Tasia’s Story

Tasia nee­ded cor­ti­sol due to her adre­nal fati­gue, but never bene­fi­ted from it even at higher doses…until she added Hydroch­lo­ric Acid (HCL) as a sup­ple­ment for bet­ter diges­tion, and she soa­red. Low hydroch­lo­ric acid is com­mon for thy­roid patients.

I have encoun­te­red a HUGE vic­tory that I would like to share with ever­yone so that others don’t have to waste 10 months like I did.

10 months ago, I began oral HC (hydro­cor­ti­sone) but I could never get my tem­pe­ra­tu­res sta­ble, inc­rease my T3 dose, or get any relief from my symp­toms. I switched to topi­cal HC, went up to 60mg for awhile and still, my temps were not sta­ble, couldn’t inc­rease T3, couldn’t get any relief of symptoms.

Last week, I had had a phone con­sult with Vale­rie of the NTH Adre­nals group and she sug­ges­ted I add HCL (such as Betaine HCL) to my HC pill dose. What hap­pe­ned next was a damn miracle. Pre­viously on 45mg HC, my temps were all over the place, I felt like shit and spent my days on the couch.

ONE day after adding HCL, my tem­pe­ra­tu­res became sta­ble (0.1 degree varia­tion) and I could be spon­ta­neous with my day. I now take 1000 mg HCL with large meals and 500 mg HCL with about 1 cup of food. I always take HCL with my HC dose. After nearly 11 months in this ‘adre­nal trap’ I can begin to address my thy­roid symptoms.

I always thought it was my adre­nals hol­ding up the show but it was actually the acid pro­duc­tion in my sto­mach (a com­mon hypothy­roid symp­tom for some).

Here is my sug­ges­tion: if 20 mg HC is not wor­king, then add HCL (with food) before inc­rea­sing the HC dose or before con­si­de­ring Medrol or Florinef.