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Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the Effects of Low-Dose Hydrocortisone Therapy Kent Holtorf MD comments: This study demonstrates, as others have, that there is an altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in CF/FM. This means that there is low adrenal function that is not picked up by standard blood tests by most doctors. The reason is that the overwhelming majority of doctors look for the pituitary’s response to low hormones to make the diagnosis because this is the way they were taught in medical school. Unfortunately, this does not work with these conditions and results in an incorrect interpretation and diagnosis. This is true of many hormones in CF/FM, including thyroid, cortisol, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, growth hormone and aldosterone, to name a few. While this study demonstrates that low dose cortisol supplementation was beneficial for some, as a single treatment it did not work for many. Poor adrenal function is present in significant numbers of CF/FM patients, but if, however, only the adrenal deficiency is treated without treating the other deficiencies, there will be disappointing results, as in this study. It must be given in combination with the other necessary hormones. If low adrenal function is missed, however, it can mean the difference between treatment success or failure. Study Name: A metabolic basis for fibromyalgia and its related disorders: the possible role of resistance to thyroid hormone. Kent Holtorf MD comments: This is a controversial subject and many doctors don’t believe it is a true dysfunction even though it is becoming well documented. The Los Angeles Times even did a story on the problem of a fire retardant, that is band in every other country except the United States, building up in people’s bodies and blocking the effect of thyroid. This is a major problem for most CF/FM patients as well as being a problem for the population in general; it is, however, much worse in CF/FM. Thyroid resistance is basically a condition in which the thyroid in the blood has less of an effect than is normal. Documented causes of thyroid resistance includes viruses, bacteria, yeast, toxins, plastics, fire retardants, pesticides and reverse T3 to name a few. When a doctor “checks your thyroid” he or she is actually checking thyroid hormone levels. What is really the goal is not to know how much thyroid is in the blood, but instead, what the thyroid effect a person is getting? The problem is that there could be normal thyroid levels, but because there is thyroid resistance, there is poor thyroid effect. There is no standard blood test, but those very familiar with this condition can usually recognize it with extensive thyroid panels. Treatment can be done by eliminating the cause, which is not always possible, or overcoming the resistance by giving higher dose of thyroid and watching the effect. There are some doctors that are claiming ways to unlock the thyroid receptors with things such as high dose inositol, but I have found this method not to be as powerful as the others mentioned. A possible screening test for your potential CF/FM doctor is to ask “Does he or she treat thyroid resistance?”