Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Amy I have never tried Licorice as it can cause a fast rise in BP. It keep what cortisol you make in your system longer that is how it raises your levels but you have no cpntrol over when it raiszes them. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV My Ebay Jewelry Store http://stores.ebay.com/valeriescrystalcreations http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 So, too, unpredictable you think? You know, I've been trying to make sense of how fatigued my adrenals really are. According to my January saliva tests, I was in the normal reference range, but still had low cortisol in the morning and somewhat high at night. I was supplementing with 10 mg of DHEA then. If you back my DHEA back to low, which is where it was before supplementation, the graph would show me in Stage 4 adrenal fatigue. This seems to correlate more with the symptoms I experience. Does it make sense then, that my Stage diagram was thrown off by my DHEA supplemention? So that the true picture is stage 4, and it just showed normal b/c I was supplementing DHEA? I know my DHEA levels are low when I don't supplement. They were low before I started supplementing, then when I stopped for several months, they went right back down. Thanks, Amy > > Amy I have never tried Licorice as it can cause a fast rise in BP. It > keep what cortisol you make in your system longer that is how it raises > your levels but you have no cpntrol over when it raiszes them. > > -- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Hi Amy I tried Licorice root when I was first diagnosed with adrenal fatigue. The doctor likes to try natural things first. I was also diagnosed with insulin resistance and prescribed Metformin at the same time. So I started them both. Over the month I felt worse and worse. I started having chest discomfort and a pounding heart. My arm hurt and my chest hurt. All the time I thought it was the metformin. I finally ended up having all sorts of heart tests and my heart was fine. After reading on this site and my doctor changing me to hc I realize that it was probably the licorice causing my heart palps and discomfort and not the metformin after all. The reason I think this is because as soon as I started the HC I started having the heart palps a lot. So I think that the licorice was causing me to have some thyroid dumping. My cortisol was so low all day that I know the licorice couldn't have helped me at all. Possibly if your adrenals aren't too bad it might help but pay attention to any heart type symptoms you might have. beebe licorice root I was doing some additional reading on adrenal fatigue today and saw some talk of licorice root. I've seen this before, but never tried it. Have any of you used it, and what results have you seen? Thanks, Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 You know Amy I think too little emphasis is placed on DHEA as a supplement when our adrenals are weak. I jknow at my worst hypo I feel certian that what kept my adrenals alive at all was the fact that I was taking copious amounts of DHEA. And I think you could very well be right that your adrenals were worse than it looked due to your supplementing DHEA> -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV My Ebay Jewelry Store http://stores.ebay.com/valeriescrystalcreations http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Good question. My adrenals are not terribly shot. I guess I'm at the 3-4th stage out of 7 and I took about 4 of them maybe 2-3 months without any results at all. anewkirk30 wrote: I was doing some additional reading on adrenal fatigue today and saw some talk of licorice root. I've seen this before, but never tried it. Have any of you used it, and what results have you seen? Thanks, Amy --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Hi, Amy, I was taking licorice root for about two weeks. I definitely noticed a difference in the sense that it did extend what little cortisol I have. I ended up stopping it about a week ago, because my BP was creeping up a little, and I don't need to add THAT to my laundry list! I started Isocort & that is helping for sure. Good luck! Warmly, > > I was doing some additional reading on adrenal fatigue today and saw > some talk of licorice root. I've seen this before, but never tried > it. Have any of you used it, and what results have you seen? > > Thanks, > Amy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 I started taking licorice root powder about a 3 weeks ago. It has made a HUGE difference in my health. I am in stage 7 and have had major trouble with low blood pressure and dehydration as well as all the other issues with adrenal fatigue. I am on Florinef and take a ton of sea salt. The only thing that has helped get me over the hump has been the licorice root powder. I suppose when you get so far down the line that these other issues become big deals like the low blood pressure and dehydration. I am pretty sure that when I was in the other stages (and didn't know about all of this but hindsite...) I did not have low blood pressure or such bad dehydration. The ND who put me on the powder said it helps extend the hydrocortisone but it also inhibits an enzyme that helps you retain more sodium and balances out the sodium/potassium ratio. Hence, for me, less dehydration, less heart palpitations and milder headaches. My headaches have been so horrible too. I started taking 1/4 cup then bumped it up to 1/2 cup 3 days ago. Since then I have only had a very mild headache. My heart palpitations are about 40% better too. I get to go up every 5 days until I get to a full cup. I can't wait!! This stuff has been magic for me! By the way...where is Steve? I miss his amazing posts. a in North Idaho > > One other thing....I have been drinking boiled licorice root, about 8 > tablespoons to a small pot, and I know it helps me through the times > when I feel like I need more cortisol. Anyone else tried it?? > Vicki > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.10/418 - Release Date: 8/14/2006 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 a, What is your dose of licorice powder per day? Do you take it once a day or more times per day? Re: licorice root I started taking licorice root powder about a 3 weeks ago. It has made a HUGE difference in my health. I am in stage 7 and have had major trouble with low blood pressure and dehydration as well as all the other issues with adrenal fatigue. I am on Florinef and take a ton of sea salt. The only thing that has helped get me over the hump has been the licorice root powder. I suppose when you get so far down the line that these other issues become big deals like the low blood pressure and dehydration. I am pretty sure that when I was in the other stages (and didn't know about all of this but hindsite...) I did not have low blood pressure or such bad dehydration. The ND who put me on the powder said it helps extend the hydrocortisone but it also inhibits an enzyme that helps you retain more sodium and balances out the sodium/potassium ratio. Hence, for me, less dehydration, less heart palpitations and milder headaches. My headaches have been so horrible too. I started taking 1/4 cup then bumped it up to 1/2 cup 3 days ago. Since then I have only had a very mild headache. My heart palpitations are about 40% better too. I get to go up every 5 days until I get to a full cup. I can't wait!! This stuff has been magic for me! By the way...where is Steve? I miss his amazing posts. a in North Idaho > > One other thing....I have been drinking boiled licorice root, about 8 > tablespoons to a small pot, and I know it helps me through the times > when I feel like I need more cortisol. Anyone else tried it?? > Vicki > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.10/418 - Release Date: 8/14/2006 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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