Jodi, we've found that simply reducing toxin load and improving intestinal nutrient malabsorption and dietary deficiency improves thyroid function without treating the thyroid or the adrenals.
Deficiency and toxin load drives thyroid low and holds adrenals high; as it turns out, the adrenals are fine, just chronically overstimulated by these physical stressors, and the "adrenal fatigue" is usually phoney. Duncan On 26 Feb 2007 at 11:31, Jodi W Menard wrote: > I've been treating my thyroid (self treating) for almost 2-1/2 years > now. The group Sol mentions below was a life-saver for me and I still > recommend it, but there is one thing I would say differently from them. > You should be very, very careful about treating your adrenals. The > standard medical treatment for it is hydrocortisone, also recommended by > the owner of that group, but once you start taking it, it's very hard to > stop and has dangerous side effects as well (search for 'hydrocortisone, > side effects' to see). I took it for only one day and woke up the next > feeling so badly and so swollen I looked like a pumpkin, so I quit right > then. I'll never forget the laments of certain folks on that list who > wished they had never started taking it. Just because your adrenals are > overworked and tired doesn't mean you should start taking hydrocortisone. > > What most people don't realize is that 'treating your thyroid alone', > ultimately repairs your adrenals. If you feel you need additional > support, there are alternative adrenal treatments that are not addicting > and will help without doing any damage. Raw adrenal extracts or even a > short term of pharmaceutical grade pregnenolone for instance. Both of > which are over the counter or on the internet. I used pregnenolone and > it seemed to do the trick for me. > > Jodi > > Sol wrote [snipped]: > > > My symptoms also fit the profile of adrenal problems, and by what I've > > read you need to treat both if you have both. > > > I have embarked on a trial of both adrenal and thyroid,self-treating. > > The group http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormones/ > > has what seems to me to be some good information in its Files section. > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
