Fluid retention on Florinef

[Guest guest]

Hi Val,

I'm having swollen ankles on .1mg Florinef. I ramped up slowly and have been at

this dose for about a week or a tad longer. I'm just noticing the swelling, so

of course, I went to 0.075 today. Am I correct in assuming that I don't go down

by, say, 1/2 pill? If I still have the swelling in 5 days, go down another

..025mg?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

You could also try lowering HC. But no more than 1/4 pill at a time

lowering Flrouinef.

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[Guest guest]

You could also try lowering HC. But no more than 1/4 pill at a time

lowering Flrouinef.

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[Guest guest]

I had weaned back from stress dosing for illness and was at 30mg for 5 days.

Then - I forgot a couple of doses. For 2 days I had just 25mg. By day 3, I was

freezing. I'm now back to 32.5mg and still cold. You think I should go lower

than that? I will try after 3 days at this dose coz I really don't like the

weight gain I've had. I NEVER had any swelling on HC though.

>>You could also try lowering HC. But no more than 1/4 pill at a time lowering

Flrouinef.

[Guest guest]

I had weaned back from stress dosing for illness and was at 30mg for 5 days.

Then - I forgot a couple of doses. For 2 days I had just 25mg. By day 3, I was

freezing. I'm now back to 32.5mg and still cold. You think I should go lower

than that? I will try after 3 days at this dose coz I really don't like the

weight gain I've had. I NEVER had any swelling on HC though.

>>You could also try lowering HC. But no more than 1/4 pill at a time lowering

Flrouinef.

[Guest guest]

I NEVER had any swelling on HC though.

That may be true but there is some mineral corticoid activity in HC and there

can be glucocorticoid activity in Florinef for some people. In other word just

cause you never had fluid fro HC doesn;t mean it may not be doing it with the

Florinef.

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[Guest guest]

I think there is hope for the HC weight gain to resolve with time. I'm

starting to lose the weight I gained from HC, and have not reduced my

dose. In fact I haven't changed my dose of HC or T3 for 14 days, though

I've still stress dosed when necessary. Haven't gotten on the scale, but

I can wear my jeans again. YAY! Because I really cannot afford new

clothes. For a few weeks there I was down to only 2 pairs of pants I

could fit in, and they were getting tight, and panic was setting in. I

had been thinking I would have to wean off HC, but decided to give it a

few more weeks. And I can put my socks on now without dislocating my

knees or anything else LOL. I did change my diet back to stricter low

carb, but haven't been dieting as such. Doing more salt water, too.

So I've been following the florinef threads with a lot of interest.

sol

GrammyDx2 wrote:

> I had weaned back from stress dosing for illness and was at 30mg for 5 days.

Then - I forgot a couple of doses. For 2 days I had just 25mg. By day 3, I was

freezing. I'm now back to 32.5mg and still cold. You think I should go lower

than that? I will try after 3 days at this dose coz I really don't like the

weight gain I've had. I NEVER had any swelling on HC though.

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