Treating adrenals First--doctor in SoCal?

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Hi, everyone.

I simply must get my out of control adrenal fatigue symptoms corrected before

starting

Andy's chelation protocol, otherwise, I fear I will disturb myself and my family

greatly.

Dean advised I find an " Adrenal Aware " doctor, which can be hard. I went to an

endocrinologist today, told him all my " classic adrenal fatigue " symptoms, he

examined

me, and I asked for an ACTH stress test. He said he wouldn't be able to

interpret it, even if

he gave me one. He said the ACTH stress test isn't taken seriously by any

self-respecting

endocrinologist because " there's no baseline level of cortisol--it may go up, it

may go

down, who knows. " So instead, he ordered a cortisol blood test for me (blood

test first,

then injection with ACTH and then another blood draw an hour after that), to

" stimulate the

adrenals and see if they produce cortisol. " I don't know how reliable this test

is going to

be. He said my symptoms are pretty common things most people have, without

having

" Adrenal Disease. " I think, after doing some reading, that my symptoms are

things my

family and I absolutely cannot put up with . . . and all I did is have 3 little

fillings removed

2 months ago--I haven't even started chelating yet! I have to wait a week and

see how he

interprets the results, but he would prescribe Hydrocortisone if he thinks I'm

hypoadrenal,

and then treat the symptoms.

So--does anyone in Southern California (USA) know of a good " adrenal aware "

doctor in

the area? I'm in Long Beach. I'm hoping for someone contracted with BlueCross

PPO, like

my current endocrinologist is.

Thanks!

Abrenica