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Getting Over Adrenal Fatigue

I've got it back, I'm feelin' better every day. Tell all those pencil pushers, better get outta my way.

I'm doing well enough that I've worked out the past couple of days and started going for walks at lunch again--once when it was 14F (-10C). I'm cooling off at night now. It's good to put on my winter pajamas and pull up the covers. Adrenal cortex and hydrocortisone FTW!

Here's what I've learned from my reading and experience:

Minerals=>Adrenals=>Thyroid

In other words:

  1. Sort out your minerals first: iron, magnesium, potassium and iodine. Salt your food to taste.
  2. If you think you have adrenal problems--being tired or wired at the wrong time of day, heart palpitations, frequent colds, sex hormone problems--take a 24-hour cortisol test. Sort out your adrenals--I use Seeking Health adrenal cortex; others use stuff with adrenaline in it, or "adaptogen herbs." The former gave me palpitations; I haven't tried the latter.
  3. If you think you have thyroid problems, get your free T3, free T4, reverse T3 and antibodies tested. I took Thyro-Gold, and it was wonderful for awhile, until I took too much.

I wish I'd done those steps in order. I did them bass-ackwards and it was a big mistake. (Well, I did start with iodine, thanks to the advice of Dr. Davis of Wheat Belly fame.)

So why didn't I see a regular doctor instead of joining Dr. Davis's forum? Sad to say, but if it's not broken, bleeding or infected, a lot of doctors don't know what to do. And many of them don't realize they don't know what to do. If you disagree with them, you're wrong or you're lying. There are the kind of doctors who care about people and want to learn new things to help them--some of those doctors are in my blog roll. The other kind of doctors can fuck off.





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