update on my flu and stress dosing

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Hi Val and all

I wished to share my experience on stress dosing and flu.

Val,First of all,I would like to thank you very much for giving me support

during these hard days.If you hadn't helped I could have been hospitalized.

This flu was the worst I had all my life. Probably because my health was at its

worst.First day I started stress dosing after my last dose at dosage of 3.75

mg.That night I felt like I was close to dying. I would go to hospital f I was

not aware that most of my problems were due to adrenal fatigue.I did another

stress dosing at 03:00 a.m. than I got better a bit, Next day was also difficult

one. I stress dosed as I felt a need for it and I think I increased my dosage by

75 percent if I am remembering correctly. third day I continued the same way but

starting from afternoon I started drinking various herbal teas,did some castor

oil application and had a good sweating. This was around 6 p.m in the afternoon.

Than I got another stress dosing.Within an hour time I started feeling as if

heavy burden was lifting from me. I think herbal teas and sweating might have

stopped the viral replication. Than I started having high cortisol symptoms. It

seems to me that as viral load decreased my need for cortisol also decreased and

my last stress dosing came out to be as an excess.I was hyper and could not

sleep until very late.Today I woke up with some upper respiratory infection but

with almost none viral infection symptoms.I decided I would stress dose as I

need to avoid excess stress dosing.And.... I did not need any stress dosing

today with one exception. I needed an extra of 1.25 mg so far. My body did not

ask for any extra cortisone and quickly adopted from about 43 mgs to 27 mg.Val

just like you said. I stress dosed for three days and I did not need any

tapering.I still have some bacterial infection going on but I am hoping it might

go away if I take good care of myself tomorrow.

Things I have learned

viral infection was much harder on my adrenals than the bacterial one.Today I

had bacterial infection but did much less stress dosing than viral infection

time.

I noticed that I can detect when I need stress dosing and when I do not. That

was good.

next time I might be more courageous Val at increasing the dosage.I have trouble

adapting in new situations.this was my first experience on stress dosing.thanks

to Val and all who have given support.

best wishes.

nil