Re: Thyroid and Adrenal Question/Chuck

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Chuck,

You mean the drug dealers? I ran into the same thing when I took my

dad to his doctor last week. I see the elderly come out of his office

with a full bag of drugs. I suppose it helps the elderly because of

the crazy prices but when I see them with all that medication it makes

me cringe. My father takes 16 different medications. He could no

longer take them on his own. Luckily I have a sister that doles out

his medication weekly to him or he would be in a nursing home for that

alone.

The doctor I was seeing said the exact same thing about the pituitary

and he said that is why we does not dose by TSH. I am glad for that

because I have not felt this good in a very long time.

Venizia

-- In hypothyroidism , Chuck B <gumboyaya@...> wrote:

>

> AJ,

>

> You wrote:

> >

> > Anyone know if it's thyroid, adrenal or both that can inhibit muscle

> > growth?

>

> Both, along with other hormones.

>

> >

> > Also, since two of the areas people with adrenal fatigue hold fat

in is the

> > mid section and chest. Is it correct in saying that even when the

> > thyroid is

> > regulated when on med, you won't loose the fat in those areas till the

> > adrenals repair?

>

> This paper just came out that says that although hypoT slows down the

> metabolism generally, most of the fat is a different kind than what

goes

> with insulin resistance and general obesity. In this study in children,

> there was almost no loss of body fat with thyroid treatment. Of course,

> it was T4 only.

>

> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080103124642.htm

>

> I spent about two hours with my doctor yesterday. One of the curious

> statements he made was about the TSH test reference range. He said when

> he gets the patients with triple digit TSH readings, they rarely get

> below about 6 in the first year of treatment, even when the frees and

> totals are back in the normal range. Apparently the pituitary gets

> jazzed up by the hypoT condition and just keeps on generating TSH long

> after the condition is corrected. So, he knows there are times to

ignore

> the TSH (somewhat) and stick to the Frees, which is what he is now

doing

> with me.

>

> While I was in his waiting room, three different pharmaceutical reps

> came by to pass out samples.

>

> Chuck

>