Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 > Also, when you start ACE, are you supposed to take it throughout the day? I know it was suggested I take it in the morning since that's where my test showed I need it most, though I was relatively low the rest of the day too. Thanks for any info on that > > I believe Sunshine said he takes his all in the morning. And if I remember right, somebody said they take one in the morning and two at lunch. And I think I have old instructions from Andy saying to take it 3 or 4 times a day, so I guess you just have to see what works best for you. --------Yeah, I take my ACE dose all in the morning. When I started supplementing it I dosed at breakfast, lunch and dinner and I could not sleep at night. so I stopped the evening dose and I slept half the night. so I stopped the lunch time dose and dosed all in the morning and I slept as per normal. I have seen posts from some that supplement ACE at night to help them sleep…!!! Everyone is different, it is fine to experiment and see what happens. note: I am very low cortisol in the mornings. Sunshine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hi Robin, We have a lot in common. I've been on Cortef (5mg at 8am and 5mg at 12pm) for a couple years and recently added 50mg of ACE. The added ACE helped me tremendously but lately hasn't been doing the trick so I upped the dose to 75mg. We'll see if that helps. Unfortunately, I have had the weight gain he's talking about. It's a bummer, big bummer (pun intended, lol) but it's WAY better than being confined to my couch, unable to work or even go out and being a general emotional mess all the time. I may be 15 pounds overweight but I have a great job, socialize with friends, had a fantastic romantic relationship and am handling a painful breakup with an amazing amount of sanity. All things I could never have done before. My plan is to wean off all the adrenal meds eventually. I have some surgery coming up soon and work is going to get busy so now isn't the time for it but that is my goal. I'll be posting more with questions on weaning off adrenal meds and the best way to prep for surgery but wanted to respond to your post since I related so much. All the best on your path of recovery and feel free to email me off list if you like, :^) Alessa dosing ACE, was Re: confused about cortef.. Posted by: " robin " grainwreck@... grainwrecked Tue May 6, 2008 5:11 pm (PDT) > Yes I split the capsules but now I'm up to 50mg first thing in the > morning, so a whole capsule first thing. Just reading AI page 78 where Andy says " cortisol elevates mood and reduces anxiety and relieves tension by direct action on the brain. 5mg 2-4 times per day is enough to have some of this effect, it happens quickly, and this is not enough to lead to the negative side effects of glucocorticoid use like HPA supression or excessive weight gain. " So maybe I should be dividing my doses of Thorne ACE throughout the day? Also, what's this about weight-gain? Fat? Man, I am at my perfect weight, it's like the ONLY thing I don't have a problem with :-) I certainly hope I don't have to buy all new clothes... In other news, when I first received a Meyers Push from a doctor here in my new town (before I even knew about metals) he added some (probably absurd) amount of ACE to the mix. I felt GREAT for about an hour or two and then I seriously crashed. That night I couldn't sleep very well so I thought, hey, maybe I don't need cortisol. But now I'm thinking, as usual, the American M.D. " used a sledgehammer when a putty knife would have done the job, " and so the problem was not the stuff but the amount of the stuff. (This was the same clown who injected me later with a couple grams of DMPS and EDTA. He's now advertising super injections of a-Lipoic Acid (!) I want to stand outside his office with a placard warning patients away.) In any case, I imagine that putting cortisol in one's veins, even a small amount, is not such a good idea? Too much of a good thing? ~robin ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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