Re: Vitamin B5 and Adrenal Metabolism? Help, Andy!!

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I've been really researching to try and figure this out. What is causing me to

use up my HC

so fast? If I know that, then Andy's book can tell me what to take to fix it.

Is this a matter of liver metabolism? I haven't had any liver profile tests done

yet. (Probably

should at this point). But I have many signs of fast phase one, slow phase 2.

Would fast phase 1 liver metabolism cause me to burn up all my hydrocortisone so

fast?

Again, would taking lots of Vit. B5 help? I started a B-50 for the first time

earlier today

(don't have B5 yet), and I was surprised to find my low cortisol symptoms stayed

away

longer than usual. But then it wore off. Consistent w/what Andy says--B vit.

capsules are

not long-acting.

I just wonder what route to take to slow down my metabolism of hydrocortisone so

I'm not

always hyper-dosing it. If this is caused by fast phase 1 liver metabolism, I'll

jump into

taking the supps that help with liver (like Milk Thistle, which I'm not

currently taking), like

maybe more methylating agents?

If this is just a matter of needing B5, then that's what I'll focus on.

Or maybe I just need to transition to Medrol instead of HC for my adrenal

support.

Gotta get this solved before my extraction in 2 weeks. I don't want to become

comatose

due to lack of cortisol during dental surgery.

>

> Sorry this is so long. I really need to give background. The main question is

in the very

last

> line.

>

> I severely hypoadrenal. I couldn't get my all-important root canal removed (it

DOES have

> amalgam under it) yesterday, because the stress of drilling off a (different)

metal crown

> and a metal inlay was so enormous that I had to stress-dose my HC to the point

where I

> was finally stable--at 140mg HC + 18 mg Medrol. I didn't have enough HC with

me to

> keep doing that and we postponed the extraction for 2 weeks. I must find a way

to do

this

> extraction without ending up in a coma from not getting the cortisol my body

needs to

> deal with that stressor. That root canal is now the one last thing standing

between me

and

> my cure--chelation. But at this rate I may end up in the ER from the stress of

an

> extraction unless I can get multiple HC injections. In fact, I got a

glucocorticoid injection

> today at the doctor's to cope w/leftover stress of yesterday's dental, and 125

MG OF

> SOLUMEDROL FINALLY MADE ME FEEL GOOD AGAIN---FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES!!

>

> I tried HC on the typical small doses . 10mg didn't even touch me. 20 and

every 5 mg

dose

> burned up in me within 45 min., leaving me crashed on the couch till I was

" allowed " to

> take my next dose. 35mg--same. 40 mg is my good dose--for my " hausfrau " days,

as

> long as I don't overexert myself by doing the dishes or anything.

>

> 50 mg--now that is good enough to actually let me run errands and take care of

my

> toddler! But dosed every 2 hours at the longest.

>

> ****In re-reading AI, I saw that Vitmin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) is good for

" adrenal

> metabolism. " I definitely appear to be " metabolizing " my HC way too fast. It's

a real

> problem, because I have to always carry the pill bottle with me wherever I go

to avoid a

> monumental crash. Also, at the dentist yesterday, I got SO MANY anesthetic

shots,

> because each shot barely lasted in me and I got sensetive again so quickly. Is

this a

" liver

> metabolism " issue? What determines the speed of HC metabolism?

>

> Dosing the HC this frequently is scaring my husband and especially my doctor,

but it's

> what I need to live right now.

>

> I'm pretty sure I have fast phase 1, slow phase 2, based on MCS and poor

response to

> taking oral DHEA. Taking epsom salts to bowel toleration has REALLY helped the

MCS.

>

> I should point out I'm not on any multi-B-vitamin at all right now. Just B-12

lozenges.

>

> Would taking B-5 help me metabolize my HC more slowly?

>

> Thanks

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