Posted by JLx on December 28, 2003, at 18:43:18
In reply to Re: Sorry for the long delay in replying.... » JLx, posted by tealady on December 27, 2003, at 18:55:46
> I have some Armour thyroid (about 20some tablets of 1 grain each) and I've been experimenting a bit with it, taking a half or a quarter and it does help.
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> Best to start with 1/4 grain once a day , then after 4 days or so, if everything going OK...
> 1/4 grain on waking then 1/4g before lunch...then get tested in about 6 weeks and see where you are.I don't want to spend money for doc/tests so I'll have to go by my body temp and sense of things. I took it this morning after I'd been up for about an hour and it was 97.2. This is all the lower it goes usually so I think 1 grain at most should do the trick. I have 30 of the Armour is all, so if I could take a half grain that would be better as it would get me through the coldest two months. Then I have some that I bought from Nutri-Meds (without a scrip) that they swear is the "real deal", but who knows. I also have an adrenal glandular supplement from them. Do you think this would be advisable too?
Ran across some webpages recently about cortisol...maybe stuff you already know but I found them interesting. I'm wondering if licorice might be worth trying. <sigh> I had really hoped I was through buying/trying new stuff.
http://www.deafwhale.com/cfs/hydrocortisone.html
http://www.deafwhale.com/cfs/index.html
And didn't you say that it's possible to use the .5% hydrocortisone cream also to mildly boost cortisol?
Interesting comment on that page about grapefruit, which I was eating like a mad woman when I was feeling so super stressed.
"Glycyrrhizic acid in licorice extract, progesterone, and flavonoids in grapefruit, are the only known effective inhibitors of 11 beta-HSD readily available. (How progesterone alters 11 beta-HSD is not understood by this researcher at this time.) You could eat 10 - 15 grapefruit or take about ~4 grams of licorice extract on the morning of day two to inhibit the enzyme. This method can potentiate cortisol bioactivity up to 6 fold, making it possible to get great benefit from low levels on day two."
> > Even before I read your link, I had just started taking 99 mg of potassium a day, in the morning with the rest of my handful of stuff.
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> I use that lite salt..kinda half potassium Cl and half sodium ClI was too, and then switched to iodized sea salt. On the Mercola site, he talks about a self-test for whether you need iodine or not -- seeing how soon it's absorbed when you put some on your skin. Mine, when I tested it in the past (can't find the blasted bottle at the moment to try it again) was a very quick uptake. That's when I started using iodized salt. (I DON'T take a multi which usually has about 150 mg of iodine.)
> ..I had just near bottom of normal range for sodium, potassium and magnesium, ..and near top of normal range for Cl...probably need a different form than salt, huh? Only I can't find any for potassium.Not sure what you mean there, can't find any potassium supplements? The ones I bought are NOW brand, potassium gluconate.
I just started reading "The Magnesium Factor" and Dr. Seelig talks in there about using "SmartSalt" "CardiaSalt" and Celtic sea salt to supplement magnesium.
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> Did you read that stuff about magnesium and hormones..I think it sounds like something you are having...also have a look at Ted Friedman's webpage http://www.goodhormonehealth.com/Thanks. I notice he doesn't believe in the body temperature approach, but in my experience, it's a reliable indicator.
> I intend to spend less time on computers and more time getting fit..and getting my old taxes done when I get back too,...and I've enrolled in a Chemistry and Biology course for 2 weeks in Feb..kinda covers high school level..and no assessments, which is what I want..and don't have good computer access for now... so if you want to get me..just email me OK...like click on my name and I'll check out that email address at least a couple of times a week...so I'll get back to you <g>..even if late
Ok, I will. Just wanted to answer this post in case anyone else is following.
JL
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