Re: Need your expert help again Val please and for too

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Don't marvel too much Sara b/c this hasn't been easy and I'm taking a

reduced work schedule soon to try to cope with it better. I also

didn't take a new job that might have been less stressful, but I

couldn't be sure and didn't want to risk new job stress. I was often

dizzy on lower doses of HC and I believe that Val has said that it is

common until you get nearer to your optimal dose. You're on a good bit

and you have been on Delta so I don't know. I have not been on it,

although I have thought about it a lot. Supposedly it doesn't have all

of the highs and lows of HC, but it can be difficult to dose because

of the time delay in how it works. The fact that you were sleeping

through the night and that you're not with HC might be meaningful - it

would be to me and being able to sleep better would be the most

compelling reason for me to start on it. Combining it with HC seems

to be the way to go. I think that I'm getting the hang of managing my

HC during the day, more or less, but I still don't know what my dose

needs to be. I seem to be ending up around 40mg lately and maybe

that's where I need to be until I can absorb it better and get the

Armour up. The most frustrating thing about it is trying to get past

the setbacks and waiting for things to stabilize so that I can

increase the Armour which is the whole point of the treatment. I'm

only on 1 5/8 grain which is probably 1/3 of what I need, but I can't

get temps and adrenal symptoms stable long enough to go up again. My

IBS problems are mostly food related and I have made drastic changes

in my diet to manage it since it's not just the symptoms, but it

affects HC absorption. I think that you might find that you will need

to address diet too if you haven't already. Even though I'm sleeping

better now that I use cream before bed, I don't look well rested -

ever. I don't know if this is b/c I'm just not getting enough rest,

what I get isn't restful, or the state of my adrenals.

I hope that we both find a good balance soon so that this becomes easier.

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> Hi

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> Thanks very much . I marvel at your ability to handle all this.

> I've done that today with the salt and don't feel as dizzy but I'm

> sitting almost all the time. I have to say though in my case the

> dizziness seems to happen not too long after I take HC so the low

> cortisol explanation doesn't seem to fit..it actually feels so awful

> the last few days that I am in no hurry to take the HC coz of this

> side effect. I am taking it but fearing it as the dose time comes

> nearer..I used to only get the dizziness in the evening (after 6) but

> in the last few days I'm getting it earlier and earlier.

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> Were you ever on deltacortril?