Chippysue in reply to donna14 years ago

Donna - sorry I have read this a few times and don't understand it.

would you mind repeating what your Dr said? don't want to sound dim but are you talking about 3 different drugs here?

Angel, is this a doctor that has advised you?

donna in reply to donna14 years ago

sorry ! no l am not taking three drugs.l take dhea and pregnenalone.l had asked my dr as lm reacting LOTs to these and other meds( terrible sweats hypo/hyper.. when l take them lm ill and end up hyper in two days and when l dont l feel ill and SO low) as l had heard on the blog, of other people taking hydracortisone,and prednisalone ,,when l emailed him telling him what was going on with me and how like s,,, l felt l asked his opinion on trying something else ..and in the 1st blog that is exactly his email back to me...

he is saying in other words if you imagine the pregnenalone has the power of a rifel and the hydracortisone a power of a bazooka gun....the prednisone has the power of the missile.....so very strong...

to add to this l saw Dr peatfield today..he said that the pregnenalone was not sufficient suppoet for my adrenals and l was toxic ( hence the sweats and not tollerating any doses of tablets without going hyper) for me and suggested that hydrcortisone might be the way forward when l see my other dr... l will blog about my visit to dr peatfield AND my gp visit tomorrow to exhausted tonight !

Angel54 in reply to helvella14 years ago

Hi Rod,

Thanks for answering that, Dr Peatfield looked at my adrenal saliva test and said that i do need them as they are really low, so yes maybe down the line i may be able to use levothyroxine better. last test i had was

TSH 11.9 ref range 0.4-4.0

FT4 15.3 ref range 12.0-22.0

FT3 4.2 ref range 3.0-6.2

They are from private Dr i see in Lancs whilst on 150mcg levothyroxine so now im on 175mcg so will wait to see if i have any improvements . I understand now since joining here that i need to get FT4 to the top of the range and then hopefully my symptoms will reduce.

Thanks again Rod and Best Wishes

helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK in reply to helvella14 years ago

Can I just check that you are taking the thyroxine well away from food, drinks (other than water) and other medicines/supplements? All too many people have had increasing doses without the expected benefits because of interactions.

All the best

Rod

Angel54 in reply to helvella14 years ago

Hi Rod,

I take levothyroxine about 6am about an hour before i have breakfast, i then take vitamin C 2000. I take CoQ10 100 Dr Peatfield advised me to take them. I also take Vit B12 sublingually as the receptionist at my nhs GP said it was low but GP said it wasnt a problem but i thought it would make sense to supplement with it. Then halfway through the day i take Vitamin C 1000 Is an hour long enough to wait ?

Best wishes

Angel