Nina

your symptoms really do sound adrenal. Possibly my worst time was two years ago before I got on to adrenal support. My adrenals were totally crashed from T4 only thyroid meds, and I hadn't fully realised what had happened or researched it all. Every night I would wake at 3am, and be unable to go back to sleep - my body just wouldn't let me. This went on for months, and I felt absolutely desperate. I now know that cortisol was dropping too low at night, and I was hypoglycemic. The brain needs a constant supply of glucose to function, and will not let you sleep if you don't have it.

I still have the insomnia problem now if I don't get my cortisol dose right, but it is much much better, and I sleep much better.

You really sound like you need adrenal support - you may be beyond glandulars already - and a protein bedtime snack would also help maintain blood sugar through the night. Getting rid of that tooth / amalgam is a priority before it damages your adrenals any more.

Nina, are you able to get any adrenal testing done, in order to find out exactly what is going on? The best testing is a 4 times a day saliva test, which gives a good indication of how much cortisol your adrenals produce over a 24 hour period. Cortisol should be highest at 8am, and slowly fall during the day, and lowest at night (but not too low).

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/adrenal-info/?PHPSESSID=57e9c3422c020537a824d17a90c1568d

this link will give lots of info about adrenals, and how / where to get them tested.

Please be gentle with yourself. You are sick, even if you don't look it. Low adrenals are very serious, and can be completely debilitating. Been there and done that, but much better on adrenal support.

Good luck Nina. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/byebye.gif" alt="" />

Nicola