Re: Re: *TISH (or others)- question

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Thanks so much Tish for a very informative and thougthful reply.

I get confused, becasue I have read many times that people say to take most

of their thyroid in the AM and then a little bit more in the afternoon or

evening, and so I thought I would try it that way.

The doctor that initially gave me the natural thyroid simply told me to take

3 grains in the morning...I was splitting it up some on my own anyway.

I feel like a real NIMROD here, but I tell you, I was trying real hard to

get up to a temperature of 98.6. The ONLY time I have been able to get a

98.6 is by taking 3 grains of thyroid along with 10 mg of CORTISONE. If I do

that, then about 3-4 hours after I take it a get a 98.6 that lasts for

several hours. Sometimes it has lasted until mid evening...and that was when

I would take my next dose of 1 grain thyroid and 5-10 of CORTEF.

Personally, I feel like spread out even doses would be the way to go for

me....

I am dosing DMSA at 3 hour intervals. So, Tish, If I were to take the

thyroid and cortisone at every other DMSA dosing, that would be every 6

hours or 4 times a day.

Do you think I should cut my morning dose of thyroid down to 1 grain and

then do 1 grain every other dose too?

It seems tome that I actually FEEL a little bit beter after I take the 3

grains, but I just don't have many positive symptoms, so it is hard to say.

I AM pleased to report one thing, and that is that after not having a phone

for 2 weeks, when it finally got hooked up yesterday, and rang this morning

and woke me up, for the first time since over a year, the phone waking me up

did not result in my heart pounding super hard and fast for about 5-10

minutes or so...so I think I must be going in the right direction.

For now, I think I will continue the progesterone. Everybody has been saying

I MUST do progresterone.....I quite suddenly lost all my sex drive about 6

month ago.

For about the first 2 days after I took progesterone, I felt quasi normal

emotionally...then it was back to the same old thing.

I think I am going to try the super even tbyroid dosing and see what

happens....and I'll bet you are right that I will need more than just 4

grains. Yup. Super even dosing is what I will try.

Thanks,

Inga the Dumber

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>>>> Also. Is tarted taking progesterone about a week before I

> started the CORTEF.

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> I've had some problems with progesterone and adrenal fatigue.

> Progesterone will make my adrenal problems worse. Progesterone works

> to counteract cortisol a little bit and it also pushes the body a

> bit more toward hypoglycemia, which people with adrenal fatigue

> already have a problem with. So, if you have adrenal fatigue and low

> cortisol levels, progesterone can worsen the situation for some

> people. For me it makes my life miserable.

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>>>> I am currently taking 4 grains of thyroid. It seems to me that

> the mornings

>> where I start out with taking 3 grains right off the bat, my temps

> will hit

>> 98.6 for a few hours, then soon drops back down to the 97's.

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> Bet your temperature tanks some time following 4 hours after your

> big 10 mg IsoCort dose. When cortisol goes too low, temperature

> drops hugely. 3 grains in the morning is giving you quite a big

> adrenal stress, also. Then taking 10 mg of cortisol in the evening

> is causing you to burn up more thyroid, but then, your dose is

> apparently much smaller or tiny in comparison. This is another

> adrenal stress. The body actually needs a little more thyroid at

> night. Most people take equal thyroid doses in the morning and

> night. I take slightly more at night and this helps me sleep better.

> They body actually needs a little more thyroid at night. But for

> sure, I think you need to work on balancing out your thyroid doses

> and your adrenal support. When you take a great big dose of thyroid

> in the morning, you are getting too much T3 in the blood at one

> time. The liver will deactivate some of it to try and get T3 levels

> more normal. So, in a way, it's more wastefull of T3 to take too big

> of a dose at once.

>

> In adrenal fatigue, it is hard on the adrenals to get big T3 spikes

> in the blood. It would be better if you could spread out your

> thyroid doses more evenly. I would suggest you do two equal doses a

> day minimum or better yet 3 equal doses every 8 hours. This works

> out to one in the morning, one in the early afternoon and one at

> bedtime. I think you need to balance out your dosing so blood levels

> of hormones stay constant in the blood as much as possible. This is

> much better for the adrenals overall and for your whole body -

> closer to normal thyroid function. But, you may find if you make

> your doses equal that you will need a slightly higher daily thyroid

> dose overall or more than 4 grains.

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