Adrenal insufficiency and panic attacks

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Is 9 mcg T3 as Cytomel the same as 9 mgc T3 in Armour, or is there soething

differnt about it?

Cytomel is synthetic, and Armour is naturally occuring, so there probably

are some differences. Because Cytomel is synthetic, maybe the dosage can be

regulated a bit more precisely than the Armour, or not. Synthroid is

synthetic, and it had manufacturing problems and issues with potency and

standardization.

> Once you had

> the first panic attack from the Cytomel, your adrenals probably hadn't

> recovered even after 3 months.

Does each panic attack a person has (whether from Cytomel or someting else)

cause severe adrenal stress? Or is it that adrenal stress that has a lot to

do with having a so-called panic attack? It almost sounds like sort of a

cyclic thing...yes?

> Are you suggesting that just one so called " panic attack " can trash the

> adrenals for months? When my body pools mercury were real high,I had

> extremely severe attacks every single night until I got on DMSA....

>

> Would that explain why my adrenals are so stressed?

> ~Inga

I would suggest that the initial panic attack occurred because of poor

adrenal function. If nothing was done to help the adrenals out after that

first attack occurred, I find it unlikely that the adrenals would have

healed much in 3 months from the stressed condition they were in even before

the panic attack. Thus the underlying condition would still be there to set

you up for another panic attack.

Furthermore, the panic attack would have been a hugh emotional stress, and

emotional stress in and of itself can drain the adrenals. So yes, it does

sound like a vicious cycle of poor adrenal function making you susceptible

to panic attack, and then the panic attack further depleting adrenal

function.

Toxins and heavy metals are definitely a contributing factor to adrenal

insufficiency. So getting rid of some of the mercury probably was a step

forward in letting your adrenals heal.

Lynn