cream messy and difficult to get the

dosing out correctly. I got my little syringe and have been dosing 10, 5, 5,

2,5 and 2,5 and still take my adaptogens only first thing in the morning with my

first T3 dose – since starting the HC cream I have managed to stop my energizing

adaptogens and still improved with my pain, fatigue, energy, brain fog – all too

amazing to describe. I guess that my adrenals must have been seriously bad to

have had so much improvement these last 13 days. I take my T3 in five doses

daily.

7) My temps were always low since I started measuring them early this April,

basal starting at between 35,00 to 35,5 and reaching a max of 36,2 during mid

afternoon. The last few days the basals are 36.5'ish and by 11h00 they reach

37,00 and sometimes in the mid afternoon even go over to 37,2 – still struggling

to keep the evening temp up a bit as they drop very early to 35,8 to 36,2.

8) The last month there is a shortage of T3 in my country and I am now worried

that although I have enough for another month, that I may not be able to obtain

it.

9) Please can someone email me the source list for T3, and HC in cream and HC

pills, and Medrol, so that I can decide if I can afford the pills or stay on the

cream, and perhaps order some T3 to keep in stock if I can't get any more.

10) For the last seven years I've been on nightly sleeping pills with melatonin

and valerian – is this related to my adrenals ?

11) Any suggestions on improving anything and my sleep would be enormously

appreciated. Also since April I have been splitting up my T3 doses and I take

two of my T3 doses during the night at round 01h00 and around 03h00.

12) My blood tests in April were : SFT3 9.7; S FT4 24.5; magnesium 8.4;

progesterone 5.4; dhea 5.4; estradiol 224 pmol/L; testosterone 2.4 mnol/L, sbhg

168 nmol/L; free testosterone 1.4; potassium 4.0

Thanks.

Nora.