Re: Need Advice on Adrenal Issues

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I have adrenal issues as well, and it is common for people with

adrenal fatigue to feel more energized at night. I don't know why.

Cortisol works for me at 15mg, but I think I will try the adrenal

extract next, since the cortisol doesn't seem to help them heal.

I've been on the cortisol for about 8 months, but when I go off of

it, my adrenal are still not working.

>

> Need your help on adrenal issues. 2 years ago cortisol was

> significantly below normal over 24 hours, but just barely reached

up

> to just below the lower boundery of the normal curve in early

> evening. This year the same test shows cortisol below normal all

> day, but then begins to rise about dinner time and spikes

extremely

> high overnight, causing me to feel anxiety/butterflies when I wake

> up.

>

> So apparently my adrenals can work, just at the wrong times and

they

> go way overboard when they do. After that they are exhausted and

> sink way low until the next evening.

>

> How to treat that? How to get the adrenals back in sync? Actually,

> lately the morning anxiety is gone, so I bet a retest which I

can't

> afford would show my cortisol is again very low all day and night.

> That's what it feels like. Nothing Rx or supplements helps my

> depression, and I get fatigued very easy.

>

> Licorice didn't agree with me. It felt like I was intolerant of

it,

> similar to a food intolerance. I tried Isocort on 2 different

> afternoons just to sample it and I was surprised how tired, sleepy

> and depressed I got. Was it just one pill of Isocort that did

that?

>

> My doc said to put over the counter hydrocortisone gel on my

buttock

> boils to reduce the swelling until our next appointment where he

> will take a closer look at them. He said the hyrocortisone gel

will

> not absorb in the system. I think he was wrong. I got kind of

> nervousy with a fast heartbeat and didn't know what was going on,

> until I remembered about the cortisone gel on my buttocks. I

wonder.

>

> Can you get a dose of cortisol from the gel applied to the skin?

It

> felt like it. And if so, how would one know what dose they were

> getting with each dab from the tube?

>

> Many questions here. I appreciate your help very much.

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