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Originally Posted by SPE I will simply point you in the direction of this thread: For those of you on thyroid medication
Read everything you can by Chrisgj2 in the link above.
The cortisol range (2-22) is was determined using sick people. With that in mind, ACTH Stim range is also flawed. If you are in the range above, you probably have adrenal insufficiency. Healthy cortisol numbers for men are upper 20's to around 30 for the 8am number. |
Dunno what qualifications this guy have to make that claim. I hope Marianco will take a look at this guys statements in the above thread, and share his thoughts.
Reading his website I found this:
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I was growing long grey hair (or half grey half dark) on my eyebrows. If I didn't pluck them I would have looked like Andy Rooney from 60 Minutes. They could grow over 2 inches long. I'd say this problem started 5 years ago and has gone down 90%. I also had problems with hair on earlobes, but this has also improved greatly..
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What does that indicate ? thyroid or adrenal problems ?
In another of his post I found this:
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TSH - For healthy men, I look for around 2. Any man I've seen with A TSH of 1.5 or lower before treatment is started was hypothyroid. If .703 is what your TSH was before any kind of treatment then obvious by that alone you are hypo. If this TSH value is gotten after treatment started, then all by itself tells me you are undertreated.
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I doubt this very much. I have read many many places that a value at around 1 is considered normal. (optimal?)
Another thing he wrote:
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The best test to get is the acth stimulation test. This test is the last word on if you have adrenal insufficiency or not. You look for your cortisol value to double after the stim.
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From my understanding Marianco thinks othervise.
JH