Re: frustrated with hc...weight gain

[Guest guest]

I am having the same problem. Just call me Ms. Fatty.

I am on Isocort and HC cream and have gained nearly 20 pounds in 3 months

since starting it. I was actually slowly losing weight before then and had

taken 10 lbs off slowly over the summer. Nothing else in my regime has

changed so I know it is related to the cortisol supplementation causing the

weight gain.

I am not sure if this is because it has caused me to become more hypo or not

but while at first I didn't worry about it, now it is getting ridiculous

since I really couldn't afford to gain more. This is the heaviest I have

ever been and nothing is fitting anymore.

My problem is I am at stage 7 so I really have no choice other than to

supplement with cortisol.

Cheri

frustrated with hc

I am getting fat as heck on these danged cortef. This is not right.

Somebody tell me why we are using this stuff, please. I am not

convinced that there are not other homeopathic alternatives to this

crap. Seems to me that Almighty God put natural products in our reach

that do not cause harm the way this stuff does. Do any of you have some

alternatives and would you write to me please if so?

Another thing: I have been ramping too slowly I am sure. I do not

understand the temperatures thing. I am taking them as regularly as is

humanly possible here. What are they supposed to reveal exactly? When

they reach a certain temperature, you say? And what else should I look

for? Some patient person please reply. A brief and curt " go here " is

not what I need right now.

Happy New Year to All,

Thank you,

Jaydee

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[Guest guest]

Ms. Squarepants is the cute name. Thanks for being here.

-- RE: frustrated with hc...weight gain

I am having the same problem. Just call me Ms. Fatty.

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[Guest guest]

i am also gaining weight at stage 7 --taking isocort,20 mg for 5 years,recently

increasing-- I was wondering what the cause would be.I wonder if I am using all

the cortisol I am taking from outside and whenever my adrenals get some rest,

still producing excess cortisol due to excessive pituitary push(CFS) and there

is continuously high cortisol in my body.this might happen because our dosages

are low not to cause acth suppression and allow adrenals to heal or it could be

that isocort or hc does not give the necessary pituitary regulation.in latter I

am thinking I might need another remedy like seriphos or other adaptogens to

control pituitary.

any thoughts on this?this is very important for me.

thanks.

bw

Nil

RE: frustrated with hc...weight gain

I am having the same problem. Just call me Ms. Fatty.

I am on Isocort and HC cream and have gained nearly 20 pounds in 3 months

since starting it. I was actually slowly losing weight before then and had

taken 10 lbs off slowly over the summer. Nothing else in my regime has

changed so I know it is related to the cortisol supplementation causing the

weight gain.

I am not sure if this is because it has caused me to become more hypo or not

but while at first I didn't worry about it, now it is getting ridiculous

since I really couldn't afford to gain more. This is the heaviest I have

ever been and nothing is fitting anymore.

My problem is I am at stage 7 so I really have no choice other than to

supplement with cortisol.

[Guest guest]

Count me in the same boat. I have gained at least 10-12 pounds, which I

didn't need on top of the extra I already had. I too think this is due

to the HC as though I've been quite overweight for many years, my weight

was stable. Clothes from 10 years ago still fit me. Now they don't, I

hate to give in and buy larger clothes.

sol

MsSquarepants wrote:

> I am having the same problem. Just call me Ms. Fatty......

> now it is getting ridiculous

> since I really couldn't afford to gain more. This is the heaviest I have

> ever been and nothing is fitting anymore.

>

> My problem is I am at stage 7 so I really have no choice other than to

> supplement with cortisol.

>

>

[Guest guest]

So, Cheri, you had confirmed LOW cortisol and you gained weight on HC? I have,

too, and I thought maybe it was because I was high cortisol (I never had labs

done). I thought the only reason you would gain weight on HC would be due to

taking too much. I am only at 27.5 but I have gained weight around my abdomen

and I also have a " buffalo hump " .

Kim

frustrated with hc

I am getting fat as heck on these danged cortef. This is not right.

Somebody tell me why we are using this stuff, please. I am not

convinced that there are not other homeopathic alternatives to this

crap. Seems to me that Almighty God put natural products in our reach

that do not cause harm the way this stuff does. Do any of you have some

alternatives and would you write to me please if so?

Another thing: I have been ramping too slowly I am sure. I do not

understand the temperatures thing. I am taking them as regularly as is

humanly possible here. What are they supposed to reveal exactly? When

they reach a certain temperature, you say? And what else should I look

for? Some patient person please reply. A brief and curt " go here " is

not what I need right now.

Happy New Year to All,

Thank you,

Jaydee

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[Guest guest]

>>I didn't worry about it at first, but now I am up to 30 lbs in 3 months and

I am eating very healthy and around 1800 calories.<<

Unless you are quite active you should not be eating 1800 calories! What is

recomended by better diet protocols is about 1200 for a normal fairly sedentary

person.. which most of us fall into! LOL Personally if I eat over 1000 a day I

gain liek crazy but my metabolism is really bad STILL.

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

[Guest guest]

And, I'm headed the other direction - I've lost 12 - 13 pounds in two

months and I have my wife and her MIL all worried about it which is

stressing me out. I'm only on 1 5/8 grains of Armour and struggling

to get my dose up to something really useful, but I guess that it

could be the Armour that has accounted for the weight loss. I haven't

exercised in months so it certainly isn't because of that, although I

have been trying to lose 5-7 pounds for the last 5 years at least by

eating less and exercising like crazy. Now I have to eat all of the

time and can't exercise at all and the weight comes off. Go figure.

I guess that I should attribute it to a healthier metabolism and

consider it to be progress and I will. If I could just the adrenals

supported enough to be able to get my Armour dose up where it needs to

be. Cheri is helping me get my GI in better shape so that I absorb

the HC better, etc. Who knew when I read about dumping Synthroid for

Armour what I was in for. I guess that a lot of us can say the same.

I hope that we all start shrinking or growing, as appropriate, to our

proper sizes

>

> I am having the same problem. Just call me Ms. Fatty.

>

> I am on Isocort and HC cream and have gained nearly 20 pounds in 3

months

> since starting it. I was actually slowly losing weight before then

and had

> taken 10 lbs off slowly over the summer. Nothing else in my regime has

> changed so I know it is related to the cortisol supplementation

causing the

[Guest guest]

It's a pad of fat at the top of the spine. It kind of makes you look like you

have scoliosis or something.

Kim

Re: frustrated with hc...weight gain

>

>

> So, Cheri, you had confirmed LOW cortisol and you gained weight

on HC? I

> have, too, and I thought maybe it was because I was high cortisol

(I never

> had labs done). I thought the only reason you would gain weight on

HC would

> be due to taking too much. I am only at 27.5 but I have gained

weight around

> my abdomen and I also have a " buffalo hump " .

>

> Kim

> -----

> .

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I sure hope these labs are accurate and legit. it seems like not

anyone ever comes out with a normal cortisol lab

>

> So, Cheri, you had confirmed LOW cortisol and you gained weight on

HC? I have, too, and I thought maybe it was because I was high

cortisol (I never had labs done). I thought the only reason you would

gain weight on HC would be due to taking too much. I am only at 27.5

but I have gained weight around my abdomen and I also have a " buffalo

hump " .

>

> Kim

> frustrated with hc

>

> I am getting fat as heck on these danged cortef. This is not right.

> Somebody tell me why we are using this stuff, please. I am not

> convinced that there are not other homeopathic alternatives to this

> crap. Seems to me that Almighty God put natural products in our reach

> that do not cause harm the way this stuff does. Do any of you have

some

> alternatives and would you write to me please if so?

>

> Another thing: I have been ramping too slowly I am sure. I do not

> understand the temperatures thing. I am taking them as regularly as is

> humanly possible here. What are they supposed to reveal exactly? When

> they reach a certain temperature, you say? And what else should I look

> for? Some patient person please reply. A brief and curt " go here " is

> not what I need right now.

>

> Happy New Year to All,

> Thank you,

> Jaydee

> .

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Do we want to take adrenal support (adrenal cortex etc.) along with

our HC? Isn't this duplicating? No? If not, I need to get with the

program.

>

> I am having the same problem. Just call me Ms. Fatty.

>

> I am on Isocort and HC cream and have gained nearly 20 pounds in 3

months

> since starting it. I was actually slowly losing weight before then

and had

> taken 10 lbs off slowly over the summer. Nothing else in my regime

has

> changed so I know it is related to the cortisol supplementation

causing the

> weight gain.

>

> I am not sure if this is because it has caused me to become more

hypo or not

> but while at first I didn't worry about it, now it is getting

ridiculous

> since I really couldn't afford to gain more. This is the heaviest I

have

> ever been and nothing is fitting anymore.

>

> My problem is I am at stage 7 so I really have no choice other than

to

> supplement with cortisol.

>

> Cheri

>

>

> frustrated with hc

>

>

> I am getting fat as heck on these danged cortef. This is not

right.

> Somebody tell me why we are using this stuff, please. I am not

> convinced that there are not other homeopathic alternatives to

this

> crap. Seems to me that Almighty God put natural products in our

reach

> that do not cause harm the way this stuff does. Do any of you

have some

> alternatives and would you write to me please if so?

>

> Another thing: I have been ramping too slowly I am sure. I do not

> understand the temperatures thing. I am taking them as regularly

as is

> humanly possible here. What are they supposed to reveal exactly?

When

> they reach a certain temperature, you say? And what else should I

look

> for? Some patient person please reply. A brief and curt " go here "

is

> not what I need right now.

>

> Happy New Year to All,

> Thank you,

> Jaydee

> .

>

>

>

>