Re: Different hydrocortisone question

July 6, 2004

What are your cortisol levels like normally? Do you have PCOS? Insulin resistance? moonlady0000 wrote:

When I saw the other hydrocortisone thread, it made me wonder if anyone here has had the same experience I have had, or if there is a logical reason for my cortisone experience. Several docs have prescribed hydrocortisone for me in all different doses. Every time I try to take it, I immediately start gaining a ridiculous amount of weight. The amount of gain is about 4-5 lbs in the first 3-4 days and 20 or more pounds in 6-8 weeks. Each different doc has told me to hang in there, the weight gain will go away after my body gets use to the med, the dosage just needs to be adjusted, etc. None of these plans helps and here I sit right now 75 lbs overweight, the last 40 pounds being gained from the last two experiences with cortef, in a 6 mo time period. I had just lost 30 pounds that I had gained on

cortef, which was very difficult and took a long time, so the disappointment of this repeated weight gain is overwhelming! I am off it now because I insisted that I just couldn't stand gaining another pound. Anyone have this reaction to cortef, or have a clue why my body reacts to it like this? __________________________________________________

July 6, 2004

What are your cortisol levels like normally? Do you have PCOS? Insulin resistance? moonlady0000 wrote:

When I saw the other hydrocortisone thread, it made me wonder if anyone here has had the same experience I have had, or if there is a logical reason for my cortisone experience. Several docs have prescribed hydrocortisone for me in all different doses. Every time I try to take it, I immediately start gaining a ridiculous amount of weight. The amount of gain is about 4-5 lbs in the first 3-4 days and 20 or more pounds in 6-8 weeks. Each different doc has told me to hang in there, the weight gain will go away after my body gets use to the med, the dosage just needs to be adjusted, etc. None of these plans helps and here I sit right now 75 lbs overweight, the last 40 pounds being gained from the last two experiences with cortef, in a 6 mo time period. I had just lost 30 pounds that I had gained on

cortef, which was very difficult and took a long time, so the disappointment of this repeated weight gain is overwhelming! I am off it now because I insisted that I just couldn't stand gaining another pound. Anyone have this reaction to cortef, or have a clue why my body reacts to it like this? __________________________________________________

July 6, 2004

What are your cortisol levels like normally? Do you have PCOS? Insulin resistance? moonlady0000 wrote:

When I saw the other hydrocortisone thread, it made me wonder if anyone here has had the same experience I have had, or if there is a logical reason for my cortisone experience. Several docs have prescribed hydrocortisone for me in all different doses. Every time I try to take it, I immediately start gaining a ridiculous amount of weight. The amount of gain is about 4-5 lbs in the first 3-4 days and 20 or more pounds in 6-8 weeks. Each different doc has told me to hang in there, the weight gain will go away after my body gets use to the med, the dosage just needs to be adjusted, etc. None of these plans helps and here I sit right now 75 lbs overweight, the last 40 pounds being gained from the last two experiences with cortef, in a 6 mo time period. I had just lost 30 pounds that I had gained on

cortef, which was very difficult and took a long time, so the disappointment of this repeated weight gain is overwhelming! I am off it now because I insisted that I just couldn't stand gaining another pound. Anyone have this reaction to cortef, or have a clue why my body reacts to it like this? __________________________________________________

July 6, 2004

Hi Jan--

Well...I don't know what my cortisol level is. The other docs

didn't test for it, just prescribed (!). Dr G prescribed cortef for

rheumatoid arthritis on the basis of, I think, c-peptide levels, and

some of my symptoms. I am not on the med now, and I didn't think it

helped. I do not think I have the symptoms of ra anyway. I do not

have PCOS as far as I know. I do think I have insulin resistance

and my glucose level is in the high normal range. Also, I have the

same weight gain reaction to ALL hormornes, even wild yam cream. As

far as my treatment with Dr G, his current advice is for me to try

to be patient while working on the aluminum chelation. I had the

highest level of aluminum he had ever seen! Got any ideas?

When I saw the other

hydrocortisone thread, it made me wonder if

> anyone here has had the same experience I have had, or if there is

a

> logical reason for my cortisone experience. Several docs have

> prescribed hydrocortisone for me in all different doses. Every

time

> I try to take it, I immediately start gaining a ridiculous amount

of

> weight. The amount of gain is about 4-5 lbs in the first 3-4 days

> and 20 or more pounds in 6-8 weeks. Each different doc has told

me

> to hang in there, the weight gain will go away after my body gets

> use to the med, the dosage just needs to be adjusted, etc. None

of

> these plans helps and here I sit right now 75 lbs overweight, the

> last 40 pounds being gained from the last two experiences with

> cortef, in a 6 mo time period. I had just lost 30 pounds that I

had

> gained on cortef, which was very difficult and took a long time,

so

> the disappointment of this repeated weight gain is overwhelming!

I

> am off it now because I insisted that I just couldn't stand

gaining

> another pound. Anyone have this reaction to cortef, or have a

clue

> why my body reacts to it like this?

>

July 6, 2004