Re: Re: Prednisolone not working after 1/8 grain increase

[Guest guest]

Well, he must be an amazing doctor if he agrees with me. :-) Just kidding!

Honestly he sounds like a really good doctor and is looking into things and

willing to work with you on everything. Just remember to go slowly as

frustrating as it is. I read somewhere a reccommendation of keeping a

journal so you can look back and see if you've made progress in how you feel

even if it is minimal. Where is your doctor again?

Rie

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy

enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright

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> Thanks Cherie. Just finished my telephone appt with my new doc and he

> said the same thing - wants me to back up on the Armour to 2 grains to

> try to get back to where I was sleeping on the Pediapred and then back

> off on the Pediapred to try to get less of that sedating effect the

> next day - and to take it earlier like Val already said.

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> We talked about whether Armour is even going to work for me given how

> much trouble that I have had increasing (some admittedly

> self-inflicted) and given that, according to food sensitivity testing

> I am supposedly more than a little insensitive/intolerant of pork. He

> said that they test against pork muscle, not endocrine tissue, but

> that it could possibly be a factor. He also said that he has patients

> that do well on combos of Synthroid and Armour Cytomel, Thyrolar, etc.

> He doesn't want to give up on Armour yet, but I let him know that I

> am really struggling and have been and that I need to see some

> positive progress soon if just for mental health.

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> We're going to look at aldosterone and renin again b/c we haven't

> tested that in a while and maybe low aldosterone is why I am having so

> much trouble with cortisol.

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> He also did not disregard " adrenal pain " stating that he has patients

> that describe the same kind of pain that we talk about here and that

> conventional docs don't believe in. All in all, a very good appt,

> even if it was via telephone. I like this doc and I would definitely

> recommend him to anyone living in the SE or anywhere.

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> Thank you for your response.

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> > I know you don't want to hear this, but if you feel the Armour

> increase is

> > messing things up why not back off on it for a bit.

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[Guest guest]

I am noit sure if the salt would make it lower or higher, but it does

not get an accurate picture of what is really there,

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