How did you cure your adrenal fatigue?

[Solesito]

My doc gave me Travacor & kavinace but went off them after 2 weeks+ cause my heart irregularities that i asume were caused by my Naturethroid thyroid med were getn worse. I don't want to go back on travacor because the side effects of the 5 htp
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[Solesito]

What is the best diet to cure adrenal fatigue but also have hypothyroidism, hashimoto's desease, vitamin d deficient, low ferritin high iron (within normal range?) anemia???

I am abandoing my vegan diet & tryijng to incorporate Organic meats & animal products... so

[Dr. Smith]

My treatment is still underway, but all I'm taking for adrenal fatigue (my thyroid levels are fine) are pregnenolone and pantothenic acid (B5), and so far I'm pleased with the results. This is something I may have to continue intermittently for the rest of my life, albeit at a much lower maintenance dosage.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread156416.html

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[mrsD]

There is a connection between the thyroid and adrenals.

If you suspect adrenal fatigue, you should have testing done at the doctors, to see what your hormone levels are.

"Adrenal fatigue" is a term that pops up commonly on the net, and may or may not be actually present. It is very subjective as far as patients go.

Many people cannot tolerate 5-HTP. If you makes you feel irritable or jittery, you should stop it.

Kavinace has phenibut in it-- and here is an article about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenibut

I think these supplements may have significant side effects for some people. Notice that phenibut has a suspected action on dopamine?
Well that would affect the heart as well. Dopamine acts on the heart.
This is what dopamine does:
http://heartdisease.about.com/lw/Hea...rt-Disease.htm
Drugs that increase dopamine in the body like Wellbutrin, and stimulants may affect heart rate.
So getting a medical opinion for your suspected adrenal issue would be a very good idea right now.

This is a conversion chart for NatureThroid:
http://www.nature-throid.com/conversionChart.asp

Typically people are started on a very low dose, in the beginning, to get used to it. Starting too high may lead to heart palpitations, etc, and other symptoms.

At this point, for you, I'd consider doing one thing at a time. Get the thyroid working properly at the right dose, and the adrenals may follow and improve. I really do think your supplements are problematic.

[Dr. Smith]

Originally Posted by mrsD

There is a connection between the thyroid and adrenals.

If you suspect adrenal fatigue, you should have testing done at the doctors, to see what your hormone levels are.

"Adrenal fatigue" is a term that pops up commonly on the net, and may or may not be actually present. It is very subjective as far as patients go.

FWIW, I was aware of the connection; the whole endocrine system is connected in one way or another. I wasn't aware of any of it several years back, but one of the doctors I was seeing apparently was, because it was she who ordered much of the initial testing. At the time, I was admittedly ignorant (if it were anyone else, I'd soften that to "naïve", but it is what it is ) and when I heard the word "hormones" the walls went up and I ran for the hills. It was several years more before I caught up on the knowledge curve.

Anyway, I did get retested, along with a few add'l tests from what I'd learned since. My thyroid levels were quite good - the kind the doctor comments, "I have patients who'd pay money to have results like this." (Oddly that phrase seems to be making the rounds among medicos - heard it several times within the same year.) My adrenal hormones, however, were in the proverbial pooper.

The term "adrenal fatigue" may be applied to a collection of medically unexplained symptoms, but there is no scientific evidence supporting the concept of "adrenal fatigue" and it is not recognized as an actual diagnosis by the medical community. This is distinct from recognized forms of adrenal dysfunction such as adrenal insufficiency or Addison's Disease.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_fatigue

This was the case with my own doctor, so I instead suggested "adrenal insufficiency", which the tests bore out and the doctor could/would work with.

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[Joe Maxwell]

Great advice everyone. It's so important to know that there are natural alternatives for adrenal fatigue. As a former adrenal fatigue sufferer, it’s so important to know that others are going through this and have found a way to get better. One thing that really helped me was taking 2,000-5,000 mg of vitamin C. *edit*

[kimmie1000]

Of course, I didn't know that my adrenal fatigue was triggered by a genetic neuromuscular order, but a saliva assay proved that my cortisol levels were low. After years of suffering, I tried progesterone cream made from yams. It's better than synthetic progesterone called progestin.

What made me try it? Things got so bad that I had the beginnings of scleroderma like my sister, my forehead and a spot on my upper right lip, but soon after using the cream, the sclerotic tissue disappeared and I began to lose weight effortlessly. An autoimmune disorder had been halted in its tracks. The cream supplied what I was lacking through no fault of my own. With doctors apparently clueless, I had found the solution out of desperate need.

New research in 2011 links normal blood potassium levels with progresterone produced in the adrenal glands, not the reproductive organs. When I was losing potassium, progesterone cream brought it back. This is pertinent if you're a male with adrenal fatigue.

Before the cream I had estrogen-progesterone in the form of uterine polyps, fibrocystic breast disease, uterine fibroid tumors due to deficiencies in total body progesterone. But with the cream, if my breasts had cysts, I just applied the cream and they resolved into nothing. And best of all, I didn't spend days in bed unable to move and miserable.

Several times I tried to stopping. When I did, I got so weak my brother had to pick me up from work while my own car remained in the parking lot. Once he got me home, within 30 minutes of applying the cream I was perfectly fine.

The polyps occurred when I stopped using the cream on another occasion. Caused a lot of bleeding. GYN said it was the biggest thing she's ever removed from someone not in an operating room. She instructed me to keep using the cream.

Anyway, with progesterone cream my fatigue was 90% controlled and my journey through menopause was effortless.