Re: HC early in the morning or last thing at night

[Guest guest]

Hi Mandy, thanks again. No - it's definitely not the calcium causing my poor health - I've only just started the calcium and I've been bedbound now for almost 2 years. It's not fatigue that is my problem either - I just can't do anything because the cortisol isn't getting through. Phew - can't write anymore for now! )Have a good Sunday - horrible weather here. And my back is worse today.Best AlisonP.S. I think I'll build myself up to ask GP for some more tests

[Guest guest]

Hi

I certainly don’t think that the high dose of

calcium is helping with the fatigue issue – I also don’t believe

that HC should be used by upping dosage at will – it will completely mess

up your adrenals – unless of course you are an ’s

patient where you have to micro dose as required. I stick with the same dose

of HC and adjust everything else around this – I will not up the dose as

I don’t believe this will help my body at all – unless I was having

an operation or something. If you keep upping the dose of HC then you will be

depleting your body in other components – such as oestrogen testosterone

and Vitamin A and D etc.

HC is a life saver but is not to be used in such a

way unless you are ’s and

absolutely NO cortisol is being produced.

If you are feeling no better with what you are doing

at the moment then you need to look at what you are doing because it isn’t

working.

Hope this helps

Best wishes

Mandy

[Guest guest]

Not sure if this got through as had a note from so re-sending here

Hi

I certainly don't think that the high dose of calcium is helping with the

fatigue issue – I also don't believe that HC should be used by upping dosage at

will – it will completely mess up your adrenals – unless of course you are an

's patient where you have to micro dose as required. I stick with the

same dose of HC and adjust everything else around this – I will not up the dose

as I don't believe this will help my body at all – unless I was having an

operation or something. If you keep upping the dose of HC then you will be

depleting your body in other components – such as oestrogen testosterone and

Vitamin A and D etc.

HC is a life saver but is not to be used in such a way unless you are 's

and absolutely NO cortisol is being produced.

If you are feeling no better with what you are doing at the moment then you need

to look at what you are doing because it isn't working.

Hope this helps

Best wishes

Mandy

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> > Doesn't the high dose of steroids need to be considered here - osteoporosis

can be caused by steroids and calcium may offset this?

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> > http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/41/10/1088.full

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> > Chris

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[Guest guest]

Hello Mandy

Thanks for explaining about this

I'm a bit concerned for myself on this issue. You see, back in March/April last

year when I had quite a lot of tests done, I found I was passing out a lot of

calcium in my urine, but had low ionised calcium. The day before, I had started

HC at 17.5mg I think (not advisable before a test, I know, but i couldn't go any

longer without it).

Though also, my Vitamin D was low at the time.

Total Calcium 9.6 mg/dL 8.4-10.4

Geïoniseerd calcium - 38.6 mg/L 40-52

Erytrocytair Magnesium 5.29 mg/dl 4.0-6.0

25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D - 22.6 ng/mL 30.0-60

I guess this test is out of date now, and perhaps I need to do another one.

URINALYSIS

Iodine 156 µg/L 100-199

Iodine 254 µg/24h 170-280

Urinary volume (24h) 1630 mL/24h 600-2500

Creatinine 192 mg/dL

Creatinine + 3.13 g/24h 1.0-2.2

Sodium + 291.8 mEq/24h 100-220

Potassium 106.0 mEq/24h 35-128

Calcium 26.7 mg/dL

Calcium + 435.2 mg/24H 140-280

Magnesium 12.7 mg/dL

Magnesium + 207.0 mg/24h 60-120

Phosphorus + 1.4 g/24h 0.4-0.8

as a safeguard, as i don't eat much dairy or vegetables, i've been taking

nature's own calcium supplements, which are made out of seaweed, and give 50% of

rda of calcium.

grateful for any thoughts

best regards

chris

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> Yes one would think that wouldn't they as that has been drummed into us -

> but I don't agree - whilst steroids will upset the mineral balance an

[Guest guest]

Hi

I pass out magnesium and calcium all the time –

it isn’t that relevant just means you are either supplementing too much

or eating a lot of the mineral.

You levels seem more than adequate to me – you are

at the highest of the range of most if not all those items tested.

I don’t know what you take every day and not

sure what your issues are but you don’t look like you have to supplement

much – I wish my levels were like yours.

Best wishes

Mandy