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

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Please describe in detail the symptoms that you experience when you

say that you are feeling low in cortisol and have to " always hyper-

dosing it " .

> >

> > 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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