Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I agree that there is little need for tests in my opinion because even if I did have tests and they said I was normal, but I didn't feel normal, then I would have to ignore them. So, why spend the money and go through the abuse from doctors? Doctors like to have you hand over your health decisions to them. They are, after all, in business and the more services they sell the more they feel needed, important, and the more they make. Computer repairmen hardly want you to learn how to fix your own computer. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I agree that there is little need for tests in my opinion because even if I did have tests and they said I was normal, but I didn't feel normal, then I would have to ignore them. So, why spend the money and go through the abuse from doctors? Doctors like to have you hand over your health decisions to them. They are, after all, in business and the more services they sell the more they feel needed, important, and the more they make. Computer repairmen hardly want you to learn how to fix your own computer. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I agree that there is little need for tests in my opinion because even if I did have tests and they said I was normal, but I didn't feel normal, then I would have to ignore them. So, why spend the money and go through the abuse from doctors? Doctors like to have you hand over your health decisions to them. They are, after all, in business and the more services they sell the more they feel needed, important, and the more they make. Computer repairmen hardly want you to learn how to fix your own computer. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Hi Tish, Im confused about one thing. You said that self medicating for thyroid can be dangerous if you have adrenal problems that are not being addressed? Did I understand that correctly? Im confused Stella > > I agree that there is little need for tests in my opinion because > even if I did have tests and they said I was normal, but I didn't > feel normal, then I would have to ignore them. So, why spend the > money and go through the abuse from doctors? > > Doctors like to have you hand over your health decisions to them. > They are, after all, in business and the more services they sell the > more they feel needed, important, and the more they make. Computer > repairmen hardly want you to learn how to fix your own computer. > > Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Hi Tish, Im confused about one thing. You said that self medicating for thyroid can be dangerous if you have adrenal problems that are not being addressed? Did I understand that correctly? Im confused Stella > > I agree that there is little need for tests in my opinion because > even if I did have tests and they said I was normal, but I didn't > feel normal, then I would have to ignore them. So, why spend the > money and go through the abuse from doctors? > > Doctors like to have you hand over your health decisions to them. > They are, after all, in business and the more services they sell the > more they feel needed, important, and the more they make. Computer > repairmen hardly want you to learn how to fix your own computer. > > Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Hi Tish, Im confused about one thing. You said that self medicating for thyroid can be dangerous if you have adrenal problems that are not being addressed? Did I understand that correctly? Im confused Stella > > I agree that there is little need for tests in my opinion because > even if I did have tests and they said I was normal, but I didn't > feel normal, then I would have to ignore them. So, why spend the > money and go through the abuse from doctors? > > Doctors like to have you hand over your health decisions to them. > They are, after all, in business and the more services they sell the > more they feel needed, important, and the more they make. Computer > repairmen hardly want you to learn how to fix your own computer. > > Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 In a message dated 2/23/2005 9:04:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, artisticgroom@... writes: > I am sure my adrenal function was damaged after 25 years too low thyroid, > but I had NO adrenal crash at all. I did have some major hyper symptoms and > had to back down and go back up slower, but it was just my body adjusting to > having T3 again not adrenal problems valerie...i would say i'm the say way. i can track thyroid problems back to after the birth of my child at 23. And I wasn't diagnosed until 48. And I was able to up fairly quickly...although I did have some problems with short of breath (severe) and a few other things. but it didn't kill me...and it felt like my body was just screaming for thyroid hormone. I actually still think I have some pretty bad adrenal problems...but I am able to tolerate 4 grains of Armour. so this is something that puzzles me... Cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 In a message dated 2/23/2005 9:04:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, artisticgroom@... writes: > I am sure my adrenal function was damaged after 25 years too low thyroid, > but I had NO adrenal crash at all. I did have some major hyper symptoms and > had to back down and go back up slower, but it was just my body adjusting to > having T3 again not adrenal problems valerie...i would say i'm the say way. i can track thyroid problems back to after the birth of my child at 23. And I wasn't diagnosed until 48. And I was able to up fairly quickly...although I did have some problems with short of breath (severe) and a few other things. but it didn't kill me...and it felt like my body was just screaming for thyroid hormone. I actually still think I have some pretty bad adrenal problems...but I am able to tolerate 4 grains of Armour. so this is something that puzzles me... Cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 In a message dated 2/23/2005 9:04:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, artisticgroom@... writes: > I am sure my adrenal function was damaged after 25 years too low thyroid, > but I had NO adrenal crash at all. I did have some major hyper symptoms and > had to back down and go back up slower, but it was just my body adjusting to > having T3 again not adrenal problems valerie...i would say i'm the say way. i can track thyroid problems back to after the birth of my child at 23. And I wasn't diagnosed until 48. And I was able to up fairly quickly...although I did have some problems with short of breath (severe) and a few other things. but it didn't kill me...and it felt like my body was just screaming for thyroid hormone. I actually still think I have some pretty bad adrenal problems...but I am able to tolerate 4 grains of Armour. so this is something that puzzles me... Cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 > Hi Tish, Im confused about one thing. You said that self medicating > for thyroid can be dangerous if you have adrenal problems that are > not being addressed? Did I understand that correctly? Im confused ______________________ If you decide on your own to treat your hypothyroidism, and you have low adrenal fucntion, then when you start to treat your hypothyroidism without being aware of the adrenal problem, you can kill yurself with an adrenal crisis. If you're lucky, maybe all you'll do is crash physically, but it could be much worse. The adrenal glands are very much affected by thyroid function. If you have been hypothyroid for some time, the glands become very weak. The adrenals are essential for so many things, two of them being the regulation of the heart and glucose levels. The minute you take thyroid hormone, you cause cortisol and other hormones from the adrenals to be broken down much more quickly in the liver and you greatly increase the body's need to adrenal hormones. You are speeding up the metabolism with the thyroid which makes the need for adrenal hormones increase and causes it to be removed from the body more like a normal person. But, because the gland is weak, it cannot handle the increased demand for hormones. The adrenals will quickly become depleted and be unable to meet the new demands on them. The result is that glucose can drop dangerously low and the heart can become dysregulated. This can send you to the hospital or if bad enough can kill you. When there is insufficint adrenal output for the amount of thyroid hormone, thyroid builds up in the blood and cannot get into tissues in the body. This adds to the problem by exposing the heart to a lot of thyroid, since the heart pumps a lot of blood and is sensitive to thyroid levels. So the combination of low crotisol effects and exposure to high levels of thyroid can be deadly to the heart of a person with a hypothyroid weakened system. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 > Hi Tish, Im confused about one thing. You said that self medicating > for thyroid can be dangerous if you have adrenal problems that are > not being addressed? Did I understand that correctly? Im confused ______________________ If you decide on your own to treat your hypothyroidism, and you have low adrenal fucntion, then when you start to treat your hypothyroidism without being aware of the adrenal problem, you can kill yurself with an adrenal crisis. If you're lucky, maybe all you'll do is crash physically, but it could be much worse. The adrenal glands are very much affected by thyroid function. If you have been hypothyroid for some time, the glands become very weak. The adrenals are essential for so many things, two of them being the regulation of the heart and glucose levels. The minute you take thyroid hormone, you cause cortisol and other hormones from the adrenals to be broken down much more quickly in the liver and you greatly increase the body's need to adrenal hormones. You are speeding up the metabolism with the thyroid which makes the need for adrenal hormones increase and causes it to be removed from the body more like a normal person. But, because the gland is weak, it cannot handle the increased demand for hormones. The adrenals will quickly become depleted and be unable to meet the new demands on them. The result is that glucose can drop dangerously low and the heart can become dysregulated. This can send you to the hospital or if bad enough can kill you. When there is insufficint adrenal output for the amount of thyroid hormone, thyroid builds up in the blood and cannot get into tissues in the body. This adds to the problem by exposing the heart to a lot of thyroid, since the heart pumps a lot of blood and is sensitive to thyroid levels. So the combination of low crotisol effects and exposure to high levels of thyroid can be deadly to the heart of a person with a hypothyroid weakened system. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 > Hi Tish, Im confused about one thing. You said that self medicating > for thyroid can be dangerous if you have adrenal problems that are > not being addressed? Did I understand that correctly? Im confused ______________________ If you decide on your own to treat your hypothyroidism, and you have low adrenal fucntion, then when you start to treat your hypothyroidism without being aware of the adrenal problem, you can kill yurself with an adrenal crisis. If you're lucky, maybe all you'll do is crash physically, but it could be much worse. The adrenal glands are very much affected by thyroid function. If you have been hypothyroid for some time, the glands become very weak. The adrenals are essential for so many things, two of them being the regulation of the heart and glucose levels. The minute you take thyroid hormone, you cause cortisol and other hormones from the adrenals to be broken down much more quickly in the liver and you greatly increase the body's need to adrenal hormones. You are speeding up the metabolism with the thyroid which makes the need for adrenal hormones increase and causes it to be removed from the body more like a normal person. But, because the gland is weak, it cannot handle the increased demand for hormones. The adrenals will quickly become depleted and be unable to meet the new demands on them. The result is that glucose can drop dangerously low and the heart can become dysregulated. This can send you to the hospital or if bad enough can kill you. When there is insufficint adrenal output for the amount of thyroid hormone, thyroid builds up in the blood and cannot get into tissues in the body. This adds to the problem by exposing the heart to a lot of thyroid, since the heart pumps a lot of blood and is sensitive to thyroid levels. So the combination of low crotisol effects and exposure to high levels of thyroid can be deadly to the heart of a person with a hypothyroid weakened system. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 >>If you decide on your own to treat your hypothyroidism, and you have low adrenal function, then when you start to treat your hypothyroidism without being aware of the adrenal problem, you can kill yourself with an adrenal crisis.<< I don't agree with this entirely. When I was first treated for my hypo when I was 19 the doctor put me on a whole grain Armour. Then I increased it by one grain increments. Now I realize that was too fast but I had no problems. Then 25 years later after having been on Synthroid and almost dying form low thyroid function, I went directly to the 3 grains I used to take. I am sure my adrenal function was damaged after 25 years too low thyroid, but I had NO adrenal crash at all. I did have some major hyper symptoms and had to back down and go back up slower, but it was just my body adjusting to having T3 again not adrenal problems. I have NEVER heard of anyone dying from starting thyroid treatment.. from ANY reason. I think that is a scare tactic that is highly blown out of proportion by some doctors to scare people out of self treatment. Now I am sure there are folks that have adrenal crashes from thyroid treatment, but I do not feel they are life threatening. *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 >>If you decide on your own to treat your hypothyroidism, and you have low adrenal function, then when you start to treat your hypothyroidism without being aware of the adrenal problem, you can kill yourself with an adrenal crisis.<< I don't agree with this entirely. When I was first treated for my hypo when I was 19 the doctor put me on a whole grain Armour. Then I increased it by one grain increments. Now I realize that was too fast but I had no problems. Then 25 years later after having been on Synthroid and almost dying form low thyroid function, I went directly to the 3 grains I used to take. I am sure my adrenal function was damaged after 25 years too low thyroid, but I had NO adrenal crash at all. I did have some major hyper symptoms and had to back down and go back up slower, but it was just my body adjusting to having T3 again not adrenal problems. I have NEVER heard of anyone dying from starting thyroid treatment.. from ANY reason. I think that is a scare tactic that is highly blown out of proportion by some doctors to scare people out of self treatment. Now I am sure there are folks that have adrenal crashes from thyroid treatment, but I do not feel they are life threatening. *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 >>If you decide on your own to treat your hypothyroidism, and you have low adrenal function, then when you start to treat your hypothyroidism without being aware of the adrenal problem, you can kill yourself with an adrenal crisis.<< I don't agree with this entirely. When I was first treated for my hypo when I was 19 the doctor put me on a whole grain Armour. Then I increased it by one grain increments. Now I realize that was too fast but I had no problems. Then 25 years later after having been on Synthroid and almost dying form low thyroid function, I went directly to the 3 grains I used to take. I am sure my adrenal function was damaged after 25 years too low thyroid, but I had NO adrenal crash at all. I did have some major hyper symptoms and had to back down and go back up slower, but it was just my body adjusting to having T3 again not adrenal problems. I have NEVER heard of anyone dying from starting thyroid treatment.. from ANY reason. I think that is a scare tactic that is highly blown out of proportion by some doctors to scare people out of self treatment. Now I am sure there are folks that have adrenal crashes from thyroid treatment, but I do not feel they are life threatening. *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Dr. Broda mentions the risk of death by giving thyroid to people with low adrenal function. And I have seen other things written pondering the number of possible deaths from this over the years. To be sure this is rare, but it does happen. There are some thyroid patients that have adrenal problems that cause thyroid function to decline. Doctors will occasionally misdiagnose them as hypo when they are really early 's patients. When they give them thyroid, the results are quite bad. By far the majority of worse cases will just end up in the hospital with an adrenal crisis. But, the reason I warn is because of what happened to me. It just really destroyed my health and I probably should have gone to the hospital, but I don't go unless they take me by ambulence. The first doctor I had put me on thyroid without adrenal support when she admitted to me that she knew I had adrenal problems. I had a meltdown and became so sick, I couldn't walk up two stairs. I was a total insomniac for months. This was just on less than 50 mcg of Levoxyl. I missed most days of work for months and it damaged my adrenals. I had to leave my job. I know just from my own experience that this can damage you. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Dr. Broda mentions the risk of death by giving thyroid to people with low adrenal function. And I have seen other things written pondering the number of possible deaths from this over the years. To be sure this is rare, but it does happen. There are some thyroid patients that have adrenal problems that cause thyroid function to decline. Doctors will occasionally misdiagnose them as hypo when they are really early 's patients. When they give them thyroid, the results are quite bad. By far the majority of worse cases will just end up in the hospital with an adrenal crisis. But, the reason I warn is because of what happened to me. It just really destroyed my health and I probably should have gone to the hospital, but I don't go unless they take me by ambulence. The first doctor I had put me on thyroid without adrenal support when she admitted to me that she knew I had adrenal problems. I had a meltdown and became so sick, I couldn't walk up two stairs. I was a total insomniac for months. This was just on less than 50 mcg of Levoxyl. I missed most days of work for months and it damaged my adrenals. I had to leave my job. I know just from my own experience that this can damage you. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Dr. Broda mentions the risk of death by giving thyroid to people with low adrenal function. And I have seen other things written pondering the number of possible deaths from this over the years. To be sure this is rare, but it does happen. There are some thyroid patients that have adrenal problems that cause thyroid function to decline. Doctors will occasionally misdiagnose them as hypo when they are really early 's patients. When they give them thyroid, the results are quite bad. By far the majority of worse cases will just end up in the hospital with an adrenal crisis. But, the reason I warn is because of what happened to me. It just really destroyed my health and I probably should have gone to the hospital, but I don't go unless they take me by ambulence. The first doctor I had put me on thyroid without adrenal support when she admitted to me that she knew I had adrenal problems. I had a meltdown and became so sick, I couldn't walk up two stairs. I was a total insomniac for months. This was just on less than 50 mcg of Levoxyl. I missed most days of work for months and it damaged my adrenals. I had to leave my job. I know just from my own experience that this can damage you. Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 > > > > Hi Tish, Im confused about one thing. You said that self > medicating > > for thyroid can be dangerous if you have adrenal problems that are > > not being addressed? Did I understand that correctly? Im confused > ______________________ > > If you decide on your own to treat your hypothyroidism, and you have > low adrenal fucntion, then when you start to treat your > hypothyroidism without being aware of the adrenal problem, you can > kill yurself with an adrenal crisis. If you're lucky, maybe all > you'll do is crash physically, but it could be much worse. > > The adrenal glands are very much affected by thyroid function. If > you have been hypothyroid for some time, the glands become very > weak. The adrenals are essential for so many things, two of them > being the regulation of the heart and glucose levels. The minute you > take thyroid hormone, you cause cortisol and other hormones from the > adrenals to be broken down much more quickly in the liver and you > greatly increase the body's need to adrenal hormones. You are > speeding up the metabolism with the thyroid which makes the need for > adrenal hormones increase and causes it to be removed from the body > more like a normal person. But, because the gland is weak, it cannot > handle the increased demand for hormones. The adrenals will quickly > become depleted and be unable to meet the new demands on them. The > result is that glucose can drop dangerously low and the heart can > become dysregulated. This can send you to the hospital or if bad > enough can kill you. > > When there is insufficint adrenal output for the amount of thyroid > hormone, thyroid builds up in the blood and cannot get into tissues > in the body. This adds to the problem by exposing the heart to a lot > of thyroid, since the heart pumps a lot of blood and is sensitive to > thyroid levels. So the combination of low crotisol effects and > exposure to high levels of thyroid can be deadly to the heart of a > person with a hypothyroid weakened system. > > Tish Whew!!! On that happy note...maybe everyone should begin with adrenal support just to be on the safe side??? Holy crap...now I'm scared to start self treating. Maybe my adrenals ARE a little " tired " , I don't know. I suppose we can't be certain unless we are tested. Right? Back to the drawing board. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 > > > > Hi Tish, Im confused about one thing. You said that self > medicating > > for thyroid can be dangerous if you have adrenal problems that are > > not being addressed? Did I understand that correctly? Im confused > ______________________ > > If you decide on your own to treat your hypothyroidism, and you have > low adrenal fucntion, then when you start to treat your > hypothyroidism without being aware of the adrenal problem, you can > kill yurself with an adrenal crisis. If you're lucky, maybe all > you'll do is crash physically, but it could be much worse. > > The adrenal glands are very much affected by thyroid function. If > you have been hypothyroid for some time, the glands become very > weak. The adrenals are essential for so many things, two of them > being the regulation of the heart and glucose levels. The minute you > take thyroid hormone, you cause cortisol and other hormones from the > adrenals to be broken down much more quickly in the liver and you > greatly increase the body's need to adrenal hormones. You are > speeding up the metabolism with the thyroid which makes the need for > adrenal hormones increase and causes it to be removed from the body > more like a normal person. But, because the gland is weak, it cannot > handle the increased demand for hormones. The adrenals will quickly > become depleted and be unable to meet the new demands on them. The > result is that glucose can drop dangerously low and the heart can > become dysregulated. This can send you to the hospital or if bad > enough can kill you. > > When there is insufficint adrenal output for the amount of thyroid > hormone, thyroid builds up in the blood and cannot get into tissues > in the body. This adds to the problem by exposing the heart to a lot > of thyroid, since the heart pumps a lot of blood and is sensitive to > thyroid levels. So the combination of low crotisol effects and > exposure to high levels of thyroid can be deadly to the heart of a > person with a hypothyroid weakened system. > > Tish Whew!!! On that happy note...maybe everyone should begin with adrenal support just to be on the safe side??? Holy crap...now I'm scared to start self treating. Maybe my adrenals ARE a little " tired " , I don't know. I suppose we can't be certain unless we are tested. Right? Back to the drawing board. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 > > > > Hi Tish, Im confused about one thing. You said that self > medicating > > for thyroid can be dangerous if you have adrenal problems that are > > not being addressed? Did I understand that correctly? Im confused > ______________________ > > If you decide on your own to treat your hypothyroidism, and you have > low adrenal fucntion, then when you start to treat your > hypothyroidism without being aware of the adrenal problem, you can > kill yurself with an adrenal crisis. If you're lucky, maybe all > you'll do is crash physically, but it could be much worse. > > The adrenal glands are very much affected by thyroid function. If > you have been hypothyroid for some time, the glands become very > weak. The adrenals are essential for so many things, two of them > being the regulation of the heart and glucose levels. The minute you > take thyroid hormone, you cause cortisol and other hormones from the > adrenals to be broken down much more quickly in the liver and you > greatly increase the body's need to adrenal hormones. You are > speeding up the metabolism with the thyroid which makes the need for > adrenal hormones increase and causes it to be removed from the body > more like a normal person. But, because the gland is weak, it cannot > handle the increased demand for hormones. The adrenals will quickly > become depleted and be unable to meet the new demands on them. The > result is that glucose can drop dangerously low and the heart can > become dysregulated. This can send you to the hospital or if bad > enough can kill you. > > When there is insufficint adrenal output for the amount of thyroid > hormone, thyroid builds up in the blood and cannot get into tissues > in the body. This adds to the problem by exposing the heart to a lot > of thyroid, since the heart pumps a lot of blood and is sensitive to > thyroid levels. So the combination of low crotisol effects and > exposure to high levels of thyroid can be deadly to the heart of a > person with a hypothyroid weakened system. > > Tish Whew!!! On that happy note...maybe everyone should begin with adrenal support just to be on the safe side??? Holy crap...now I'm scared to start self treating. Maybe my adrenals ARE a little " tired " , I don't know. I suppose we can't be certain unless we are tested. Right? Back to the drawing board. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 >>Whew!!! On that happy note...maybe everyone should begin with adrenal support just to be on the safe side??? Holy crap...now I'm scared to start self treating. Maybe my adrenals ARE a little " tired " , I don't know. I suppose we can't be certain unless we are tested. Right? Back to the drawing board. << This is exactly what I was hoping to avert. It is NOT dangerous to start thyroid treatment IF you go slowly. By going slowly you will know LONG before any damage is done if you need adrenal support. Starting adrenal support if you do not need it WILL make you sick. *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 >>Whew!!! On that happy note...maybe everyone should begin with adrenal support just to be on the safe side??? Holy crap...now I'm scared to start self treating. Maybe my adrenals ARE a little " tired " , I don't know. I suppose we can't be certain unless we are tested. Right? Back to the drawing board. << This is exactly what I was hoping to avert. It is NOT dangerous to start thyroid treatment IF you go slowly. By going slowly you will know LONG before any damage is done if you need adrenal support. Starting adrenal support if you do not need it WILL make you sick. *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 > Whew!!! On that happy note...maybe everyone should begin with > adrenal support just to be on the safe side??? > Holy crap...now I'm scared to start self treating. Maybe my > adrenals ARE a little " tired " , I don't know. I suppose we can't be certain unless we are tested. Right? Back to the drawing board. > Kathy Oops. Let me first explain here that MANY hypothyroid folks do NOT have adrenal problems, and do absolutely fine starting on natural thyroid. And.........some who did have adrenal problems, didn't know it, and started on natural thyroid, figured it out right away and got on support. NO ONE HAS DIED!! IF you suspect that you have adrenal issues, yes, please do the 24 hour saliva test, such as offered by ZRT labs--see the LINKS section. Or, check your pupils. There is an ADRENAL folder that will help you in the FILES section. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 > Whew!!! On that happy note...maybe everyone should begin with > adrenal support just to be on the safe side??? > Holy crap...now I'm scared to start self treating. Maybe my > adrenals ARE a little " tired " , I don't know. I suppose we can't be certain unless we are tested. Right? Back to the drawing board. > Kathy Oops. Let me first explain here that MANY hypothyroid folks do NOT have adrenal problems, and do absolutely fine starting on natural thyroid. And.........some who did have adrenal problems, didn't know it, and started on natural thyroid, figured it out right away and got on support. NO ONE HAS DIED!! IF you suspect that you have adrenal issues, yes, please do the 24 hour saliva test, such as offered by ZRT labs--see the LINKS section. Or, check your pupils. There is an ADRENAL folder that will help you in the FILES section. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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