Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Yeah, there probably is a schedule somewhere, but the dosing is basically 4 times a day about 3 hours apart. Best to start as early as possible to mimic the body's natural rhythms, and best not to take any after 5:00 PM. Some people take a larger dose in the morning and then smaller doses for the rest of the day, but I think it is more common to take 4 even doses. You can experiment a little and see how you do. ~Inga > I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't > seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Yeah, there probably is a schedule somewhere, but the dosing is basically 4 times a day about 3 hours apart. Best to start as early as possible to mimic the body's natural rhythms, and best not to take any after 5:00 PM. Some people take a larger dose in the morning and then smaller doses for the rest of the day, but I think it is more common to take 4 even doses. You can experiment a little and see how you do. ~Inga > I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't > seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 thanks, Inga. I just ordered some last night. I was going to start with 5 mg at: 7 am 10 am 1 pm 4 pm Does that sound about right? Thanks again for your support, Val =========================== > > Yeah, there probably is a schedule somewhere, but the dosing is > basically 4 times a day about 3 hours apart. Best to start as early as > possible to mimic the body's natural rhythms, and best not to take any > after 5:00 PM. > > Some people take a larger dose in the morning and then smaller doses > for the rest of the day, but I think it is more common to take 4 even > doses. You can experiment a little and see how you do. > > ~Inga > > > > > I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't > > seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 thanks, Inga. I just ordered some last night. I was going to start with 5 mg at: 7 am 10 am 1 pm 4 pm Does that sound about right? Thanks again for your support, Val =========================== > > Yeah, there probably is a schedule somewhere, but the dosing is > basically 4 times a day about 3 hours apart. Best to start as early as > possible to mimic the body's natural rhythms, and best not to take any > after 5:00 PM. > > Some people take a larger dose in the morning and then smaller doses > for the rest of the day, but I think it is more common to take 4 even > doses. You can experiment a little and see how you do. > > ~Inga > > > > > I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't > > seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 thanks, Inga. I just ordered some last night. I was going to start with 5 mg at: 7 am 10 am 1 pm 4 pm Does that sound about right? Thanks again for your support, Val =========================== > > Yeah, there probably is a schedule somewhere, but the dosing is > basically 4 times a day about 3 hours apart. Best to start as early as > possible to mimic the body's natural rhythms, and best not to take any > after 5:00 PM. > > Some people take a larger dose in the morning and then smaller doses > for the rest of the day, but I think it is more common to take 4 even > doses. You can experiment a little and see how you do. > > ~Inga > > > > > I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't > > seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 I was wondering where you got the cortef dosing of 4 x day 3 hours apart doesn't Jeffries recommend dosing, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before bed? > > Yeah, there probably is a schedule somewhere, but the dosing is > basically 4 times a day about 3 hours apart. Best to start as early as > possible to mimic the body's natural rhythms, and best not to take any > after 5:00 PM. > > Some people take a larger dose in the morning and then smaller doses > for the rest of the day, but I think it is more common to take 4 even > doses. You can experiment a little and see how you do. > > ~Inga > > > > > I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't > > seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 I was wondering where you got the cortef dosing of 4 x day 3 hours apart doesn't Jeffries recommend dosing, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before bed? > > Yeah, there probably is a schedule somewhere, but the dosing is > basically 4 times a day about 3 hours apart. Best to start as early as > possible to mimic the body's natural rhythms, and best not to take any > after 5:00 PM. > > Some people take a larger dose in the morning and then smaller doses > for the rest of the day, but I think it is more common to take 4 even > doses. You can experiment a little and see how you do. > > ~Inga > > > > > I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't > > seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 There are 2 trains of thought on how to take cortef - I have tried both. Jefferies says to take 5mg x 4 day with breakfast, lunch, teatime & at bedtime. He also says that this may make you get up to pee during the night but because you will sleep so much better overall then you will not mind. The other way is to take 10mg first thing & another 5mg lunchtime, and another 5mg (if wanted) teatime. My altdoc seemed to favour this route (without the evening dose). I now take 5mg w breakfast, either 2 or 4 isocort during the day (depending on how I am feeling), and 2.5mg with supper (or while having problems sleeping I will take 5mg but not too late & then I do not get up to pee. So a minimum of 7.5mg cortef & 2 isocort, to a maximum of 10mg cortef & 4 isocort (which is equivalent to max 20mg cortef). Hope this helps. Val (perhaps I should call myself Val - UK? - assuming you don't also live here) I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thanks, Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 There are 2 trains of thought on how to take cortef - I have tried both. Jefferies says to take 5mg x 4 day with breakfast, lunch, teatime & at bedtime. He also says that this may make you get up to pee during the night but because you will sleep so much better overall then you will not mind. The other way is to take 10mg first thing & another 5mg lunchtime, and another 5mg (if wanted) teatime. My altdoc seemed to favour this route (without the evening dose). I now take 5mg w breakfast, either 2 or 4 isocort during the day (depending on how I am feeling), and 2.5mg with supper (or while having problems sleeping I will take 5mg but not too late & then I do not get up to pee. So a minimum of 7.5mg cortef & 2 isocort, to a maximum of 10mg cortef & 4 isocort (which is equivalent to max 20mg cortef). Hope this helps. Val (perhaps I should call myself Val - UK? - assuming you don't also live here) I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thanks, Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 There are 2 trains of thought on how to take cortef - I have tried both. Jefferies says to take 5mg x 4 day with breakfast, lunch, teatime & at bedtime. He also says that this may make you get up to pee during the night but because you will sleep so much better overall then you will not mind. The other way is to take 10mg first thing & another 5mg lunchtime, and another 5mg (if wanted) teatime. My altdoc seemed to favour this route (without the evening dose). I now take 5mg w breakfast, either 2 or 4 isocort during the day (depending on how I am feeling), and 2.5mg with supper (or while having problems sleeping I will take 5mg but not too late & then I do not get up to pee. So a minimum of 7.5mg cortef & 2 isocort, to a maximum of 10mg cortef & 4 isocort (which is equivalent to max 20mg cortef). Hope this helps. Val (perhaps I should call myself Val - UK? - assuming you don't also live here) I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thanks, Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Perhaps Jeffries, does...I have not read is material, to be honest. There seem to many slight variations on a theme and every person is going to be just a little different in how they respond. One source that I have read even talks about the body beginning to make its own cortisol about 3:00-4:00 AM and says that would be the best time to take the first dose. I did this for a couple of months before I began weaning off and it seemed to work well for me, and I felt better by the time I finally got up in the morning. From what I have read here and there over the past few years, it seems that most people favor taking it 4 times a day, evenly spaced out, starting early in the morning, like when they first get up, which could be 7:00 AM or so, as Val suggested in her schedule. I usually read about taking it every 4 hours...... WHen I took it, I went on a roller coaster ride because it seemed like my body was burning up the cortisone even quicker than every 3 hours, and I kept crashing all day long, until I took the next dose. However, I did mean to say every 4 hours as being a typical dosing schedule, (sorry about that...I got mixed up with what I was doing with it) and not 3 hours, even though it was a different situation for me TK is right, and that is that it is a good idea to see if just 10 to 12.5 mg of Cortisone is enough to work for you. You want to take as little as possibly gets the job done. In some places I have read suggest not take it after 5:00 in the afternoon because it might make one unable to sleep when they take it later. The other school of thought whether you take more in the morning than the rest of the day follows the concept that the body naturally makes more cortisone in the morning and so this more closely mimics the body's own natural rhythm. For me, I found frequent dosing more important than exactly how much I took on each individual dose, be it more in the AM dose or not. It really all depends on the individual. Listen to your body when you take it, Below is a pretty good little blurb that I once saved on cortisone dosing....hope this helps, ~Inga " Cortisol is used up quickly in the body and any dose you take will mostly be gone in about 4 hours. So, a one time dose is not good. Typical adrenal support is 2-1/2 to 5 mg taken 4 times a day once every 4 hours starting when you get up in the morning. Typical total daily recommended doses are 10 to 20 mg. Most people do not notice a lot of improvement on 10 mg. I didn't. So, it seems that 20 mg to start in 4 evenly divided doses is the best and you can taper off later if you feel well and think you can get away with it. It is stressed that if you are on adrenal support that you be very regular about taking your meds on time. Since cortisol is mostly used up in 4 hours, being late with your next dose can be an adrenal stressor and has been found to not produce as good of results in patients. Jeffries, in his book " Safe Uses of Cortisol " says that in his lifetime of studying this, the best regime is 4 equal doses evenly divided in the day. He also warns that it can take up to 2 weeks to notice results results. Once you have begun this therapy, you will need to double your dose if you become sick, need dental work, or have a lot of stress or activity. Illnesses double cortisol needs and those on adrenal support have reduced adrenal capacity and therfore cannot meet needs under these conditions. If cortisol is too low, then immune function suffers. You will find that if you do this, you will get over flue bugs and colds really quickly. I sure do. Anyway, this is what the recommendation is for cortisol support. I had a lot of trouble with stomach upset with Cortef and so you need to be aware that the recommendation for taking it is to take your pill a little while before a meal or food and if this is not well tolerated you can take it during the meal. (this was on my bottle label when I first got mine) Basically taking cortef on an empty hungry stomach can give you a good stomach upset. It sure did me. This is why I switched to IsoCort, which has 2-1/2 mg of cortisol per tablet. So, if you have a lot of trouble with cortf, you have another option or two. Another tip is that if you want to make a thyroid dose raise, you can increase your cortisol up to 30 mg a day for a few days at the beginning of the raise and then drop back down to your old dose. This makes raises so much easier and helps eliminate that miserable adjustment period. It takes about 4 weeks of adrenal support to make your adrenals dependent on it. So, once you have been on it for around 4 weeks, you will need to taper off slowly over a few weeks. You should not stop suddenly as this will really burden the adrenals. " I > I was wondering where you got the cortef dosing of 4 x day 3 hours > apart doesn't Jeffries recommend dosing, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and > before bed? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Perhaps Jeffries, does...I have not read is material, to be honest. There seem to many slight variations on a theme and every person is going to be just a little different in how they respond. One source that I have read even talks about the body beginning to make its own cortisol about 3:00-4:00 AM and says that would be the best time to take the first dose. I did this for a couple of months before I began weaning off and it seemed to work well for me, and I felt better by the time I finally got up in the morning. From what I have read here and there over the past few years, it seems that most people favor taking it 4 times a day, evenly spaced out, starting early in the morning, like when they first get up, which could be 7:00 AM or so, as Val suggested in her schedule. I usually read about taking it every 4 hours...... WHen I took it, I went on a roller coaster ride because it seemed like my body was burning up the cortisone even quicker than every 3 hours, and I kept crashing all day long, until I took the next dose. However, I did mean to say every 4 hours as being a typical dosing schedule, (sorry about that...I got mixed up with what I was doing with it) and not 3 hours, even though it was a different situation for me TK is right, and that is that it is a good idea to see if just 10 to 12.5 mg of Cortisone is enough to work for you. You want to take as little as possibly gets the job done. In some places I have read suggest not take it after 5:00 in the afternoon because it might make one unable to sleep when they take it later. The other school of thought whether you take more in the morning than the rest of the day follows the concept that the body naturally makes more cortisone in the morning and so this more closely mimics the body's own natural rhythm. For me, I found frequent dosing more important than exactly how much I took on each individual dose, be it more in the AM dose or not. It really all depends on the individual. Listen to your body when you take it, Below is a pretty good little blurb that I once saved on cortisone dosing....hope this helps, ~Inga " Cortisol is used up quickly in the body and any dose you take will mostly be gone in about 4 hours. So, a one time dose is not good. Typical adrenal support is 2-1/2 to 5 mg taken 4 times a day once every 4 hours starting when you get up in the morning. Typical total daily recommended doses are 10 to 20 mg. Most people do not notice a lot of improvement on 10 mg. I didn't. So, it seems that 20 mg to start in 4 evenly divided doses is the best and you can taper off later if you feel well and think you can get away with it. It is stressed that if you are on adrenal support that you be very regular about taking your meds on time. Since cortisol is mostly used up in 4 hours, being late with your next dose can be an adrenal stressor and has been found to not produce as good of results in patients. Jeffries, in his book " Safe Uses of Cortisol " says that in his lifetime of studying this, the best regime is 4 equal doses evenly divided in the day. He also warns that it can take up to 2 weeks to notice results results. Once you have begun this therapy, you will need to double your dose if you become sick, need dental work, or have a lot of stress or activity. Illnesses double cortisol needs and those on adrenal support have reduced adrenal capacity and therfore cannot meet needs under these conditions. If cortisol is too low, then immune function suffers. You will find that if you do this, you will get over flue bugs and colds really quickly. I sure do. Anyway, this is what the recommendation is for cortisol support. I had a lot of trouble with stomach upset with Cortef and so you need to be aware that the recommendation for taking it is to take your pill a little while before a meal or food and if this is not well tolerated you can take it during the meal. (this was on my bottle label when I first got mine) Basically taking cortef on an empty hungry stomach can give you a good stomach upset. It sure did me. This is why I switched to IsoCort, which has 2-1/2 mg of cortisol per tablet. So, if you have a lot of trouble with cortf, you have another option or two. Another tip is that if you want to make a thyroid dose raise, you can increase your cortisol up to 30 mg a day for a few days at the beginning of the raise and then drop back down to your old dose. This makes raises so much easier and helps eliminate that miserable adjustment period. It takes about 4 weeks of adrenal support to make your adrenals dependent on it. So, once you have been on it for around 4 weeks, you will need to taper off slowly over a few weeks. You should not stop suddenly as this will really burden the adrenals. " I > I was wondering where you got the cortef dosing of 4 x day 3 hours > apart doesn't Jeffries recommend dosing, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and > before bed? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Perhaps Jeffries, does...I have not read is material, to be honest. There seem to many slight variations on a theme and every person is going to be just a little different in how they respond. One source that I have read even talks about the body beginning to make its own cortisol about 3:00-4:00 AM and says that would be the best time to take the first dose. I did this for a couple of months before I began weaning off and it seemed to work well for me, and I felt better by the time I finally got up in the morning. From what I have read here and there over the past few years, it seems that most people favor taking it 4 times a day, evenly spaced out, starting early in the morning, like when they first get up, which could be 7:00 AM or so, as Val suggested in her schedule. I usually read about taking it every 4 hours...... WHen I took it, I went on a roller coaster ride because it seemed like my body was burning up the cortisone even quicker than every 3 hours, and I kept crashing all day long, until I took the next dose. However, I did mean to say every 4 hours as being a typical dosing schedule, (sorry about that...I got mixed up with what I was doing with it) and not 3 hours, even though it was a different situation for me TK is right, and that is that it is a good idea to see if just 10 to 12.5 mg of Cortisone is enough to work for you. You want to take as little as possibly gets the job done. In some places I have read suggest not take it after 5:00 in the afternoon because it might make one unable to sleep when they take it later. The other school of thought whether you take more in the morning than the rest of the day follows the concept that the body naturally makes more cortisone in the morning and so this more closely mimics the body's own natural rhythm. For me, I found frequent dosing more important than exactly how much I took on each individual dose, be it more in the AM dose or not. It really all depends on the individual. Listen to your body when you take it, Below is a pretty good little blurb that I once saved on cortisone dosing....hope this helps, ~Inga " Cortisol is used up quickly in the body and any dose you take will mostly be gone in about 4 hours. So, a one time dose is not good. Typical adrenal support is 2-1/2 to 5 mg taken 4 times a day once every 4 hours starting when you get up in the morning. Typical total daily recommended doses are 10 to 20 mg. Most people do not notice a lot of improvement on 10 mg. I didn't. So, it seems that 20 mg to start in 4 evenly divided doses is the best and you can taper off later if you feel well and think you can get away with it. It is stressed that if you are on adrenal support that you be very regular about taking your meds on time. Since cortisol is mostly used up in 4 hours, being late with your next dose can be an adrenal stressor and has been found to not produce as good of results in patients. Jeffries, in his book " Safe Uses of Cortisol " says that in his lifetime of studying this, the best regime is 4 equal doses evenly divided in the day. He also warns that it can take up to 2 weeks to notice results results. Once you have begun this therapy, you will need to double your dose if you become sick, need dental work, or have a lot of stress or activity. Illnesses double cortisol needs and those on adrenal support have reduced adrenal capacity and therfore cannot meet needs under these conditions. If cortisol is too low, then immune function suffers. You will find that if you do this, you will get over flue bugs and colds really quickly. I sure do. Anyway, this is what the recommendation is for cortisol support. I had a lot of trouble with stomach upset with Cortef and so you need to be aware that the recommendation for taking it is to take your pill a little while before a meal or food and if this is not well tolerated you can take it during the meal. (this was on my bottle label when I first got mine) Basically taking cortef on an empty hungry stomach can give you a good stomach upset. It sure did me. This is why I switched to IsoCort, which has 2-1/2 mg of cortisol per tablet. So, if you have a lot of trouble with cortf, you have another option or two. Another tip is that if you want to make a thyroid dose raise, you can increase your cortisol up to 30 mg a day for a few days at the beginning of the raise and then drop back down to your old dose. This makes raises so much easier and helps eliminate that miserable adjustment period. It takes about 4 weeks of adrenal support to make your adrenals dependent on it. So, once you have been on it for around 4 weeks, you will need to taper off slowly over a few weeks. You should not stop suddenly as this will really burden the adrenals. " I > I was wondering where you got the cortef dosing of 4 x day 3 hours > apart doesn't Jeffries recommend dosing, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and > before bed? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 > > > > Yeah, there probably is a schedule somewhere, but the dosing is > > basically 4 times a day about 3 hours apart. Best to start as early as > > possible to mimic the body's natural rhythms, and best not to take any > > after 5:00 PM. > > > > Some people take a larger dose in the morning and then smaller doses > > for the rest of the day, but I think it is more common to take 4 even > > doses. You can experiment a little and see how you do. > > > > ~Inga > > > > > > > > > I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't > > > seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Val, I've been reading (haven't finished it yet) the book, " Safe Uses of Cortisol " by Jefferies, and it is very good and makes me much less nervous about using this stuff and gives lots of case studies/examples of real people using it. So it is a very good read if you end up self-treating. JT mentioned it a number of times and W. had a link for buying it direct from the publisher which was much cheaper than Amazon, I think it was. It still was kind of spendy, but is a very good book. If you have access to a larger library or medical library, you could probably get it there, I think JT mentioned doing that.------Jackie T> Cortef w/o Doc Thanks everyone who answered - Tk,Jackie,Ingrid.. I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? I've been away from this site for awhile, but I'm amazed at how much it's grown and how much info can be found here w/o using those pesky docs. Thanks, Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Val, I've been reading (haven't finished it yet) the book, " Safe Uses of Cortisol " by Jefferies, and it is very good and makes me much less nervous about using this stuff and gives lots of case studies/examples of real people using it. So it is a very good read if you end up self-treating. JT mentioned it a number of times and W. had a link for buying it direct from the publisher which was much cheaper than Amazon, I think it was. It still was kind of spendy, but is a very good book. If you have access to a larger library or medical library, you could probably get it there, I think JT mentioned doing that.------Jackie T> Cortef w/o Doc Thanks everyone who answered - Tk,Jackie,Ingrid.. I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? I've been away from this site for awhile, but I'm amazed at how much it's grown and how much info can be found here w/o using those pesky docs. Thanks, Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Val, I've been reading (haven't finished it yet) the book, " Safe Uses of Cortisol " by Jefferies, and it is very good and makes me much less nervous about using this stuff and gives lots of case studies/examples of real people using it. So it is a very good read if you end up self-treating. JT mentioned it a number of times and W. had a link for buying it direct from the publisher which was much cheaper than Amazon, I think it was. It still was kind of spendy, but is a very good book. If you have access to a larger library or medical library, you could probably get it there, I think JT mentioned doing that.------Jackie T> Cortef w/o Doc Thanks everyone who answered - Tk,Jackie,Ingrid.. I know there's probably a schedule somewhere - forgive me I can't seem to find it. Does anyone know where I can find it? I've been away from this site for awhile, but I'm amazed at how much it's grown and how much info can be found here w/o using those pesky docs. Thanks, Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 In frequent-dose-chelation , lindajaytee wrote: > > I was wondering where you got the cortef dosing of 4 x day 3 hours > apart This is what my doctor started me on (and he got it from wherever he learned to use cortef). I like this schedule the best. (7,10am,1,4pm). When I tried 3x per day I had difficulty with nausea and crashing before the next dose. ------, what do you do if you get up late? Do you stay at 3 hours apart and change the times, or do you get back on track with the second dose, having the first and second dose closer together?-------Jackie T> doesn't Jeffries recommend dosing, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and > before bed? > Yes. He does say the before bed dose is optional. Many don't need it. J Recent Activity a.. 9New Members b.. 3New Links Visit Your Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 I like this schedule the best. > (7,10am,1,4pm). When I tried 3x per day I had difficulty with nausea > and crashing before the next dose. > > ------, what do you do if you get up late? Do you stay at 3 hours apart and change the times, or do you get back on track with the second dose, having the first and second dose closer together?-------Jackie T> > I take the doses closer together, same amount or sometimes less, and still stop at 4 pm. So something like 10 am, noon, 2, 4 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 I like this schedule the best. > (7,10am,1,4pm). When I tried 3x per day I had difficulty with nausea > and crashing before the next dose. > > ------, what do you do if you get up late? Do you stay at 3 hours apart and change the times, or do you get back on track with the second dose, having the first and second dose closer together?-------Jackie T> > I take the doses closer together, same amount or sometimes less, and still stop at 4 pm. So something like 10 am, noon, 2, 4 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Not here, but that would somewhat defeat the purpose. However, if you are a big stickler for schedule keeping, it probably wouldn't hurt all that bad either. The idea is not so much to get a set certain amount into the system each day, rather to have a smooth & even, amount, which is accomplished by spreading out the doses. You can start even quite early in the morning if you wish, as the body starts making its own cortisol around 3:00 to 4:00 AM, I have read. I did this for awhile., not too long before I weaned off the stuff alltogether and it worked well for me. I would take a dose when I first awakened, but didn't get up yet, and then I would take another dose when I finally got up a few hours later. (This is just another idea, and what I did for a while...I am not necessarily suggesting that this is THE way to do it....but yet another way that I have read about and tried.) What IS important, is to keep as steady stream of it in your system as possible, during the same times that your own body normally has higher levels of cortisol, (which is during the day...the highest being early in the morning). This is not that unlike the way you would dose for DMSA and ALA. Hope that clarifies rather than confuses. ~Inga > > ------, what do you do if you get up late? Do you stay at 3 > hours apart and change the times, or do you get back on track with the > second dose, having the first and second dose closer > together?-------Jackie T> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Not here, but that would somewhat defeat the purpose. However, if you are a big stickler for schedule keeping, it probably wouldn't hurt all that bad either. The idea is not so much to get a set certain amount into the system each day, rather to have a smooth & even, amount, which is accomplished by spreading out the doses. You can start even quite early in the morning if you wish, as the body starts making its own cortisol around 3:00 to 4:00 AM, I have read. I did this for awhile., not too long before I weaned off the stuff alltogether and it worked well for me. I would take a dose when I first awakened, but didn't get up yet, and then I would take another dose when I finally got up a few hours later. (This is just another idea, and what I did for a while...I am not necessarily suggesting that this is THE way to do it....but yet another way that I have read about and tried.) What IS important, is to keep as steady stream of it in your system as possible, during the same times that your own body normally has higher levels of cortisol, (which is during the day...the highest being early in the morning). This is not that unlike the way you would dose for DMSA and ALA. Hope that clarifies rather than confuses. ~Inga > > ------, what do you do if you get up late? Do you stay at 3 > hours apart and change the times, or do you get back on track with the > second dose, having the first and second dose closer > together?-------Jackie T> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Not here, but that would somewhat defeat the purpose. However, if you are a big stickler for schedule keeping, it probably wouldn't hurt all that bad either. The idea is not so much to get a set certain amount into the system each day, rather to have a smooth & even, amount, which is accomplished by spreading out the doses. You can start even quite early in the morning if you wish, as the body starts making its own cortisol around 3:00 to 4:00 AM, I have read. I did this for awhile., not too long before I weaned off the stuff alltogether and it worked well for me. I would take a dose when I first awakened, but didn't get up yet, and then I would take another dose when I finally got up a few hours later. (This is just another idea, and what I did for a while...I am not necessarily suggesting that this is THE way to do it....but yet another way that I have read about and tried.) What IS important, is to keep as steady stream of it in your system as possible, during the same times that your own body normally has higher levels of cortisol, (which is during the day...the highest being early in the morning). This is not that unlike the way you would dose for DMSA and ALA. Hope that clarifies rather than confuses. ~Inga > > ------, what do you do if you get up late? Do you stay at 3 > hours apart and change the times, or do you get back on track with the > second dose, having the first and second dose closer > together?-------Jackie T> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Val, so your doctor tells you to take more Cortef if you are having sleeping problems? Is this to help you sleep better or to give you more pep when you haven't sleep adequately, to compensate? > > There are 2 trains of thought on how to take cortef - I have tried both. Jefferies says to take 5mg x 4 day with breakfast, lunch, teatime & at bedtime. He also says that this may make you get up to pee during the night but because you will sleep so much better overall then you will not mind. The other way is to take 10mg first thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Val, so your doctor tells you to take more Cortef if you are having sleeping problems? Is this to help you sleep better or to give you more pep when you haven't sleep adequately, to compensate? > > There are 2 trains of thought on how to take cortef - I have tried both. Jefferies says to take 5mg x 4 day with breakfast, lunch, teatime & at bedtime. He also says that this may make you get up to pee during the night but because you will sleep so much better overall then you will not mind. The other way is to take 10mg first thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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