(I've just realized this forum is for people, not dogs - though it came up in my search for dogs because of your name and photos - so if this is not appropriate, please just ignore it...) And I have no idea on which thread to start posting.... This whole experience and all the research I'm doing tells me, though, that this works somewhat the same in humans - and as I have Hashimoto's and another auto-immune disease, I'm fascinated by endocrinology...
My dog was seeming very ill, increasingly so, nothing found on blood tests, then, I found her in seizure for the first time (perhaps it had happened before and was not seen by anyone). A week later she went blind, and I knew it was SARDS and began treatment with Dr. Plechner, who's made SARDS and adrenal exhaustion/Plechner Syndrome his life work (and he's now in practice around the corner from me). The moment he gave her a depo-medrol injection, she felt better, her vision returned within 24 hours, and when her blood tests came back it was obvious: high, aberrant not-real cortisol, high estrogen, low t3 and t4, low immune function across the board. We started thyro-tabs. She seemed like her normal self, then started seizing. 4 times in 2 days - out of nowhere. I thought it was linked to the thyroid meds - could there be an allergy there? or her not absorbing oral medrol (so we went back to injection)? Dr. thinks she might be responding allergically to food (raw chicken - Halshan's brand) - and ALL she wants to do is eat. Also reading that drinking too much water can wash away the sodium... or low blood sugar can cause the seizure - and trying to figure out how to fix that for a dog....Thanks, Rori
My dog was seeming very ill, increasingly so, nothing found on blood tests, then, I found her in seizure for the first time (perhaps it had happened before and was not seen by anyone). A week later she went blind, and I knew it was SARDS and began treatment with Dr. Plechner, who's made SARDS and adrenal exhaustion/Plechner Syndrome his life work (and he's now in practice around the corner from me). The moment he gave her a depo-medrol injection, she felt better, her vision returned within 24 hours, and when her blood tests came back it was obvious: high, aberrant not-real cortisol, high estrogen, low t3 and t4, low immune function across the board. We started thyro-tabs. She seemed like her normal self, then started seizing. 4 times in 2 days - out of nowhere. I thought it was linked to the thyroid meds - could there be an allergy there? or her not absorbing oral medrol (so we went back to injection)? Dr. thinks she might be responding allergically to food (raw chicken - Halshan's brand) - and ALL she wants to do is eat. Also reading that drinking too much water can wash away the sodium... or low blood sugar can cause the seizure - and trying to figure out how to fix that for a dog....Thanks, Rori