Adrenals have gone bananas

[Guest guest]

Val - I need your opinion again. I have been taking the equivalent

of about 27mg of HC - 5mg Pred, 5 mg HC plus about 1.25mg of Pred in

the evenings to get through the night. After a good few days, when I

was feeling more stable, sleeping better, hypoglycemia had eased,

things have suddenly gone out of control again. I have been tracking

my am morning temps and they have been reasonably constant at around

36.6. On Tuesday they rose to 37.1 (but that could be cycle-related)

and I increased my Armour from 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 grains, as planned. I

didn't feel that good in the afternoon - a bit hyper, anxious and

some hot flashes, then tired. Thought that was the increase, and ,

as it's only a week since the last one, thought I would back off and

wait another week, and stabilise the adrenals a bit more. So I only

took a 1/4 grain extra once in total.

Wednesday am my temp dropped to 36.7 (a 0.5 drop from the previous

day), and, despite taking my normal dose of adrenal support, at

midday I suddenly ran out of juice. At midday on the dot I became

hypoglycemic - by the time I came to eat half an hour later I was

shakey and then hit by extreme fatigue. At the same time I noticed

the beginnings of a sore throat (my daughter came down with it at the

weekend). Cursing, I stress-dosed with 20mg HC over the next 6

hours, and felt much better - the throat nearly went away. But the

night was just terrible. Back to the bad old days. Awake at 1am -

took 5mg HC- 3am, ate something and took another 5mg HC and then

basically didn't sleep again.

Today I feel awful - shaky, very adrenal, heavy pounding heart,

panicky and stress intolerant. I have taken 5mg Pred, plus 15 mg of

HC just to try and get back on track. My temp has gone back up to

37.1 this morning.

My question is - what do you think has caused this? Was it the

Armour increase, or the onset of a sore throat (which I can barely

feel)or both? Did I knock the adrenals with the Armour increase and

then the virus set in? Or could it just be the virus that is

wreaking such havoc? With such a response to a minor virus I hate to

think what I would be like with a major illness.

I shall obviously try and stabilise the adrenals again with my normal

level of support, put off the dose increase, and I have Ferritin work

to do as well. What do you think?

Nicola

[Guest guest]

I think it was the virus and was just bad timing on the dose raise. I

always make sure I am totally well and not been around someone sick

before I change doses of anything I take.. just for this reason.Illness

is an adrenal stress and so is the dose raise put the two together and

that is why you felt it so much.

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[Guest guest]

That's my feeling too. I just didn't think of catching the virus from

my daughter (duh!). I have dropped a 1/4 grain from my Armour dose

today just to give my adrenals a bit of a break, as my heart is still

pounding, and will put back the dose increase to next week at the

earliest. I also have ferritin issues, which won't be helping matters,

so full steam ahead on that.

On the stress dosing - I took 20mg extra yesterday, and 10mg extra HC

today, and will take what I need to get through the day today. I can

barely feel the sore throat and I don't seem to be getting any further

symptoms.- can I drop back to my normal dose tomorrow, or should I

continue for another day?

I am still finding the right dose for me - I suspect I need a bit more

than the 27mg equivalent of HC that I have been taking - more like 30mg

I think. What I can't stand with all this is the constant second

guessing and anticipating my body needs. It's enough to drive you

crazy.

Thanks for your help.

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>

> I think it was the virus and was just bad timing on the dose raise. I

> always make sure I am totally well and not been around someone sick

> before I change doses of anything I take.. just for this

reason.Illness

> is an adrenal stress and so is the dose raise put the two together

and

> that is why you felt it so much.

>

> --

> Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

> My Ebay Jewelry Store

http://stores.ebay.com/valeriescrystalcreations

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>

[Guest guest]

I have found once I hit a good dose for me that I didn;t need to stress

dose except for illness. SO that is a good sign. I think if you can keep

it around 30MG HC equivalent it is not too high but it will just take

some time to see if that is enough for you.

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