Re: Bloodwork

Hydrochloric acid is to help you digest your proteins (meat). When you have adrenal fatigue your adrenals stop producing this acid in your stomach and that's what can lead to candida because if you are not digesting your food it ferments in your intestines and then causes leaky gut or candida and leaky gut can cause adrenal problems.

If you tried taking Armour in the past and it gave you anxiety that means your adrenals are too weak to handle anything that stimulates you. Your adrenals are weaker than your thyroid and they are the glands to support because when they are weak they can pull down the thyroid. When your adrenals are stronger your hypothyroid symptoms may go away or you can keep taking selenium and add some tyrosine. I am doing both, taking stuff to support my adrenals and also taking things to support my thyroid. Like I said before, I would not try taking Armour if you feel that you still have adrenal fatigue. I have tried taking Iodine in the past and it made my thyroid gland inflamed. It get's inflamed from time to time...I think when my hormones are off because I feel it acting up before my period sometimes and also used to get the sensation while I was on the birth control pill, which I have not taked for 7 years.

I don't know. I have read that if you have antibodies attacking your thyroid gland and causing inflamation it could be caused by candida and when your hormone levels are up like before your period and while on the pill, candida gets worse. Also, if your liver is weak, it has a hard time filtering the hormones around your period and on the pill. I am very against the pill. I had so many health problems and felt horrible on it, I have tried pretty much every kind. Now I don't have to worry about that anymore thank goodness because I am waiting to get married now :)

I have done a lot of liver cleansing. If you use a juicer you could put some dandelion leaves in with your juice and cilantro is good to get mercury out of your system. I did that a lot for 6 months. I also took cleansing herbs and did coffee enemas. I am anxious to see what shape my liver is in because I have detoxing and supporting it for almost 2 years now.

I have never had such a pure diet. I have not had a sip of alcohol for 14 months and no caffine since June of 08'. I have not had any Sugar since June 08' as well. I am trying everything to support my adrenals.

I take an adrenal glandular that you can only get from a chiropractor/nutritionist called Desicated Adrenal by Standard Process. I like the brand Standard Process a lot! I have always had great success with these supplements.

No- I quit taking my temps in the Am. I don't feel there is a point because I am unable to take the thyroid meds and I usually only take my temps while I am trying to find the right dose for the thyroid. You can have low temp. with adrenal fatigue and low progesterone as well so I try not to focus on that as much because it just confuses me and if I wake up and have a low temp it ruins my day because I stress all day about it and wonder why it's so low and analyze the situation. I am a hypochandriac so it's not good for me to read too much into things, I probably shouldn't even be on curezone but I have been spending over a year trying to figure out what is wrong with me so I like to do research to educate myself and to try to get to the root of all of this.

How many mg. of Zoloft do you take? I am only on the starting dose and get to go up to 50mg on Thursday. I think my right dose is 75mg, that's what made me feel the best in the past. How does the Zoloft help you? It makes me less of a perfectionist and stress case so I am anxious for it to kick in. It really helps my OCD too.

Meg