Re: For Lacretia : Pregnenolone and cortef?

[Guest guest]

LaCretia, Would not using licorice while geting off the CORTEF help a lot in

weaning off, or is there something I a not understanding here?

~Inga

on 2/10/05 11:01 AM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote:

> I am getting ready to meet with her next Wednesday to start the

> weaning process off of Cortef. I understand that I will be sick for about 3

> months while doing this. Others here have told me it's not that bad if you

> go slow enough however, when you speak to the doctors..they get this very

> serious look and tone stating get ready...you WILL be sick. I'm ready

> though... it's been a full year and I am ready to see if this fixed my

> adrenals or not. So far, I have not been able to find anyone that was

> weaned off perment from this treatment so, I'm not getting my hopes too

> high. At least after I'm weaned off, I can take the ACTH test finally to

> confirm if I have 's or if it was just adrenal fatigue. Hope this

> helps!

>

> LaCretia

[Guest guest]

LaCretia, Would not using licorice while geting off the CORTEF help a lot in

weaning off, or is there something I a not understanding here?

~Inga

on 2/10/05 11:01 AM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote:

> I am getting ready to meet with her next Wednesday to start the

> weaning process off of Cortef. I understand that I will be sick for about 3

> months while doing this. Others here have told me it's not that bad if you

> go slow enough however, when you speak to the doctors..they get this very

> serious look and tone stating get ready...you WILL be sick. I'm ready

> though... it's been a full year and I am ready to see if this fixed my

> adrenals or not. So far, I have not been able to find anyone that was

> weaned off perment from this treatment so, I'm not getting my hopes too

> high. At least after I'm weaned off, I can take the ACTH test finally to

> confirm if I have 's or if it was just adrenal fatigue. Hope this

> helps!

>

> LaCretia

[Guest guest]

LaCretia, Would not using licorice while geting off the CORTEF help a lot in

weaning off, or is there something I a not understanding here?

~Inga

on 2/10/05 11:01 AM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote:

> I am getting ready to meet with her next Wednesday to start the

> weaning process off of Cortef. I understand that I will be sick for about 3

> months while doing this. Others here have told me it's not that bad if you

> go slow enough however, when you speak to the doctors..they get this very

> serious look and tone stating get ready...you WILL be sick. I'm ready

> though... it's been a full year and I am ready to see if this fixed my

> adrenals or not. So far, I have not been able to find anyone that was

> weaned off perment from this treatment so, I'm not getting my hopes too

> high. At least after I'm weaned off, I can take the ACTH test finally to

> confirm if I have 's or if it was just adrenal fatigue. Hope this

> helps!

>

> LaCretia

[Guest guest]

Just take it real slow, about 2.5mg every 3-4 days, or every week..

or as you can handle it. Nausea and weakness is all part of it...

If you find you can do more, then do more but don't push it, the

slower the better. The day you drop the next day is usually the

worst. If you have addisons you need to be careful weaning.

Meaning if you have flu like symptoms, and your BP drops you may

want to get checked out right away. Not trying to scare you but

rather have you have a heads up. It sounds like you know what you

are up against. Hope you the best and keep us posted!

Hugs,

Canasa

>

> > I am getting ready to meet with her next Wednesday to start the

> > weaning process off of Cortef. I understand that I will be sick

for about 3

> > months while doing this. Others here have told me it's not that

bad if you

> > go slow enough however, when you speak to the doctors..they get

this very

> > serious look and tone stating get ready...you WILL be sick. I'm

ready

> > though... it's been a full year and I am ready to see if this

fixed my

> > adrenals or not. So far, I have not been able to find anyone

that was

> > weaned off perment from this treatment so, I'm not getting my

hopes too

> > high. At least after I'm weaned off, I can take the ACTH test

finally to

> > confirm if I have 's or if it was just adrenal fatigue.

Hope this

> > helps!

> >

> > LaCretia