Re: New dosing regime

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Isn't it amazing how a little TINY dose change can feel so much

different? I think this is why it has taken me SO long to adjust all my

dosages... LOL

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Lynda you should not take the pred all at once, that is probably why

you feel racey. I suggest you break up the pred in to 2 to 3 doses a

day. You'll have to experiament and keep a record, but I suggest

trying 5 mg in the morning and 2 1/2 mg 6 hours later to start with.

Keep a good record of what you do. So you are taking 4 1/4 grains a day?

Another thing to consider for the raceyness is that 2 grains of Armour

may be to much to take at one time for you. I take 2 grains at wake

and 1 grain at bedtime and have no problem.

You should never change two hormones at the same time. If something

happens you may not figure out which caused the problem.

With 5 mg of pred a day, your body could use 4 1/4 grains well. 7 1/2

mg of pred is going to break down the T3 in the armour faster though,

so keep in mind you might need to up the Armour. Any time you change

cortisol dose (up or down), you will likely need to adjust the Armour

dose.

So try the 5 mg pred morning, 2 1/2 mg 6 hours later, but keeping in

mind you might need to dose 3 times day later, but lower the morning

Armour back to 1 1/4 from 2 grains.

Chris

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> remember I wrote on the NTH list yesterday about how I suddenly had

fatigue that I'd never had before?

> I had been taking 5mg pred in the am with 1 1/4 grains of armour,

then another grain of armour at noon, 5pm and bedtime.

> This morning I took 7.5mg pred and 2 grains of armour then 1 1/4 at

noon.

> I felt a bit racey halfway through the morning but after an hour or

so it passed. It's now 2.40pm here and I'm not feeling fatigued at all.

> Lynda C

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[Guest guest]

That's the exact way I took my armour yesterday and why I changed it today.

I've been taking 5mg pred all in the morning for quite awhile now and I had been taking 4 grains of armour split up into 1 grain doses. However when I added 1/4 of a grain to the morning dose I began experiencing severe fatigue.

So I tried adding some h/c to the mix but it didn't improve. I'll try taking 5mg pred in the morning and 2.5 at noon but I'm afraid of compromising my sleep which is fragile at the best of times

Today, apart from feeling racey for about an hour, I've been good

Lynda C

Re: New dosing regime

Lynda you should not take the pred all at once, that is probably whyyou feel racey. I suggest you break up the pred in to 2 to 3 doses aday. You'll have to experiament and keep a record, but I suggesttrying 5 mg in the morning and 2 1/2 mg 6 hours later to start with. Keep a good record of what you do. So you are taking 4 1/4 grains a day?Another thing to consider for the raceyness is that 2 grains of Armourmay be to much to take at one time for you. I take 2 grains at wakeand 1 grain at bedtime and have no problem. You should never change two hormones at the same time. If somethinghappens you may not figure out which caused the problem.With 5 mg of pred a day, your body could use 4 1/4 grains well. 7 1/2mg of pred is going to break down the T3 in the armour faster though,so keep in mind you might need to up the Armour. Any time you changecortisol dose (up or down), you will likely need to adjust the Armourdose.So try the 5 mg pred morning, 2 1/2 mg 6 hours later, but keeping inmind you might need to dose 3 times day later, but lower the morningArmour back to 1 1/4 from 2 grains.Chris