Re: Diagnos Test Results - Please help w/ Recommdations

[Guest guest]

Just another idea that might help:

Get a CBC and see whether you're anemic.

I have your symptoms, too. Figured I was adrenal fatigued. All my symptoms fit

that. Then

a holistic dentist had me do a CBC that he has all his patients do first.

Surprise!! I'm

terribly anemic. Check Ferritin (storage iron) along with serum iron and the

rest of the

blood panel. My Ferritin is <1 when it should be 70-90! I may still be

hypoadrenal, but

anemia has a lot of symptoms in common with hypoadrenal symptoms, including

fatigue,

loss of stamina, muscle weakness, depression, memory loss. I'm going to town on

my iron

levels pronto, and I'll bet it finally starts to make me feel better. After the

2nd day of

treatment, I've already noticed a significant difference in mood, motivation and

energy.

Just something to look into. Wish my regular doctor had thought to order a CBC

months

ago. Then I probably wouldn't be suffereing for so many months.

Cheap tactic: go to the Red Cross to donate blood. Before they let you donate,

they prick

your finger and put one drop of your blood in some kind of solution. If it

sinks, your not

anemic. If it floats, you are, and they'll turn you away. Then you could see if

it warrants a

CBC after that.

[Guest guest]

I recently re-read Dr. Lam's excellent long article on Adrenal Fatigue.

He said that those with adrenal fatigue will need hormone supplementation of

other sex

hormones like DHEA, estradiol and progesterone, but not until the adrenals are

stabilized

first w/ cortisol.

Abrenica

[Guest guest]

> Progesterone will appear fasley high on saliva test and you should not read

> into it that you are overdosing.

Dean, I disagree!

[Guest guest]

> Hi ,

> Can you explain why?

> When I sent tests to DiagnosTech's, their endocrinologists explained to me

> that using progesterone will false elevate progesterone on saliva tests.

> He said there where many studies to show this. Before I look for them, I'd

> like to know your take on it?

> Thanks,

> DeanSA

>

Nope, can't explain why. I currently read a hormone list where there is

often talk of

monitoring hormones levels via saliva while on hormones. Meaning, you can test

cortisol

levels while taking HC, and monitor thyroid while on thyroid, and monitor

progesterone (or

any other sex hormones) while on those hormones.

My limited understanding is that very, very often the tests are not taken

properly and the

results are invalid. Time of day, timing of sample relative to taking a

hormone can make

all the difference.

If you get ahold of someone at Diagnos-Techs, I'd be interested in what they

tell you

about how to monitor the levels of a hormone while you are currently taking it.

Otherwises, what's the point? You don't know where you're at. You don't know

if you're

taking too much, or too little.

I'd be careful with DHEA supplementation too, as it is upstream from T and E.

[Guest guest]

Posted by: " jennifer.robinsong " jennifer.robinsong@...

jennifer.robinsong

Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:19 pm (PDT)

>Just another idea that might help:

>Get a CBC and see whether you're anemic.

>I have your symptoms, too. Figured I was adrenal fatigued. All my symptoms

fit >that. Then

>a holistic dentist had me do a CBC that he has all his patients do first.

>Surprise!! I'm

>terribly anemic. Check Ferritin (storage iron) along with serum iron and the

>rest of the

>blood panel. My Ferritin is <1 when it should be 70-90!

Their norms are too high. It should be 30-70.

Dave.

[Guest guest]

Hm.

Well, he seems to have changed his mind since AI. Generally, he is more

conservative early on, and then gets closer to what he thinks is best as time

goes on. In his seminar, he says that below 30 you should consider

supplementation or using vitamin c with meals/ using drippings from meat, etc.

He says that 40-70 is ideal. (And yes, I'm looking at his seminar material,

here.)

Dave.

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Posted by: " jennifer.robinsong " jennifer.robinsong@...

jennifer.robinsong

Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:09 pm (PDT)

The 70-90 range is not from the lab. It's from Andy Cutler in Amalgam illness.

[Guest guest]

- thanks, but it should be ng/ml we're both talking about .

Dave.

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Posted by: " " lindajaytee@... lindajaytee

Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:12 pm (PDT)

The difference could be in the units. I haven't been following this

thread, but no units are given in these posts.