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Re: hydrocortisone is not a miracle

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Originally Posted by DAVID

When I've speaking with some people who have addison's disease about

your energy level. Some have less energy than before disease.

Myself have " adrenal fatigue " , may be because I've taking synthroid

since 20 year's. Now I take synthroid with armour ans hydrocortisone

20 mg morning and 10 mg in the afternoon.

This strategy help me, but when I have a stress day, or if I train

more than half hours I feel exhausted depiste hydrocortisone at 30

mg. I'm not sure that more hydro is better.

My question is to understand if there are a catecholamine deficiency

with adrenal fatigue from(medullo, nervous system). ?

In fact, when you read old study who can read " nervous exhaustion " .

It's look like " I lose my nerve " . The belly have a big distension

depiste low body fat, you muscle lose power, your brain feel

depress...

Thank

My body fat is low but my stomach have a distension ( a symptom of

adrenal depletion) too

Hypothyroidism can lead to adrenal fatigue since the brain is forced

to use the adrenal glands more often to compensate for the loss of

energy due to hypothyroidism.

Using Synthroid in many people does not adequately treat

hypothyroidism, resulting in a higher likelihood of developing

adrenal fatigue.

In more severe cases of adrenal fatigue, the medulla of the adrenal

gland (which makes norepinephrine and epininephrine) can also be

depleted, not just the cortex (which makes cortisol, DHEA,

progesterone, testosterone, aldosterone, and other steroid hormones).

Hydrocortisone is a miracle in the treatment of adrenal fatigue.

However it is a passive treatment.

By " passive " , I mean that it does not force the adrenal glands to be

better. It only allows the adrenal glands to slow down so that they

don't have to work too hard to produce cortisol and other steroid

hormones.

Despite treatment with hydrocortisone, if one's stress level is still

high or if hypothyroidism is still undertreated, then the adrenal

glands can still be overwhelmed by stress.

To maximize the opportunity to recover full adrenal function, one may

have to do many things including some of the following:

1. Work on changing one's lifestyle and psychological health to

reduce stress levels

2. Take a serotonin-increasing medication to block external stress

signals to the adrenal glands.

3. Adequately improve thyroid activity to improve the brain's source

of energy - thus reducing reliance on the adrenal glands for energy.

4. Take other supportive substances for the adrenal glands including

Vitamin C, Magnesium, etc. such as those listed in 's

book on Adrenal Fatigue.

5. Give the adrenal treatment time to work. For example, it may take

2 or more years for the adrenal glands to recover.

6. Avoid stimulants - which increase norepinephrine - which worsens

the stress to the adrenal glands.

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Phil