Vitamin B5 and Adrenal Metabolism? Help!

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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