Guest guest Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 My goodness, Tish, how did you manage to answer this so fast? You must hae lightening fingers combined with a like mind. > > Steady even doses are the best to have more even quality days and to > see the most improvement. Every other day is kind of miserable on > the off days but you don't take much risk of becomming dependent. It > does provide support for the adrenals on the on days, which can help > them recover some by taking the burden off them for half the days. > > Low blood sugar is a very common symptom of low cortisol. When > cortisol goes too low, the liver cannot convert fat to glucose. > Cortisol will get out of balance with insulin after meals and this > can cause blood sugar to go too low in about 20 minutes following a > meal. I had almost constant hypoglycemia when I first started on > thyroid. Emotional disturbances, irrational anger, feeling out of > control are signs of low cortisol. Okay, I guess this makes sense. Taking the CORTISOL probably made my blood sugar problems even worse then. The last attack I had yesterday, stopped after taking 1/2 tsp of sugar....but ihad been passed out for a few hours hence and that was brought on by a hot bath, which I am figuring stors around the mercury that the DMSA has mobilised. Food allergies originally started the attack, as well as stopping a round of DMSA forthe mercury. Oh, I just can't figure this out. But what I do know is that I am craving sugar more and more and more, and that is a sign of adrenal malfunction. RIGHT??? > You can take 10mg of cortisol a day and that will leave you with 20 > to 30 mg of production made by your own glands. You will still have > to taper off after 3 to 4 weeks of use. But, this will be much less > likely to cause permanent problems. So after the 3-4 weeks, one need to wait a month or two before the do it again? This is such a confusing subject. I actually feel like I would feel much better with complete CORTISONE replacement, but then that would make me ill/dependant for a lifetime. NOT good. What to do.....sigh Tish, what if I jsut took about 5 mg every morning. What would that do? I don't think my natural cortisol kicks in much before very late evening.... ~Inga > > I have been on Cortef and then IsoCort for most of two years. I have > been working off it. At first it was difficult, but now I am doing > very well and am down to 10 mg a day and think I will be off them in > another two months. Most people can get off. It's just that there > are risks a drawbacks. One drawback is if you have been on them > quite some time, your own adrenals are weaker and so you are limited > later on with how much stress you can take. >At the beginning of > thyroid treatment, it helps because your adrenals are already weak > and you are already limited in your capacity for stress. IsoCort and > Cortef sort of keep the adrenals in the same spot to some degree, > but makes you feel better. > > It's all a trade off. I became a total insomniac and could not do my > job anymore. So, for me cortisone was worth it. You will know when > or if things get so that you must do something. > > Tish > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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