Re: increase worked!

[Guest guest]

That's terrific Olif! I too am doing MUCH better with the increase. I'm

not up to 20 yet, but the difference is incredible. Thanks again for

your support the other day. Reading back through your posts also made

me feel less alone and less afraid to try more HC. Connie

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> Yesterday I increased HC to 20 mg. I felt good all day, and I finally

slept well!!!

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> Thanks,

> Olif

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[Guest guest]

Connie:

" Reading back through your posts also made

me feel less alone and less afraid to try more HC. "

I am glad it helped! Did your body just start screaming for more too as you

started taking it?!

For several days I was increasing by 2.5 mg each day, because I was getting

shakiness, jitteriness, etc. 3+ hours after a dose. I also wasn't sleeping well.

Tues. I was up to 15 mg and still getting those symptoms. Then Wed. I decided to

just go up to 20 mg that day. I did, and I am so much better. I slept well too.

I also moved my doses closer together- about 3.5 hours- because I was having a

difficult time waiting 4 hours, especially between the 2 morning doses.

I am not positive if I need my last 2.5 mg dose. In a few days I might try

reducing 2.5 mg somewhere, depending on how I feel. I think I am getting slight

nausea with the very last dose.

I am glad you are doing better too! I was just thinking about you as I was

driving home today, taking notice about how great I am feeling. I was realizing

that 15 mg wasn't good enough for me, and I am not as bad off as you are. I was

wondering how you were doing with your increases.

-Olif

[Guest guest]

Olif,

So glad you are so much better so soon! Yes, my body has been screaming

for more and I have been listening. I'm only up to 15 mg now (I don't

know what happens if I raise too quickly, so I'm trying to go up every

3 days or so--unless I'm having symptoms to take more). I think I may

be doing ok on the 15 only b/c I don't get out of the house or have

much stress at the moment.

I, too, find that I'm needing another dose around 2.5-3 hrs. My logic

is that it's better to take it BEFORE your body really starts screaming

for it, otherwise it seems, you haven't spared the adrenals anything;

only hurt them further.

I did have an episode last night right before bed when I took my last

dose of 2.5 (about an hour after) I started having abdominal and low

back pain and nausea. I didn't know what to do, it felt somewhat like

adrenals, but not w/ the other flu-like symptoms and bone achiness. I

don't want to assume every time I have stomache upset that I need more

HC either. I've had Irritable Bowel Syndrome all my life. I didn't

think I should need I should need another dose so soon or such a large

dose right before bed so I didn't take anymore and eventually it

passed. BP was a little high and temp was right around normal for me

too. Hoping I didn't do the wrong thing. I feel pretty good today.

I've also been having trouble sleeping. Sometimes my whole body is

tense and awake and I don't even realize it. I really have to focus on

relaxing it. Plus, I am having low blood sugar problems at night. It

seems like since I started HC I am constantly hungry. Not sure if this

is good (b/c it's a boost in metabolic function) or bad b/c my blood

sugar is crashing more often.

To our improving health! Connie

> I am glad it helped! Did your body just start screaming for more too

as you started taking it?!

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> I also moved my doses closer together- about 3.5 hours- because I was

having a difficult time waiting 4 hours, especially between the 2

morning doses.

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[Guest guest]

Connie:

" It seems like since I started HC I am constantly hungry. "

I noticed this too! Well, I am not really constantly hungry, but my stomach

growls now when I am hungry. I can't remember the last time my stomach growled.

In fact, I didn't even realize that it doesn't growl anymore until it started

doing it again! :-)

I am glad you are doing better too!

There was no way I could increase only every 3 days! I ended up going from 5 to

15 mg in about 4 days and then did 20 the very next. I really, really wanted to

go slow and take it easy, even though patience has never been my virtue. :-) I

was really trying this time, though, and I just couldn't. I was getting so much

shakiness, etc.

This morning I started getting heart pounding and jitteriness 2 1/2 hours after

my first HC dose. I couldn't believe it because I have been doing so well since

going up to 20 mg, but then I realized that I only took 5 mg instead of 7.5,

which is what I have been doing. I can't believe the 2.5 mg made such a huge

difference!

Dosing every 3 to 3 1/2 hours is working really well for me so far.

I hope you continue doing better! Please keep us posted. Maybe 15 mg is all you

will need. I was hoping I could stop at 15 mg, but I just couldn't. Luckily 20

mg seems to be enough.

I am seeing a good Armour doc on Wed. It will be nice to get that started. I

might talk to him about trying iodine first. We'll see...

-Olif