Guest guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I am reducing my hydrocortisone from 30 mgs to now 7.5. My adrenals are not totally ok yet, but the HC was making me gain weight. Does Iodine help adrenals? I am on 50mgs of Lugols drops now for almost two months. I am better, but not sure if it is iodine related or not. How do you know Iodine is helping you? I am getting blood tests for my hormone levels. The doctor gave me every hormone except pregnalone. I called and asked why and they stated that he did not want that one tested. Well I am seeing him this week for other stuff. What can I tell him to convince him that I need pregnalone tests too? He is testing DHEA. I know states that she takes DHEA and Pregnalone for adrenals and so I want to find out if this might be a better answer then HC. Thanks, Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I am weaning Isocort and am hoping to just do pregnenolone and dhea as well. I do currently use pregnenolone cream, you can order it from iherb dot com. It's only $11 dollars and works quite well, although you do have to use quite a bit, 3 pumps per day, I would say. With DHEA, since it lowers cortisol I am only able to use it maybe 2x per week when I am really well rested or else my cortisol levels go too low. I found I couldn't raise my thyroid no matter how much HC and iron I had so I weaned that to isocort, which I felt better on and now I am weaning that and trying a different path. Hormones are so frustrating! > > I am reducing my hydrocortisone from 30 mgs to now 7.5. > My adrenals are not totally ok yet, but the HC was making me gain weight. > Does Iodine help adrenals? I am on 50mgs of Lugols drops now for almost two months. I am better, but not sure if it is iodine related or not. How do you know Iodine is helping you? > > I am getting blood tests for my hormone levels. The doctor gave me every hormone > except pregnalone. > I called and asked why and they stated that he did not want that one tested. > Well I am seeing him this week for other stuff. What can I tell him to convince > him that I need pregnalone tests too? > > He is testing DHEA. > > I know states that she takes DHEA and Pregnalone for adrenals and so I want to find out if this might be a better answer then HC. > Thanks, Terry > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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