Post by shelley on Feb 24, 2009 6:44:29 GMT -5
HI guys,
Sorry but its the middle of the night and all night long something has been very wrong. Below are the lab results I posted in my other thread yesterday.
Something is wrong and I do not feel right.I talked to my endo tonight and I will come in for more testing but as best as I can see I am hyperaldosterone since it is high.
For 2 weeks now I have had pretty bad muscle spasm, anxiety and fear and a really bad headache.
I read about hyperaldosterone today and it sounds like it can throw off your potassium which makes sense for the muscle spasms. And the headache I have had the last two weeks is connected. I added some more foods with potassium and sure enough the headache faded a good deal.
As the night has gone on, the fear, muscle spasms, headache and blood pressure have all worsened. I talked to the doc and will head there in the AM and we will repeat the renin/aldosterone test.
From reading I know that aldosterone can rise as the progesterone part of your cycle kicks in and sure enough tonight is day 15. So if aldosterone was already high then timing might mean it can be even more worse.
Any suggestions? I will deal with the fear part of this adrenal issue and am scared but not sure where to go from here.
Could it also be kidney related? Pituitary? Adrenal?
Seriously whats happening cannot be all related to getting a cortisone shot three weeks ago?
Ok finally I have my blood tests in from the other day. I am a bit surprised and not sure what to make of them.
These were taken fasting on day 7 of my cycle.
Cortisol 18.5 (range 3.1-22.4) Thought this would be lower
TSH 12.8 (I knew this would be high since I cut my Levoxyl in half per the doc when after the cortisone shot I felt like I was getting hyper thryoid symptoms within an hour of taking it)
Free T4 1.02 (range 0.61-1.76)
Aldosterone 21.4High (range 1.0-16.0)
Renin 0.75 Range (1.31-3.95 upright) - Is this low?
ACTH Plasma 21 (range 6-48)
Sodium 140
Potassium 4.4
So any insight? Is the renin low?
I am still feeling like I am hyper thryoid, especially an hour after taking the thyroid meds but the TSH does not show it. I am almost back up to my regular dose.
Still feeling muscle weakness. And a terrific headache. And that hyper feeling like fear and anxiety. I feel wired but then feel like I am crashing later.
I know last year my saliva cortisol tests were low. I have reordered a kit to arrive this week to retest. Again here are last years tests.
930A 9.4 Low (13-24 range)
130P 4.4 Low (5-8 range)
7P 2.5 Low (4-7)
1030P 1.8 (1-3)
I appreciate any insight that anyone can provide.
Thanks
Shelley
Sorry but its the middle of the night and all night long something has been very wrong. Below are the lab results I posted in my other thread yesterday.
Something is wrong and I do not feel right.I talked to my endo tonight and I will come in for more testing but as best as I can see I am hyperaldosterone since it is high.
For 2 weeks now I have had pretty bad muscle spasm, anxiety and fear and a really bad headache.
I read about hyperaldosterone today and it sounds like it can throw off your potassium which makes sense for the muscle spasms. And the headache I have had the last two weeks is connected. I added some more foods with potassium and sure enough the headache faded a good deal.
As the night has gone on, the fear, muscle spasms, headache and blood pressure have all worsened. I talked to the doc and will head there in the AM and we will repeat the renin/aldosterone test.
From reading I know that aldosterone can rise as the progesterone part of your cycle kicks in and sure enough tonight is day 15. So if aldosterone was already high then timing might mean it can be even more worse.
Any suggestions? I will deal with the fear part of this adrenal issue and am scared but not sure where to go from here.
Could it also be kidney related? Pituitary? Adrenal?
Seriously whats happening cannot be all related to getting a cortisone shot three weeks ago?
Ok finally I have my blood tests in from the other day. I am a bit surprised and not sure what to make of them.
These were taken fasting on day 7 of my cycle.
Cortisol 18.5 (range 3.1-22.4) Thought this would be lower
TSH 12.8 (I knew this would be high since I cut my Levoxyl in half per the doc when after the cortisone shot I felt like I was getting hyper thryoid symptoms within an hour of taking it)
Free T4 1.02 (range 0.61-1.76)
Aldosterone 21.4High (range 1.0-16.0)
Renin 0.75 Range (1.31-3.95 upright) - Is this low?
ACTH Plasma 21 (range 6-48)
Sodium 140
Potassium 4.4
So any insight? Is the renin low?
I am still feeling like I am hyper thryoid, especially an hour after taking the thyroid meds but the TSH does not show it. I am almost back up to my regular dose.
Still feeling muscle weakness. And a terrific headache. And that hyper feeling like fear and anxiety. I feel wired but then feel like I am crashing later.
I know last year my saliva cortisol tests were low. I have reordered a kit to arrive this week to retest. Again here are last years tests.
930A 9.4 Low (13-24 range)
130P 4.4 Low (5-8 range)
7P 2.5 Low (4-7)
1030P 1.8 (1-3)
I appreciate any insight that anyone can provide.
Thanks
Shelley