Re: *ordering t3, TISH . also CORTEF

[Guest guest]

I had a real bad day yesterday. Seemed like nothing was ever going to

work...I had 2 attacks in one day...the causese being many fold

I will keep forging on then and raising my thyroid...my temps are coming up

some.

Tish, I did a little cortisone for awhile. Now I am off of it. Yesterday I

took 5 mg inthe mornign though.

The cortisone, totally cleared me feelings of " going crazy " , but then I got

afraid of becomning dependant. Also, it seems my blood sugar was becomming

much more unstable...it is real confusing. You ahve help me understand

things so much, but what is the deal on CORTISONE;

Steady even doeses to alleviate symtoms by supporting adrenals,

or

One day on and one day off so the adrenals do not become dependant?

~Inga

...on 3/10/05 6:24 AM, lkwetter at saltillo@... wrote:

> Sometimes the difference between no life

> and a life is just 1/2 grain of Armour

[Guest guest]

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.

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.

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