Re: For TK-regarding

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> Hi TK

> I went to see in January and all went pretty well. I

> have a quick question for you though. She wanted me to try a

cortisol

> taper and I would really rather try to do the 20 mg HC everyday

while I

> try to get my Armour dose up.

TK--- Low dose tapers can be very effective but I agree with you and

think you should get a balance established between the two first

unless there is some reason she mentioned I am missing.

Does she prescribe your HC this way....

TK--- I have done a couple tapers. One helped a lot for a couple

months, the next not as much and I had problems with immune

suppression after. In retrospect I think I should have balanced them

both before doing a taper. The taper for me was to try and reduce my

pain levels.

I

> thought I remembered you saying that you take the HC with Armour.

TK--- I use time release T3 and HC. When I tried Armour it didn't

seem to help much, for others it obviously does and I may try a trial

again later.

I've

> just talked to so many people who do it this way with a lot of

success

> and was hoping she would agree to this. She's out of town right

now, so

> I haven't gotten to talk with her.

TK--- You actually know yourself best and I agree with you, it also

is not going to hurt anything to try it your way and then try a taper

later. Hope this helps.

> Thanks,

>

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