Adrenal fatigue & low FTH3

Hi Undeserved grace!
Welcome to our community! Are you being treated for Lyme or other tick-borne infections?

Although correctly the thyroid does help some of the adrenal issues, it won't heal the adrenal glands. I found a site that I believe to have some very good information about both thyroids and adrenals- www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/‎

It has helped me to understand the connection between the two and how to best heal them both.

If you haven't yet, I would like to greatly encourage you to read through our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread that sits at the top of the forum. Even if you aren't 'new to Lyme', you might find some important information that you hadn't come across yet - or have some important information to share there!

There are other ways to heal beside abx (antibiotics). I and others have had great success in healing with herbs, and many have had great success with abx and herbs being used together, beside those that have use abx alone. So don't think you can't treat!

The most knowledgeable LLMD's (Lyme Literate Medical Doctors) will treat based on symptoms, and only hope that the tests back up their diagnosis. If you haven't yet, I would encourage you to look through our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread and take a look at the symptom lists - you could have more than just Lyme disease as Lyme rarely is the only infection that gets passed.

The ELISA is not a good test for these infections, with rates of false negative results as high as 60% of those that are actually infected. The Western Blot is only slightly better with false negative rates around 50% of those that are actually infected.

The bacteria can actually change it's outer surface so that antibodies that these tests rely on won't be made by the body.

The best labs usually only use 4 or 5 strains of the over 300 world wide that have the potential to cause disease. So if you are infected with one of the other 295 strains, you will get a false negative result.

Tick-borne infections can cause all kinds of hormones in the body to be out of balance.

Do you know if your current practitioner would be willing to treat you if you have Lyme disease?

Well you sound like you understand a lot of this!! Wonderful!

If and when you are ready to look for a LLMD, let us know. If you choose to treat with herbs, there are some on here that are using different herbal protocols to treat with and you can read what they are/have been posting. And of course, we welcome questions!!!

Please be sure to let us know how we might be able to help you as you go through this process of getting treatment and healing.

One more thing, I am scheduled to see an LLND. Do you think that is just as good as an LLMD?

"If you are dealing with lyme/co, I'm not sure how successful treating only the adrenals/thyroid, etc would be if you're not dealing with the real cause."

Very true, In a cocoon! If they could be balanced back out without treating the cause for their dysfunction, it likely won't be long before they were out of whack again.

Undeserved grace -

My opinion here on the forum is that you can most definitely heal using either type of medicine.

But my very personal opinion, since I healed with Holistic medicine is: Yes, a well trained and very knowledgeable LLND could treat you just as well, and maybe even better than a LLMD.

As In a cocoon stated though - you need to find what will work best for you. If you wish to use any type of Holistic medicine to heal, they can and do help and heal people all the time. If you wish to use a LLMD, the only suggestion that I have is that you choose one who uses herbs & supplements as well, as I've seen through being on here for so many years that most people do better with herbs & supplements added to their abx treatments.

Well, I in no way know all there is to know about thyroid function, but I've never heard of that. When looking it up, I did find that the thyroid is a major regulator of metabolismwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169868/, but that's all. Sorry, I've had too many doctors say things that weren't quite right, so I have a tendency to check on most everything.

When our bodies are so ill that most anything we do makes us react, you must be careful!! I'm encouraging you to only research this and come to your own conclusions. We can offer opinions, and show you articles, but it's ultimately up to you to protect yourself. Something you have to do in order to heal.

When starting anything, we have discovered that if you start on a very low dose (no matter what dose you will end up with), and only start one thing at a time it really helps. Many find that they need to wait several days to be sure that they won't react before changing anything else.

Working with a good LLND should be a great experience, as this is something they should understand well.

Keep on learning, asking questions and please remember to let us know how your appt goes!!

I only hope that I was of some help!