Re: Cortef update

[Guest guest]

> The good news is that your adrenals aren't anywhere near as far gone

> as mine..... 5 mg wouldn't even get my eyes to open.....

>

I think mine have been much worse and better since I was poisoned. I

don't know if chelation was finally doing enough to get them better or

what, but I was doing well last spring until a yoga class where I

stayed way too long in a pose that pressures the liver to release

toxins (found that out later). I felt ill after that and never got

back to the good place.

One thing that's now obvious to me: if I had a doctor looking out for

me who knew what s/he was doing, I wouldn't have wasted all those

months and months feeing like crap, being a marginal mother and

getting nothing done. I've been able to tinker with supps pretty well

and chelate on my own, but except for an experiment with adrenal

cortex extract that didn't work, I kept putting off dealing with adrenals.

Do people do a combination of Cortef and Isocort, and ACE, or do

people generally stick with one thing?

Nell

[Guest guest]

Hi Nell,

> but I was doing well last spring until a yoga class where I

> stayed way too long in a pose that pressures the liver to release

> toxins (found that out later). I felt ill after that and never got

> back to the good place.

I'm a big yoga fan too. I'm just wondering what pose you did that puts

pressure on the liver to release toxins? I know for me that yoga can

be very powerful too - sometimes too powerful.

> Do people do a combination of Cortef and Isocort, and ACE, or do

> people generally stick with one thing?

I think people generally stick to one thing, although using ACE with

e.g. cortef would be ok since they do different things. Personally I

stick to ACE as I can't tolerate adrenal meds unfortunately.

.

[Guest guest]

Hi Nell,

> but I was doing well last spring until a yoga class where I

> stayed way too long in a pose that pressures the liver to release

> toxins (found that out later). I felt ill after that and never got

> back to the good place.

I'm a big yoga fan too. I'm just wondering what pose you did that puts

pressure on the liver to release toxins? I know for me that yoga can

be very powerful too - sometimes too powerful.

> Do people do a combination of Cortef and Isocort, and ACE, or do

> people generally stick with one thing?

I think people generally stick to one thing, although using ACE with

e.g. cortef would be ok since they do different things. Personally I

stick to ACE as I can't tolerate adrenal meds unfortunately.

.

[Guest guest]

Hi Nell,

> but I was doing well last spring until a yoga class where I

> stayed way too long in a pose that pressures the liver to release

> toxins (found that out later). I felt ill after that and never got

> back to the good place.

I'm a big yoga fan too. I'm just wondering what pose you did that puts

pressure on the liver to release toxins? I know for me that yoga can

be very powerful too - sometimes too powerful.

> Do people do a combination of Cortef and Isocort, and ACE, or do

> people generally stick with one thing?

I think people generally stick to one thing, although using ACE with

e.g. cortef would be ok since they do different things. Personally I

stick to ACE as I can't tolerate adrenal meds unfortunately.

.

[Guest guest]

-One thing that's now obvious to me: if I had a doctor looking out for

me who knew what s/he was doing, I wouldn't have wasted all those

months and months feeing like crap, being a marginal mother and

getting nothing done. I've been able to tinker with supps pretty well

and chelate on my own, but except for an experiment with adrenal

cortex extract that didn't work, I kept putting off dealing with adrenals.

Nell

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I totally agree Nell, I wish I would have found a doctor who could have helped

me years ago. I keep telling my kids I wish they could know the " me " that I was

before I got sick. So I totally understand the " marginal mother " comment and

getting nothing done, and people just think your lazy and/or depressed and think

you should be on drugs. And thank god for Isocort for those of us without a

good doctor. I too tried adrenal cortex extract, and it didn't work for me,

made me feel funny. But Isocort made me feel better right away. So Isocort is

worth a try for those who can't get a doctor to prescribe HC or Cortef.

Jackie T.