Comments on: Test Your Hormones When YOU Want – The Canary Club https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/test-your-hormones-canary-club/ A Community For Women Dealing With Hair Loss - Help, Hope and Understanding Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.16 By: Brandi https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/test-your-hormones-canary-club/#comment-144561 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:17:12 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/test-your-hormones-canary-club/#comment-144561 Hi Guys! I was on this site a while ago and promised to come back if/when I found any hope for hair loss! My hair loss was a direct result of synthroid. After a 4-year crusade to find the cure/cause, I think I’m on to something and it’s not well known by docs. there are many of us that suffer from synthroid-related hair loss, but apparently not in concentrated numbers, or there would be an easier answer somewhere!
I found out that if you have low iron (my Ferritin was 23 – needs to be 70 – 90 to produce and keep hair). Also, low iron hurts your ability to convert t4 into the active t3 to get into the cells. Secondly, your adrenals need to be in great shape to support your thyroid. Mine were horrible. I switched to Cytomel, which is T3 only so no conversion necessary. Here’s what else I’m doing that seems to be working.
Cortef (for adrenal support): 10 mcg/day
Cytomel: 25 mcg/day
Iron: 36 mcg/day (WITH vitamin C)
Magnesium (500 mcg/day to help with constipation)
Eve. Primrose Oil
I really believe that it was either the low iron, the adrenals or a combination of both that caused this. Whenever I took the perscribed dose of synthroid, my hair would fall out in droves. If i backed off, it would slow down, but then I felt horrible. It was like my adrenals just couldn’t support that medication, so the body focused less on non-essential things such as hair growth and retention. I’ve read a lot about this on: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com
Check it out! I pray this is an answer for many of you! It seems to be working well for me- I haven’t felt this good in FOUR years!

]]> By: Marianne https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/test-your-hormones-canary-club/#comment-3148 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:07:41 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/test-your-hormones-canary-club/#comment-3148 Just a heads up on saliva testing-

On some thyroid forums I have read that sex hormones i.e. testosterone, progesterone, estradiol, are not as accurate as blood testing. I am not sure how it stacks up with thyroid levels either. It might be able to provide some idea of where you stand but I think it is better to back up the sex hormones and thyroid levels with blood tests. I have heard that the saliva tests do provide an good assessment of your cortisol levels throughout the day but you have to make sure it is not a day your are stressed (what day aren’t we stress about our hair falling out??).

I have wanted to do the saliva testing for my adrenals but just haven’t gotten around to it…I probably should have before I started on thyroid meds since you are supposed to address adrenal issues then thyroid issues (guess they don’t teach that to the doctors in school!!). Let us know how your tests come out especially if you are having thyroid labs soon to check on your lowered dosage of synthroid to see how the saliva and blood tests compare!!

Marianne

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