Re: Urgent rT3-question!!! (low body temps!) Latest rT3 in!

[Guest guest]

That sounds like a good battleplan. I will copy and save it. Thanks!

The three-hour thing sounds like it might be something too. I'll

try it out! Til now I've been taking every 4 hours, just to have that

rule. Sometimes I've felt weak after 2 hours, sometimes after 3, but

sometimes I've felt fine for 5-6 hours, so fine I've forgotten to

take my dose sometimes, but I always remember (except today!!! -

I don't know if I took 22.5 total or 15.0 total!) and take my dose

as soon as I remember that I've forgotten to take it!

Everybody keeps saying that you need to take HC first thing in

the morning when you get up, but I need to eat before I take HC, or

else the party in my stomach gets out of control pretty quickly.

Is it ok that I wait 30-45 minutes every day, after getting up,

before my first dose of HC?

T.

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> I would go to 30mg that is abotu a minimum I recommend ot people omn the

> adrenals group. DOsing every three hours may also help symptpms to be

> averted

> say 10

> 7.5

> 5

> 5

> 2.5

> First dose at wake and last dose at bedtime.

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[Guest guest]

What do one do, let's say if you can't fall asleep at 11 pm like you're used to

(well, I fell asleep ONE time at 22 pm, two days ago, and got up at 8 am!) and

you fall asleep at like 2 am. And wake up at 10 am. Like I did today... I took

my HC at 10:30 am instead of 9 like I did yesterday. Is it ok to take HC at

different times like this, depending on when you fall asleep and when you wake

up? (Nobody can fall asleep at the same time and get up at the same time every

day! It's impossible!) - Or do I have to put my alarm at 9 and take my HC at 9

every day, and then just wake up when I wake up later?

[Guest guest]

I was afraid someone would say that. That is amazing! How do you do it?

Hands shaking now.. This is a Low-Cortisol symptom ONLY, isn't it? *tries to

learn and remember*

Maybe I should stress-dose with 5.0 mg or something now? Hmm...... I mean, if I

didn't take those 7.5 mgs I can't remember if I took yesterday. I am thinking

either I feel this way because I forgot to take 7.5 mg yesterday, OR because I

recently raised my dose to 2.5 mg two days ago (22.5 mg total).

>

> If you force your body into a routine it willsoon learn to folow. And it

> si MUCH better to alkways take HC the same times. And YES you CAN go to

> sleep and wake the same times eveyr day,I do.

>

[Guest guest]

I was afraid someone would say that. That is amazing! How do you do it?

Hands shaking now.. This is a Low-Cortisol symptom ONLY, isn't it? *tries to

learn and remember*

Maybe I should stress-dose with 5.0 mg or something now? Hmm...... I mean, if I

didn't take those 7.5 mgs I can't remember if I took yesterday. I am thinking

either I feel this way because I forgot to take 7.5 mg yesterday, OR because I

recently raised my dose to 2.5 mg two days ago (22.5 mg total).

>

> If you force your body into a routine it willsoon learn to folow. And it

> si MUCH better to alkways take HC the same times. And YES you CAN go to

> sleep and wake the same times eveyr day,I do.

>

[Guest guest]

I was afraid someone would say that. That is amazing! How do you do it?

Hands shaking now.. This is a Low-Cortisol symptom ONLY, isn't it? *tries to

learn and remember*

Maybe I should stress-dose with 5.0 mg or something now? Hmm...... I mean, if I

didn't take those 7.5 mgs I can't remember if I took yesterday. I am thinking

either I feel this way because I forgot to take 7.5 mg yesterday, OR because I

recently raised my dose to 2.5 mg two days ago (22.5 mg total).

>

> If you force your body into a routine it willsoon learn to folow. And it

> si MUCH better to alkways take HC the same times. And YES you CAN go to

> sleep and wake the same times eveyr day,I do.

>

[Guest guest]

OK. THANKS! It's SO good to learn the difference!

Do you think I should take 5.0 mg extra right now (just in case I forgot my 7.5

mg yesterday) or ust take my 7.5 mg dose which is coming up in 1 hour right now

(3 hours from first dose of 7.5 mg).

I can take for example 5.0 mg NOW, and 7.5 mg in one hour. Wouldn't that

be too much too close or...?

>

> Yes that is ONLY a low cortisll symptoms and taking a 5mg stress dose

> would be a good idea.

[Guest guest]

OK. THANKS! It's SO good to learn the difference!

Do you think I should take 5.0 mg extra right now (just in case I forgot my 7.5

mg yesterday) or ust take my 7.5 mg dose which is coming up in 1 hour right now

(3 hours from first dose of 7.5 mg).

I can take for example 5.0 mg NOW, and 7.5 mg in one hour. Wouldn't that

be too much too close or...?

>

> Yes that is ONLY a low cortisll symptoms and taking a 5mg stress dose

> would be a good idea.

[Guest guest]

OK. THANKS! It's SO good to learn the difference!

Do you think I should take 5.0 mg extra right now (just in case I forgot my 7.5

mg yesterday) or ust take my 7.5 mg dose which is coming up in 1 hour right now

(3 hours from first dose of 7.5 mg).

I can take for example 5.0 mg NOW, and 7.5 mg in one hour. Wouldn't that

be too much too close or...?

>

> Yes that is ONLY a low cortisll symptoms and taking a 5mg stress dose

> would be a good idea.

[Guest guest]

I just took those 7.5 that were waiting for me as my second dose today, one hour

early. I might need to add those 5.0 mgs later, to bring the total up. I am

still not sure if I forgot that dose yesterday or not. MIGHT look like it...

[Guest guest]

Hello Nick! Yes I did. I just didn't have the energy to reply to it,

but now I am! I think it's a GREAT idea! I was thinking about adding

HC earlier in the day, using the alarm and just take it.. But I

would have to have some kind of food ready for me at the bedside then

too! I did wake up earlier yesterday, at 8. Took my HC at 9.

Today I took my HC at 10... I didn't have food ready at 9 this morning,

so I had to take HC at 10 or so.

The light is such a clever idea! How do I pull it off again?

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> >(Nobody can fall asleep at the same time and get up at the same time every

day! It's impossible!) -

>

> Did you see my post a week or so ago about using light and HC to

> impose a rhythm on your body??

>

> Nick

>

[Guest guest]

BTW: How fast is HC working? To my experience it takes about 15-30 minutes

before the full effect is there. Then it lasts for 2-4 hours, mostly

4. Sometimes longer. This has been when I've been on 20 mg daily,

taking 7.5 + 7.5 + 5.0 four hours apart. (noon, 4 pm and 8 pm)

[Guest guest]

BTW: How fast is HC working? To my experience it takes about 15-30 minutes

before the full effect is there. Then it lasts for 2-4 hours, mostly

4. Sometimes longer. This has been when I've been on 20 mg daily,

taking 7.5 + 7.5 + 5.0 four hours apart. (noon, 4 pm and 8 pm)

[Guest guest]

BTW: How fast is HC working? To my experience it takes about 15-30 minutes

before the full effect is there. Then it lasts for 2-4 hours, mostly

4. Sometimes longer. This has been when I've been on 20 mg daily,

taking 7.5 + 7.5 + 5.0 four hours apart. (noon, 4 pm and 8 pm)

[Guest guest]

*smiles, laughs a little and feels joy for a moment*

It's very reassuring to hear such words, you know. I know some docs

give people HUGE doses of prednisolone. So 20 mg HC isn't much at all.

4 mg pred = 20 mg HC. That I've learned. I have Medrol lying here too.

Just in case I need a switch to something else. My specialist

thought I might need it cause it works over a longer time (slower?),

and HC _could_ get too high with me when I take it. What are your

experiences with Medrol (it's regular prednosolone isn't it?)

>

> A stress dose is just that EXTRA. Remember doctors hand ou t 100mg doses

> of this wihtout narry a concern. Itis almost impossible to overdose on

> HC.,

[Guest guest]

Then I can take those extra 5 mgs when I was supposed to take my second

dose today! I just took that second dose og 7.5 mgs 1 hour early.

And I think it's working. My hands feel like they are shaking less.

And the headache is a bit softer now. I'm also eating grinded meat

now, which I am frying in canola oil as meat balls. I guess it's

good for me, being an Hypo/AF patient. + Some brown rice and a little

salad.

>

> A stress dose is just that EXTRA.

[Guest guest]

Then I can take those extra 5 mgs when I was supposed to take my second

dose today! I just took that second dose og 7.5 mgs 1 hour early.

And I think it's working. My hands feel like they are shaking less.

And the headache is a bit softer now. I'm also eating grinded meat

now, which I am frying in canola oil as meat balls. I guess it's

good for me, being an Hypo/AF patient. + Some brown rice and a little

salad.

>

> A stress dose is just that EXTRA.

[Guest guest]

Then I can take those extra 5 mgs when I was supposed to take my second

dose today! I just took that second dose og 7.5 mgs 1 hour early.

And I think it's working. My hands feel like they are shaking less.

And the headache is a bit softer now. I'm also eating grinded meat

now, which I am frying in canola oil as meat balls. I guess it's

good for me, being an Hypo/AF patient. + Some brown rice and a little

salad.

>

> A stress dose is just that EXTRA.

[Guest guest]

Awesome. Thanks for providing me with links. We have converter plugs

here so I can even buy that UK one if I can't find one here!

I'll definitely try to get these things asap!

Thanks Nick!!

It's not easy to wake up with the daylight in the winter-time up

North! (Norway)

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> >The light is such a clever idea! How do I pull it off again?

>

> There are " plug in time clocks " sold in this country, a mains plug

> with a timer and a socket on it. One of those with a lamp plugged in

> would do the job. This is a picture of what I mean with a UK plug on

> it but I am sure you will be able to get them with european plugs

>

>

http://www.swiftofficesupplies.co.uk/item/micromark-electronic-timer-mm9578/6980\

76.aspx

>

> You can also get them made up as a bedside light that comes on slowly

> as a " gentle alarm clock "

>

> http://www.here-be-dreams.com/bedroom/sunrise-alarm.html

>

> Nick

>

[Guest guest]

Those who take 100+ mgs of HC don't take that over time do they?

They only take big doses for some days/weeks/a few months for their

injuries and such? Not Adrenal Fatigue? I got to start reading my

new book " Safe Uses Of Cortisol " which I just received in the mail!

Feel a little bit better now, 40 minutes after taking those 7.5 mgs one

hour early. I am thinking of taking 5 mg as an " extra/stress " dose

now at 2 pm local time, which was the time I was supposed to take

those 7.5 mgs I just took 40 minutes ago. Anyway. Looks like that

dose I took really worked. I still have a headache, but it's better.

And I have a little pain in my thighs (typical Low Cortisol symptom too, right?)

and I have a tummy-ache as well. Guessing all this is low cortisol.

>

Remember doctors hand ou t 100mg doses

> of this wihtout narry a concern.

[Guest guest]

WOW. No brown rice? In all the books it says I can eat it. Hmmmm!

Something to think about! Should I avoid ALL carbs, even if they're

slow-carbs (unrefined carbs?) ???

So I should only fry meat in butter? What about coconut oil?

I feel worse again now. Time for those 5.0 mgs of HC! I mean, how

much damage can forgetting about ONE dose of 7.5 mg HC do? In my

mind, not much damage. Easily correctable damage!

>

> I would avoid Canola oil like the plague! Also no rice, brown or

> otherwise. Meats, GOOD fats such as butter or cheese, and other protein

> sources such as eggs, or beans are fine. Rice will cause a glucose spike

> about 3 hours after you eat it and then in another hour LOW glucose due

> to low cortisol. This is reactive hypoglycemia which alsmost all adrnela

> patients have.

>

[Guest guest]

Do I really have to avoid ALL carbs?

I must admit, I've been eating gluten-free bread (60-80% carbs) for

1 1/2 years now. I know carbs can raise (?) rT3-levels... But I feel

there is SO little I can eat! Especially quick snacks, so I don't know

what to do sometimes! Like right now... I am hungry. I have carrots,

cucumber, cellery, and cottage cheese and that's pretty much it.

Plus a bunch of other " normal " food with gluten and carbs, for my

wife. Now... When I go shopping - I HATE IT - I never know what to

uy! It's always the same.. A piece of steak (cow meat), carrots,

cucumber, cellery, cottage cheese.

I am also worried about my calcium level, and I eat more and more

stuff with calcium. CHEESE has calcium in it. So I feel bad when I

eat a lot of it.

Just took an extra 5 mg of HC.

>

> I would avoid Canola oil like the plague! Also no rice, brown or

> otherwise. Meats, GOOD fats such as butter or cheese, and other protein

> sources such as eggs, or beans are fine. Rice will cause a glucose spike

> about 3 hours after you eat it and then in another hour LOW glucose due

> to low cortisol. This is reactive hypoglycemia which alsmost all adrnela

> patients have.

>

[Guest guest]

After taking 5.0 mg as a stress dose, I still have a headache.

My hands are not shaking badly, but just a little. My wife thought

they weren't shaking, but I disagree. I feel weird. Maybe the

headache is the start of a flu? In THAT case I need to take MUCH more than

5.0 mg as a stress dose.

I think I'll take an extra 2000 mg Vitamin C. (I take 2000 mg daily normally)

[Guest guest]

After taking 5.0 mg as a stress dose, I still have a headache.

My hands are not shaking badly, but just a little. My wife thought

they weren't shaking, but I disagree. I feel weird. Maybe the

headache is the start of a flu? In THAT case I need to take MUCH more than

5.0 mg as a stress dose.

I think I'll take an extra 2000 mg Vitamin C. (I take 2000 mg daily normally)

[Guest guest]

After taking 5.0 mg as a stress dose, I still have a headache.

My hands are not shaking badly, but just a little. My wife thought

they weren't shaking, but I disagree. I feel weird. Maybe the

headache is the start of a flu? In THAT case I need to take MUCH more than

5.0 mg as a stress dose.

I think I'll take an extra 2000 mg Vitamin C. (I take 2000 mg daily normally)

[Guest guest]

That's funny... you didnt have the energy to reply to it???

Yet you send hundreds of emails to several groups every day...

interesting...

> >

> > >(Nobody can fall asleep at the same time and get up at the same time every

day! It's impossible!) -

> >

> > Did you see my post a week or so ago about using light and HC to

> > impose a rhythm on your body??

> >

> > Nick

> >

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