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Date: | Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:01:06 -0500 |
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List members,
Susan wrote:
"Another suggestion would be to stick with the Armour and take your 2nd dose
later in the day. I usually take my second dose of Armour at 4:30 in the
afternoon. You could even take it at 7:30pm, but if you're used to taking
it with meals, then I would continue to do that. For me, it has never
caused insomnia even when I've taken it in the evening."
That is what I am considering, just want to run it by endo first due to my
Addison's too. presently I take one half my dose at 7:30 AM, and second
half at 12:30 PM. I am considering keeping morning dose constant, but
splitting the second dose, and taking half at 12:30 PM and half at 6:00 PM
with my steroid dose. I will not go adrenally insufficient if I do this,
since I take 2.5 mg. Cortef also at the 6 PM time.
"You're on a pretty low total dose of ARmour - how long have you been on
that dose? What dose of time release does your endo recommend and do you
know if your reverse t3 levels are high? That is a major reason for people
switching to time release."
I have to discuss this with my endo, will ask him about reverse T3. so far
as I know, we have not actually addressed it. I take steroids for addison's
replacement, and this he says is the reason I have decreased conversion of
T4-->T3. (does that mean more is converted to Reverse T3? If so, then that
IS the problem!)
And since I was doing fine with regular Armour, maybe I just need to adjust
the timing of the second dose a bit? Hopefully...
Thank you for your input!
Best,
Holly
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