Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Trust me: educating yourself on low adrenal function right now is key. I'm so glad when Dean told me back in March that I had classical hypoadrenal symptoms. There are diet and lifestyle things you can do to help, at low cost. Read the section on Adrenal issues in Cutler's book Amalgam Illness. Best description of what to do about it. Go to drlam.com and click on the Adrenal Issues link and read the long article. Best explanation I've read. I printed it all out and refer back to the article again and again. Follow the guidelines in the article and notice the improvements. Chart your temps as described on Dr. Rind's website for about 5 days to give you info. You may want to try Isocort, which is over the counter, after doing the above things. Hydrocortisone cream is also over the counter. Those are two things to try without a dr. perscription while you look for an " adrenal-aware " doctor to prescribe you hydrocortisone (Cortef). I have a good adrenal aware dr. in southern california if you're in that area. Dean is right addressing adrenal insufficiency is a HUGE factor in helping you feel better as you get ready to chelate, and essential while you chelate. > > Does anybody sometimes experience like they want to faint, but don't. > > > > I sometimes, especially earlier before starting chelating felt like I wanted > to faint, but don't. > > > > These days much better, but still occasionally feel a bit weak and wanting > to faint for a moment (not the normal lightheaded feeling when standing up > quickly). Then sometimes a bit tired with fast heartbeat and high blood > pressure for few hours and then disappears for days or weeks. > > > > Not brain or heart - had scans done and all is clean. > > > > Has anybody experienced this? > > > > Regards > > > > Jaco > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 One more thing as you work on this issue: If you're hypoadrenal, while you work on addressing that problem, please seriously consider trying the sulphur exclusion diet Andy talks about in Amalgam Illness. I didn't bother with it for many months and suffered too long while I unwittingly " dosed " myself with sulpher foods all day, every day, and ONLY began feeling a little better once I did the 7 day exclusion trial, followed by the heavy-sulfur meal on day 8 to see if it made me feel bad again. It did. From that point on, I knew I had to stay away from sulphur foods. And it has made a huge difference in how I feel. I do believe if you're sensetive to sulphur foods, eating them can make your adrenals worse. But that is something you'll have to try when you are ready. I'm just saying don't wait so many months to try the sulfur exclusion diet like I did. I suffered needlessly until I tried it. There's a good list of sulphur foods to exclude located in the Files section. > > Does anybody sometimes experience like they want to faint, but don't. > > > > I sometimes, especially earlier before starting chelating felt like I wanted > to faint, but don't. > > > > These days much better, but still occasionally feel a bit weak and wanting > to faint for a moment (not the normal lightheaded feeling when standing up > quickly). Then sometimes a bit tired with fast heartbeat and high blood > pressure for few hours and then disappears for days or weeks. > > > > Not brain or heart - had scans done and all is clean. > > > > Has anybody experienced this? > > > > Regards > > > > Jaco > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Good that you're asking this question. Watch out--you could be in for some real problems soon if you don't take care of your salt intake and symptoms of low blood pressure. I know from experience. Two things you need to be aware of: 1. Aldosterone is produced by the adrenal glands. Problems with the adrenal glands certain CAN result in low aldosterone. It may be the only thing that can cause low aldosterone. 2. The EARLY stages of adrenal insufficiency bring an INCREASE in cortisol. If the adrenals are not protected and restored, and your stressors continue, then in time the adrenal insufficiency will bring about low cortisol. Which is way more debilitating. For some of the best info on this, go to www.drlam.com. Dr. Lam's website has a very good, long, detailed and practical article discussing this adrenal issue. You most certainly can have a hyponatremic reaction in your state--having high cortisol doesn't necessarily mean you have enough aldosterone. Do you sometimes have apprehension, mental confusion and decreased consciousness? That's the start of dilutional hyponatremia. If that progresses unmediated, it leads to neurologic symptoms: quaking, convulsions, emotional instability, tachycardia, hyperventilations, coma, death. To prevent the worst, keep in mind the following: In this state, REMAIN UPRIGHT. DO NOT LAY DOWN. KEEP THE FLUID FROM PUTTING INRACRANIAL PRESSURE ON YOUR BRAIN. Please try something: for at least 2 days, mix 1/2 teaspoon of salt in a glass of water first thing in the morning and drink it. Again in the afternoon. At most you would want to go up as high as a 1/4 tsp. per pint in all water consumed throughout the day (that is my dosage all day everyday to protect myself). Give it several hours, and notice any change in the symptoms you described. Seems to me you have real problems with " salt wasting. " I have it too. I have to pee every hour, even with all the salt. That's a sign of low aldosterone. I probably need a Florinef prescription to replace my missing Aldosterone. Andy only talks a very little bit about aldosterone in his book AI (pages 34 on the chart), but for adreanal insufficiency, it can be very significant that your body isn't holding on to sodium. This group isn't the best group to get into the nitty-gritty of the symptoms we're discussing. The best group I've found on this area is the one that helped me so much with this particular area of adrenal function: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/post. Please be very, very careful and add salt to all the water you consume. You don't want to end up with the hyponatremia that put me in the ER. Andy's book is right: hospital people are NOT helpful for mercury poisoned people. They'll only tell you you need therapy and won't get you what you need. Preventing a crash is key. > > > realized I could have prevented it myself with salt water. Low adrenal > > function causes you > > to make not enough of an adrenal hormone called aldosterone. This hormone > > is vital to > > regulating the sodium (and therefore potassium ratio with sodium) levels > > in your blood. > > , > > Have you ever heard of someone having it happen with high cortisol? I've > wondered if it's possible to have high cortisol and low aldosterone at the > same time. > > I did a saliva test and it actually came back showing I had high morning > cortisol, and it was normal the rest of the day. I've definitely had > attacks like this- peeing a full bladder every 10-15 minutes, bowel dumping > (not diarrhea) with gut clearing. Nausea and vomiting, chills. My doctor > questioned the validity of the saliva test since some things appeared to be > drastically off, and it didn't match my symptoms at all. I've had blacking > over when I stood up for a long time, finally resolving on the salt water. > > Salt water has helped me a great deal. I find if I drink any plain water at > all, it puts me into a tailspin. I've also read that avoiding > high-potassium foods help. > > Thanks! > > KerryAnn > http://www.cookingtf.com/ - American and Australian TF Menu Mailers > http://www.tfrecipes.com/forum/ - Traditional Foods forum > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 > Any idea about an upper daily limit? I'm trying to figure out how much to > consume if I am sweating. -------Hang in there. Adrenal problems are the worst! I HIGHLY recommend you joing the Natural Thyroid ADRENALS yahoo group, as there are some real experts there that are so very fast with answering questions like these. Excellent question for prevention of future problems. Especially in a hot summer. This is so individual, you really have to just err on the side of caution and almost " over-do it " with the salt when sweating a lot, maybe even to the point where you swell up with water retention, then you'll know how much is too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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