Re: hydrocortisone query - short term use

[Guest guest]

Short term use of cortisone when you know you have weak adrenal

function is probably a really good idea. If you don't use it, you

may become sick while on your trip. This you don't want. When you

have stress and not enough adrenal function to deal with it, your

immune system becomes compormised. You can really crash and pick up

any virus or bacterial infection that is out there if you allow

yourself to be pushed past your limit of tolerance.

Typically s patients dose extra for stress. You can take

extra cortisone for up to two weeks and still be able to get off

when you get back home. One way to do this is, if you know you are

going to be doing something stressfull or have to walk a long

distance, take an extra cortisone just before you go. Pay attention

to how you feel while you are doing whatever it is and if you start

to feel bad, take another cortisone. Just try to dose the extra you

need for the particular stress or activity. I get hypoglycemia, and

tight back and neck muscles when my cortisone goes too low. I can

usually tell when I need a pill. It's really a guesing game figuring

out how much you need for a particular activity. You can also take

up to 30mg of cortisone a day temporarily for up to a week, maybe

more. Every person is different as to the point that causes

dependence. I used to need 7 mg of cortisone or 3 IsoCorts for a

walk of about a mile. My former doctor used 10 mg just before going

to the gym. Every person is different and you will have to figure

out how much each stress requires.

Tish

[Guest guest]

Thanks Tish, so are you saying that ideally I should start the h/c at the

same time as the Armour?

Thanks

Mo

[Guest guest]

Thanks Tish, so are you saying that ideally I should start the h/c at the

same time as the Armour?

Thanks

Mo

[Guest guest]

Thanks Tish, so are you saying that ideally I should start the h/c at the

same time as the Armour?

Thanks

Mo

[Guest guest]

First determine (if possible) if the headaches are due to any of your hormones..

they MAY not be! Has the weather changes recently like it has here, maybe it is

sinus headache. If you DO finally come to the conclusion it is the thyroid

causing the headaches, back down 15 MG and hold for a week to see if that helps,

then slowly edge back up. I would think some folks with slightly-to more

weakened adrenals might get a tension headache when the T3 first starts kicking

in.

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and

cackling, telling me, " You're next. " They stopped after I started doing the

same thing to them at funerals

[Guest guest]

Thank you! -

I tried it that way the first day. Yesterday I tried a micro-nibble on Armour

and the headache eased in a couple of minutes. Could it be that with the Isocort

support I'm burning through the baby-doses of Armour faster?

I'm trying to be patient but it's like Armour surfing -- too much and *wipeout*,

too little and *wipeout* --consciously regulating what God designed to work

seemlessly is a real art!!

Thank you, again!!

First determine (if possible) if the headaches are due to any of your

hormones.. they MAY not be! Has the weather changes recently like it has here,

maybe it is sinus headache. If you DO finally come to the conclusion it is the

thyroid causing the headaches, back down 15 MG and hold for a week to see if

that helps, then slowly edge back up. I would think some folks with slightly-to

more weakened adrenals might get a tension headache when the T3 first starts

kicking in.

[Guest guest]

Tish - I assume this applies to the nutri-meds adrenals also. What

I'm wondering is how do you know when it's ok to start working

yourself off of the support? I don't want to be taking it forever,

but I also don't want to crash because I tried to get off of it too

soon? Is there any kind of signs that it's ok to try?

I've worked my way up to 3 1/2 grains armour for about a month now,

but feel I need to raise a little more. I've also had the stress of

my hubby's accident so now might not be the best time to wean off the

adrenal?

For 2 weeks after increasing to 3 1/2 grains, my temps were 97.6-97.8.

After his accident, they've never been above 97.4 (today was 96.8).

So is this drop in temps a indication of just adrenal stress or a sign

of needing to increase thryoid too?

Turned into more questions than just the first one! Thanks!

Debbie

>

> IsoCort increases the use of thyroid hormone. so, if you are not

> optimized on your thyroid, IsoCort can lower blood levels of

> thyroid. This in itself can be an adrenal stressor. IsoCort use for

> more than 3 or 4 weeks, seems to heighten this roaming thing you

> mentioned with thyroid. My experieince with long term IsoCort use

> has lead me to think that it flattens the brain's response to mild

> stressors and increases or decreases in thyroid in the blood. In

> this way, it seems to make you more susceptible to crashes on either

> side of the perfect amount of thyroid for the amount of cortiosne in

> the blood. Basically, IsoCort limits you in your capacity for stress

> and things that are less than perfectly in balance. I found this out

> by beginning to work myslef off IsoCort and finding that I amazingly

> could do much more and tolerate more variation in dosing and other

> things without crashing.

>

> So, IsoCort helps when you need it, but comes at a price of being

> more limited and having to have things just right.

>

> Tish