For Inga Re: On being afraid of Cortef -

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> Okay, I seem to do okay on the 12 1/2 as well. I have divided

things up

> into a weekly pill box and that helps too. Then I keep a tiny

amount like

> maybe 2 mg for the night or ealy morningif I shold need it

Glad to hear it is working for you!

> When we take more thyroid, we need to more

> Cortisol, and when we take more cortisol, we need to increase the

thyroid.

Yeah, it is hard to get the balance right sometimes.

> I used to think it was all from mercury and food allergie, but am

starting

> to think that adrenals have played a big roll in the heqart

pounding and the

> attacks I used to get. (Still get little ones formtime totim...but

NOTHING

> like I used to.

I think for me the mercury and maybe some other toxicities are

probably at the core of my problems, but each problem area manifests

differently and has to be given attention, like a naughty child.

> > I just had the Great Smokies Comprehensive Liver Detox profile

done,

> I do not tolerate caffein at all...I usually get horrific attacks

from it.

> Can you use something else? I don't think I could handle NoDoz.

I can't tolerate caffeine either, but either in Andy's book, or in

the archives for the yahoogroup he talks about the differences

between caffeine, nodoz, maybe chocolate, and a few other substances

like that. If you get really bad " attacks " maybe it wouldn't be a

good idea. Are you chemically sensitive? In Andy's book he talks

about the phases of the liver and what that means. For me, what he

said turned out to be true. Interestingly, he also says that an

iron deficient person may get worse (liver-wise) when the iron

deficiency is corrected. I don't know why he said this, but it seems

coincidental that after improving my ferritin, I started developing

noticeably chemical sensitivity. And the chemical sensitivity has

imporved since being on the Cortef.

> Interesting. I was on DMSA for about 7 months straight without a

break. Andy

> had said something aout there being rare circumstances where that

was okay,

> For me it was stoppng internal seizure-like attacks.

So the DMSA helped you for that long?

> I had crashed before that when my mother died, my fiance went to

prison, and

> my brother who hates me and does not believe in mercury toxicity

or anything

> other than textbook medicine....got control of the estate and my

well-being

> adn afairs and such. The brother part was so frightening. I

thought if he

> found out I was sick, he would inadvertantly kill me...dragging me

to a

> hospital where they woudl experimebnt on me...I would likely have

died..and

> I was at my brother's mercy. So, I think that is where my adrenals

went

> to...

Wow, that is an awful lot to deal with! You are a strong person for

keeping yourself together and fighting to get healthy.

> Thank you . Thank you for caring. Yes, this is quite a battle

that we

> are in...and the hard part is that we look so " normal " most of the

time.

Yeah, that is what I think interferes with doctors helping. The guy

I am going to seems to finally understand that even though I look

o.k, and even look young for my 49 years, I am pretty messed up

physiologically. And each new person I go to for consultation seems

to look at me like, " come on, you must be making this up. you look

fine! " Then they usually back down a bit when they get whatever

test results back.

R.