Re: Low blood pressure...

[Guest guest]

I also have had low blood pressure, and what brought it up for me was

the combination of salt and cortisol.

Cortisol is only available by prescription. I wonder if DHEA and

pregnenolone would help (both available otc in the US). The doses

Andy gives in AI are 25-50 mg DHEA (for women, p 149), and 100 mg

Pregnenolone (for women, p 161).

Yes, for me BP can drop fast with stress, even shopping is stress

(happy stress is still stress), and running around is physical stress.

In the heat of the summer we need more salt too.

J

>

> Mine's been low as long as I can remember. This spring I was

> hovering around 96/65 and wasn't feeling good and when I upped the

> salt intake (I know that adrenal deficiency results in sodium loss

> and I can't seem to get enough salt on anything) I would feel

> somewhat better and it would bring my pressure up to 103/69 or so.

>

> Well...today...I'm at 86/56 and the weird thing is that I felt really

> good today. I had been shopping for several hours before taking it

> so maybe I was depleted just from having been running errands all

> afternoon.

>

> I'm sure AI has some good adrenal info (I'd like to shout out a big

> thank you to for gifting me his extra copy -- I will indeed

> be paying it forward. ) but if anyone has any suggestions in the

> meantime...Do I just make sure I'm getting enough salt? I'm taking

> adrenal cortex (3 per day, have been on it for nearly 2 years now

> with a five month break) and 7-keto. I've been on a low salicylate

> diet and have been feeling consistently good. Does blood pressure

> vary that much from hour to hour? That kind of freaked me out.

>

> Thx...

> Jen

>

[Guest guest]

I'm looking into over-the-counter ISOcort, which might contain 2.5 mg

cortisol, but might not be open about it for legal reasons.

>

> I also have had low blood pressure, and what brought it up for me was

> the combination of salt and cortisol.

>

> Cortisol is only available by prescription.