Date:   4/19/2008 5:56:06 AM ( 16 y ago)
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Your story has certainly given me some hope back, i have been suffering severe adrenal fatigue ever since i had Graves disease. I too are gluten intolerant and are on a benzo for sleep, i take a few different things for sleep actually, probably the anti depressant mirtazapine has been the most useful of all, but too much of it and my adrenal fatigue becomes even worse so i have to minimise it. I feel the last year i have been making some improvments after 4 years of hell. I still get hypoglycemic swings but i found just by eating loads of protein i can avoid these. I ended up taking radiation ablation for my thyroid as the Graves was simply uncontrollable and now really regret the decision, perhaps if i had known then about the gluten intolerance things might've changed. My biggest trouble is chronic fatigue mainly in the mornings and early afternoon, i struggle to wake up and get out of bed even after 9 hours of sleep, never good sleep though. I too had the panic attacks and would often awaken to them, usually it was a feeling of being unable to breathe or catch my breath and my chest felt like it was being crushed by a huge weight. For me giving up gluten was no problem, once i discovered it was the cause of my woes i stopped it without any regrets or any temptation to even try it again. I have been weaning off my benzo, valium, by actually subsituting it for valarien root which seems to work OK, takes longer for the calming effect and is definetly not as powerful. I have had some success with licorice root, but i find if anything has helped me its been magnesium and mega b. I take so many things for my AF its not funny, i think i have tried almost everything there is to try. I even tried hydrocortisol out but it did'nt really do a thing for me. I now take a combination of armour thyroid and t4 as armour on its own was really hard on my system due to the ammount of t3 in it. I too have trouble driving places, city traffic freaks me out, usually once i get out on the open roads i am OK but its a real battle to hold off the panic. I had to quit working fulltime and my wife now works fulltime while i stay home and do my best to look after my 2 young kids. I guess there is no quick fixes for this, just gotta be patient support each other and be strong. Seems this is becoming more and more of a problem in society, makes you wonder just how many people have this and dont realise what it is. Regards Shaun, Australia.
 

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