FitnessMike
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Hi all,
Wanted to share post i found that might be interesting for peoples who do not tolerate thyroid due to low cortisol, as below:
"""Hello, everyone.
Thought I'd drop back in with a final update as I've managed to fix all of my problems. It turned that whilst my cortisol was high-normal / slightly elevated without medication, even tiny doses of exogenous thyroid were causing it to drop into adrenal crisis territory - three days of 1/8th of a grain of armour caused serum am readings to drop to 100 nmol/l; a week of 1/4 grain of armour caused it to drop to 45 nmol/l. This explains my severe reaction to thyroid I had back in May (which this post was initially based upon), as all of the symptoms are in-line with the onset of adrenal crisis.
When I discovered this, I start with 10mg of hydrocortisone split 5mg upon waking, 2.5mg mid-afternoon and 2.5mg early evening. This has removed all of my side effects from thyroid use and has allowed me to slowly work up the dose to 1.5 grains. Along with this, every single one of my symptoms - freezing cold 24/7, low body temperature and pulse, rapid hair thinning, severe fatigue, brain fog, inability to exercise, palpitations, crippling anxiety and depression, etc - have more or less gone, too.
Feels great to have finally fixed this issue after almost four years of feeling like I was dying. This just goes to show that labs alone cannot be used to determine thyroid and/or adrenal issues, as my TSH was always 2-3, fT3 top of the range, ft4 just below mid-range, rT3 very low and serum am cortisol at the top of the range, yet I had almost every symptom of adrenal insufficiency / low thyroid, and taking NDT + hydrocortisione has fixed them all.
I understand the dangers of hydrocortisone use - even with a dose as low as 10mg per day - so I am hoping to be able to slowly taper off after a few more months of keeping things stable."""
source: https://www.tpauk.com/forum/threads...cause-of-my-problems.19862/page-4#post-209236
Wanted to share post i found that might be interesting for peoples who do not tolerate thyroid due to low cortisol, as below:
"""Hello, everyone.
Thought I'd drop back in with a final update as I've managed to fix all of my problems. It turned that whilst my cortisol was high-normal / slightly elevated without medication, even tiny doses of exogenous thyroid were causing it to drop into adrenal crisis territory - three days of 1/8th of a grain of armour caused serum am readings to drop to 100 nmol/l; a week of 1/4 grain of armour caused it to drop to 45 nmol/l. This explains my severe reaction to thyroid I had back in May (which this post was initially based upon), as all of the symptoms are in-line with the onset of adrenal crisis.
When I discovered this, I start with 10mg of hydrocortisone split 5mg upon waking, 2.5mg mid-afternoon and 2.5mg early evening. This has removed all of my side effects from thyroid use and has allowed me to slowly work up the dose to 1.5 grains. Along with this, every single one of my symptoms - freezing cold 24/7, low body temperature and pulse, rapid hair thinning, severe fatigue, brain fog, inability to exercise, palpitations, crippling anxiety and depression, etc - have more or less gone, too.
Feels great to have finally fixed this issue after almost four years of feeling like I was dying. This just goes to show that labs alone cannot be used to determine thyroid and/or adrenal issues, as my TSH was always 2-3, fT3 top of the range, ft4 just below mid-range, rT3 very low and serum am cortisol at the top of the range, yet I had almost every symptom of adrenal insufficiency / low thyroid, and taking NDT + hydrocortisione has fixed them all.
I understand the dangers of hydrocortisone use - even with a dose as low as 10mg per day - so I am hoping to be able to slowly taper off after a few more months of keeping things stable."""
source: https://www.tpauk.com/forum/threads...cause-of-my-problems.19862/page-4#post-209236