Cortef and the time to take it if working.

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I am taking my cortef and doing pretty good. I have been off work all

last week and then Mon and Tuesday of this week. I was sleeping later

and just taking my first cortef when I got up.

Now I'm back at it and I can not get out of bed in the mornings. My

questions is if I set my clock at 6:30 is this when I should take my

first cortef?

Today I took it at 7:15, 1:00 and 2.5 at 5:30. I have not been on it

enough to work my self up. My doctor only gave me 2 a day but I'm

going by the guidelines of STTM timing.

This morning when I got to work I couldn't get to going even though I

had taken my first cortef.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

Thanks,

Tammy

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Sounds liek you need a bedtime dose. This will not only help you sleep

but will allow oyu to not be SO low in the AM that your body is not

starting to fiunction when it should,

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What do your cortisol labs look like? When are you lowest in cortisol?

The reason I ask is you have a big gap between 7:15 and 1 pm. That is almost

6 hours. You should have no more than 4 and for me, I had to go to 3 hours

to really feel better.

I think you need to close the spacing of your doses to no more than 4 or

even 3.5 hrs. Something like this spaced in 4 doses:

7:15, 11 am, 3pm, 7pm

Cheri

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I am taking my cortef and doing pretty good. I have been off work all

last week and then Mon and Tuesday of this week. I was sleeping later

and just taking my first cortef when I got up.

Now I'm back at it and I can not get out of bed in the mornings. My

questions is if I set my clock at 6:30 is this when I should take my

first cortef?

Today I took it at 7:15, 1:00 and 2.5 at 5:30. I have not been on it

enough to work my self up. My doctor only gave me 2 a day but I'm

going by the guidelines of STTM timing.

This morning when I got to work I couldn't get to going even though I

had taken my first cortef.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

Thanks,

Tammy

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[Guest guest]

I am low in the mornings. I didn't think about the fact that I could take them

closer than 4 hours.

Today I did:

7:15=5

12:00=5

4:30=2.5

My head has been spinnin alot and swimmy headed but I'm feeling good. I am

having PMS so I'm hoping that might be contributing to it.

This is only day 15 of taking cortef so I haven't got it down to a pattern

yet.

Also, do you drink caffeine with cortef or do you stay away from it.

Thanks Squarepants.

Tammy

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[Guest guest]

>>Also, do you drink caffeine with cortef or do you stay away from it.<<

It ius not with the cortef or not but when yoiu have weak adrenals caffeine can

stimulate them and prevent healing if you drink alot of caffeine. Some docs say

NONE when tryign to heal the adrneals, others say a little won;t hurt but you

should try ot cut it to a little.

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