hi Dawn,

I don't know what to say. Sending you warm huggles, dearheart.


hi Mati,

I know what you mean about feeling like you have so many health issues to work on and how treatments seem to conflict with everything!

Just thought I'd share while my thyroid so far is fine, my adrenals are not. Testing revealed that they are quite decisively exhausted. I'm having to treat this condition. RIght now I'm taking Cortef in Physiological doses (i.e, small doses that are only enough to support what my body should be making on its own but is not able to). I'm also having to use other supportive measures to help my adrenals heal.

My metal issues in addition to carrying chronic Lyme and candida infections for so many years, coupled with stress, is probably what caused my adrenals to crash and burn. Without treating everything, nothing will recover. I have to treat my infections, treat my adrenals and when my body can handle it, detox the metals.

The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) has been sharing information with doctors at all of their conferences in meetings about the need to support adrenal/thyroid issues. Many patients do need small doses of Cortef or some combination of herbs/vitamins (with or without Cortef depending upon cortisol levels). And while it's true that large, pharmaceutical doses of a steroid will make Lyme worse, physiological doses when testing shows that it is needed will not. Many Lyme patients simply will not recover without at least some temporary adrenal support.

Once chronic infection is treated and has gone into remission, then the adrenals will not be in overdrive.

There is a really good explanation of this in a book that just came out. It's called "The Lyme Disease Solution," by Dr. Ken Singleton.

Hope this helps!

Sharon
p.s. Environmental illness can be caused by so many things, I know. But for me, my environmental sensitivities really became unmanageable when my Lyme appeared.