Inga***Is ISOCORT easier to DOSE? (was:Re: hydrocortisone query - short term use

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>When I missed it at night my heart has woken me up with pounding.

>What does

> that suggest?

> ~inga

Inga,

I think that the heart pounding may have to do with your body making

adrenaline or may have to do with too much thyroid hormone.... but I

am just guessing.

My heart has been pounding lately because I have been very stressed

(body makes adrenaline). Now, as the stress is gradually reducing, my

heart is not pounding as much. I know that it's not too much thyroid

for me because I don't take very much.

I have a hard time going 4 h without a dose too... but I don't mind

crashing at night.....

By dosing around the clock you are really suppressing any natural

cortisol production that you may have had.... and even natural

cortisol production usually declines at night.

Is is isocort that you are using or cortef?

Is there any way that you could contact that nurse practitioner in

Seattle?

Concerned about you.

>

> > Inga,

> > Anything that I have seen about cortef dosings says to take it in

> > three or four doses spread over the day and stopping at 4 pm. Most

> > people have difficulty sleeping if they take any after 4 pm. For a 15

> > mg dose that might be 5 at each of 7 am, 12 noon, and 4 pm. That

> > works for me,expect I take a bit more.

>

> The problem I was having is that I was having a hard time going for

a full 4

> hours without taking the next dose. After 3 1/2 I often started

crashing.

> (Oh I am taking 2.1 mg each dose @ 4 hours) I have been dosing round the

> clock, getting up at night to take it too, so that I don't go too

many hours

> without it.

>

> When I missed it at night my heart has woken me up with pounding.

What does

> that suggest?

> ~inga

>

>

> > I read some where that if you mant to make sure the adrenals don't get

> > too supressed you can take the whole dose in the am. And I have even

> > heard of taking two days worth on the morning of the first day. I

> > haven't tried this but might ask my doc what he thinks.