Re: I need DESSERT!!!!-adrenal fatigue

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I have another question about adrenal fatigue (or hypothyroidism). Can it give

you a fat gut, even when the rest of you is skinny? I weigh 106 pounds, have

skinny arms and legs, and no butt to speak of, yet I have this big fat roll on

my gut. When I sit down, it rolls over my shorts/jeans, and they poke

uncomfortably into it. I'm 33 " around at the belly button (and 28.5 " inches just

below the boobs, for some comparison). It looks totally abnormal. I'm not

bloated or anything, it's just fat.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> It depends on just what exactly going on I suppose. Sometimes it is just

taking additional salt believe it or not, and other times you need to take

dessicated adrenal cortex (like taking dessicated thyroid) or the actual

bio-identical steroid -- whichever one is needed -- usually cortisol. There is

a good book called " Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome " which

will cover all the basics of adrenal function, how to tell if you have adrenal

fatigue, and what to do about it. Many of the supplements that might be needed

can be sourced through online or healthfood stores as well.

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> Basically a general indicator is if after a 'good' nights sleep you still feel

exhausted, or if you do something a little more physically challenging one day

it takes you a day or two to recover, or if you have unexplained heart

palpitations, or you are cold yet you are perspiring under your arms and/or your

feet. There are many signs and those signs could also mean something else.

Also, a lot of times adrenal fatigue goes with hypothyroid and they will have

overlapping symptoms. Another good read is " Stop the Thyroid Madness. " It will

have info on thyroid as well as adrenal fatigue. The associated website

www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/adrenal-info/ has some suggestions that can help

you determine if your adrenals are low.

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> Amelia

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Holly,You might just have an 'apple' kind of shape. Some people just store their fat at that location, others with a 'pear' shape store it mostly on the lower stomach/hips/thighs. If you are hypo and tend towards the apple shape, you would gain there because being hypo means that you aren't using your energy properly and it is getting stored as fat (not to mention you feel too tired to exercise or hold any normal amount of activity that might use that energy).AmeliaP.S. I do have friend who was a strange and severe case in that she looked pregnant because it was only her stomach that was big. She went to many doctors to sort it out and they all decided she was just nuts, except one, who checked her out properly and found a massive internal

tumour. When that was removed (luckily the tumour was benign), her health returned and figure slimmed down to 'normal'. To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Mon, March 22, 2010 6:55:59 AMSubject: Re: I need DESSERT!!!!-adrenal fatigue

I have another question about adrenal fatigue (or hypothyroidism) . Can it give you a fat gut, even when the rest of you is skinny? I weigh 106 pounds, have skinny arms and legs, and no butt to speak of, yet I have this big fat roll on my gut. When I sit down, it rolls over my shorts/jeans, and they poke uncomfortably into it. I'm 33" around at the belly button (and 28.5" inches just below the boobs, for some comparison). It looks totally abnormal. I'm not bloated or anything, it's just fat.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> It depends on just what exactly going on I suppose. Sometimes it is just taking additional salt believe it or not, and other times you need to take dessicated adrenal cortex (like taking dessicated thyroid) or the actual bio-identical steroid -- whichever one is needed -- usually cortisol. There is a good book called "Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome" which will cover all the basics of adrenal function, how to tell if you have adrenal fatigue, and what to do about it. Many of the supplements that might be needed can be sourced through online or healthfood stores as well.

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> Basically a general indicator is if after a 'good' nights sleep you still feel exhausted, or if you do something a little more physically challenging one day it takes you a day or two to recover, or if you have unexplained heart palpitations, or you are cold yet you are perspiring under your arms and/or your feet. There are many signs and those signs could also mean something else. Also, a lot of times adrenal fatigue goes with hypothyroid and they will have overlapping symptoms. Another good read is "Stop the Thyroid Madness." It will have info on thyroid as well as adrenal fatigue. The associated website www.stopthethyroidm adness.com/ adrenal-info/ has some suggestions that can help you determine if your adrenals are low.

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> Amelia

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Holly,You might just have an 'apple' kind of shape. Some people just store their fat at that location, others with a 'pear' shape store it mostly on the lower stomach/hips/thighs. If you are hypo and tend towards the apple shape, you would gain there because being hypo means that you aren't using your energy properly and it is getting stored as fat (not to mention you feel too tired to exercise or hold any normal amount of activity that might use that energy).I think Eileen complained about the same thing. Generally skinny but with fat stores. She may have also been hypo and with a thyroid issue.Mara

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Holly,

In the book "Adrenal Fatigue The 21st century Stress Syndrome" it says:

"The temporary increase in cortisol levels produced by driving the adrenals with too much fast food and caffeine causes people with chronically low cortisol to put on weight because even a temporary excess of cortisol causes fat to be deposited around the middle (the spare tire or swallowed-a-beach-ball look)."

Now I'm not eating fast food, hardly ever did before SCD either. But i have exactly what you describe. Haven't gained weight anywhere else but around my middle.

DarleneIntestinal Dysbiosis/CFSSCD 1 month

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Mon, March 22, 2010 12:55:59 AMSubject: Re: I need DESSERT!!!!-adrenal fatigue

I have another question about adrenal fatigue (or hypothyroidism) . Can it give you a fat gut, even when the rest of you is skinny? I weigh 106 pounds, have skinny arms and legs, and no butt to speak of, yet I have this big fat roll on my gut. When I sit down, it rolls over my shorts/jeans, and they poke uncomfortably into it. I'm 33" around at the belly button (and 28.5" inches just below the boobs, for some comparison). It looks totally abnormal. I'm not bloated or anything, it's just fat.HollyCrohn'sSCD 12/01/08

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Holly,

I hope the supplement starts kicking in for you. I am also on a glandular for the adrenals. But my big problem is that as long as my nights are so poor how can my poor adrenals recover?? Gut pain/liver pain wakes me up every night. Sleep is like the #1 thing to heal the adrenals not to mention many other things that require sleep. My theory on why I wake up like that around 3 a.m. each night is that this is the time the liver/gallbladder area is doing some work/healing/detoxing. DarleneIntestinal Dysbiosis/CFSSCD 1 month

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 12:11:01 AMSubject: Re: I need DESSERT!!!!-adrenal fatigue

Thanks Darlene (and Amelia and Mara)! I've gained 16 needed pounds in the last year, and it seems like it all went to the gut and boobs, neither of which I needed. I just ordered a supplement for adrenal fatigue, hopefully that will help!HollyCrohn'sSCD 12/01/08

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Well it looks like I'm not alone in this ;-). Hopefully we can all get rid of

our fat rolls!

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> > I have another question about adrenal fatigue (or hypothyroidism). Can it

give you a fat gut, even when the rest of you is skinny? I weigh 106 pounds,

have skinny arms and legs, and no butt to speak of, yet I have this big fat roll

on my gut. When I sit down, it rolls over my shorts/jeans, and they poke

uncomfortably into it. I'm 33 " around at the belly button (and 28.5 " inches just

below the boobs, for some comparison). It looks totally abnormal. I'm not

bloated or anything, it's just fat.

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Well crap! I can't afford the adrenal test, but could afford $7 for Nutricology

- Adrenal Natural Glandular. I'm so tired in the mornings (it's been getting

worse too)! I get up at 8:00 AM, take care of my bird, and eat. But by 9:00 -

9:30, my eyes are so heavy that I just can't keep them open any longer. I go

back to bed for a couple hours, and then I'm more or less functional. I was

hoping this supplement might help.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> Sky

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Heya Holly,

My incisions don't hurt either *knock on wood* as well. The bigger one got a

bit infected for a while but self corrected.

I need to schedule the dang hernia surgery but since I am so cold sensitive

since the operation I am waiting for the warmer months to do it. Thinking I

will do it in May.

I do heavy duty acupuncture for the Adrenal stuff. It helps.

I also make sure to use a himalayan salt water solution and a micro dosage of

kelp derived iodine (illegal) daily for my thyroid- which has been great for the

adrenal stuff including a micro dose of DHEA and I use armour thyroid as well.

Now, I am working on this sleep apnea stuff but really it's the mind body work

that has been pivotal.

In my case it's years of dis-ease, medications, emotional garbage and horrific

dietary choices that have caused this avalanche of stuff. I cannot tell you how

much better I am than I was 3 years back. I'm a different person really.

I used to have a lot of upper GI pain in my right side and in my back. Still

gets congested but my gods it's so much better. A friggen miracle really.

Have you had your saliva tested at all?

Jodi

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