Re: Dahlia~florinef and salt

[Guest guest]

Dahlia, thanks so much for responding! Yeah, I seriously doubt I

need MORE salt as I take 1/2 tsp morning and bedtime and heavily salt

my food all day long.

What dosage of Florinef are you on and how much salt to do take? I'm

wondering if I should cut the dose of salt by 1/2 and see what

happens.

Kim

>

> Just my 2 cents on headaches: after being on Florinef for about a

> month, I got two types of headaches. One came on late afternoon,

and

> lasted until evening; it was on the mild side, but I had to take

> codeine and aspirin to get rid of it. The second type of headache

> was the most awful headache I've ever had (and I have a long hx of

> headaches!) and was very hard to get rid of. Excedrin seemed to

work

> best and coffee, both bad for the adrenals I know. But I think the

> vaso-constriction was what worked. It countered the vaso-dilation

> caused by too much salt and too much fluid retention. That's my

best

> educated guess.

>

> In both cases, the headaches were brought on by taking too much

salt

> for the amount of florinef and hc I was on. Once I figured out how

> much salt to take and at what frequency, I haven't had a headache

> since. That's only been about a week, but what a relief!

>

> Dahlia

>

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim,

I'm taking .1 mg of florinef + 1 tsp salt (not counting salt on or in

food).

First thing in the morning, I take 1/2 tsp salt with vitamin C.

After lunch, I try to get in another 1/2 tsp, usually I take it in 2

doses, 1/4 tsp each. I don't heavily salt my food, in fact I

probably don't use enough! But I try to get 1/4 tsp with each meal.

I eat no processed food at all (unless I can't avoid it!), so I don't

get a lot of extra salt.

If you're still having bad headaches, I would think you might wanna

try cutting down on your salt. Do you have any sense of what else

might be causing them? How much florinef are you on? hc?

Dahlia

> >

> > Just my 2 cents on headaches: after being on Florinef for about a

> > month, I got two types of headaches. One came on late afternoon,

> and

> > lasted until evening; it was on the mild side, but I had to take

> > codeine and aspirin to get rid of it. The second type of

headache

> > was the most awful headache I've ever had (and I have a long hx

of

> > headaches!) and was very hard to get rid of. Excedrin seemed to

> work

> > best and coffee, both bad for the adrenals I know. But I think

the

> > vaso-constriction was what worked. It countered the vaso-

dilation

> > caused by too much salt and too much fluid retention. That's my

> best

> > educated guess.

> >

> > In both cases, the headaches were brought on by taking too much

> salt

> > for the amount of florinef and hc I was on. Once I figured out

how

> > much salt to take and at what frequency, I haven't had a headache

> > since. That's only been about a week, but what a relief!

> >

> > Dahlia

> >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I just cut down from .1mg Florinef to .05mg. I am takig 30mg of HC.

Val suggested cutting back on the Florinef as I was having muscle

cramping and water retention. I had tried upping my dose and that

didn't seem to help. I was up all night going to the bathroom.

Since I cut back on the Florinef (5 days ago I think) I am doing

better with that. But the headaches in the evening are no fun!

KIm

> > >

> > > Just my 2 cents on headaches: after being on Florinef for about

a

> > > month, I got two types of headaches. One came on late

afternoon,

> > and

> > > lasted until evening; it was on the mild side, but I had to

take

> > > codeine and aspirin to get rid of it. The second type of

> headache

> > > was the most awful headache I've ever had (and I have a long hx

> of

> > > headaches!) and was very hard to get rid of. Excedrin seemed

to

> > work

> > > best and coffee, both bad for the adrenals I know. But I think

> the

> > > vaso-constriction was what worked. It countered the vaso-

> dilation

> > > caused by too much salt and too much fluid retention. That's

my

> > best

> > > educated guess.

> > >

> > > In both cases, the headaches were brought on by taking too much

> > salt

> > > for the amount of florinef and hc I was on. Once I figured out

> how

> > > much salt to take and at what frequency, I haven't had a

headache

> > > since. That's only been about a week, but what a relief!

> > >

> > > Dahlia

> > >

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

Sounds like you're doing the right thing cutting the florinef.

Have you tried further decreasing salt to see if it helps the

headaches? I totally sympathize, headaches are terrible, there's no

where to go to escape. Hope I've helped.

Dahlia

> > > >

> > > > Just my 2 cents on headaches: after being on Florinef for

about

> a

> > > > month, I got two types of headaches. One came on late

> afternoon,

> > > and

> > > > lasted until evening; it was on the mild side, but I had to

> take

> > > > codeine and aspirin to get rid of it. The second type of

> > headache

> > > > was the most awful headache I've ever had (and I have a long

hx

> > of

> > > > headaches!) and was very hard to get rid of. Excedrin seemed

> to

> > > work

> > > > best and coffee, both bad for the adrenals I know. But I

think

> > the

> > > > vaso-constriction was what worked. It countered the vaso-

> > dilation

> > > > caused by too much salt and too much fluid retention. That's

> my

> > > best

> > > > educated guess.

> > > >

> > > > In both cases, the headaches were brought on by taking too

much

> > > salt

> > > > for the amount of florinef and hc I was on. Once I figured

out

> > how

> > > > much salt to take and at what frequency, I haven't had a

> headache

> > > > since. That's only been about a week, but what a relief!

> > > >

> > > > Dahlia

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > >

> >

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