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Thanks for the info. Nicola,

I am ne wto all this., I have been bedridden a lot from

what I thought I had Fibromyalgis and had EBV with

still quite high antibodies of it,

My bilirubin level (liver levels ) were a bit elevated from

my meds but have gone back down.

I do not want diabtes either my fasting gluciose from blood

test was good thnak goodness.

There is SO much to deal with wehn dong all this

plus I am still on AD's until I can startt the treatment.

I do not sleep as it is so i have to take sleeping pillls.

So what people here start having sleepin issues from the HC

I have alrady w/ o being on it yet.

What a maze to try and get through.

Thanks,

a

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> a

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> I didn't much about anything before I went on the Pred, except that I

> had an adrenal crash on T4 only meds, was bedridden, and needed

> strong adrenal support. HC just didn't cut it - too many highs and

> too many lows for me to regulate blood sugar, sleep and function with

> 3 young children.

>

> I am convinced that a lot of my problems are due to the Gilberts

> syndrome, which is elevated bilirubin with otherwise normal liver

> enzymes. The doctors would have us believe that it is entirely

> benign, but it isn't and this website explains the symptoms fully.

>

> www.gilbertssyndrome.com

>

> Insulin resistance and carbohydrate handling problems are inherent in

> this condition - so I already had this before I started the Pred. I

> have been on Pred for a good 18 months, and it is only just recently

> that my blood sugar became high - I don't know why. But I really

> don't want diabetes, so I am trying to treat the insulin resistance

> with the chromium, magnesium, etc etc, and have reduced and

> rearranged my pred dosage so I don't get so much in one go. I am

> hoping to keep the lid on this thing...

>

> Best

> Nicola

>

> -- In

NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS <NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS%40\

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> " a W "

> wrote:

> >

> > Nicola,

> > I know this is 4 jason but I have a ? prior to going on Pred did

> you have

> > isnsulin issues?

> > I myself know I have a sluggish liver as I am in serveral meds and

> I am

> > concerned to take milk thistle for now

> > because I can not afford to have detox issues as at this time.

> > I feel real good when I am on Pred.I have no pain and I can leave

> the hosue.

> > The issues is the two times the Er out me on it it was a high dose

> for one

> > time a week one time five days

> > and after I was very low mood and felt in alot of pain and

> exhasution.

> > My Fibro doc and pdoc are very against Pred becasue they say it is

> real bad

> > for ones mood as well as the worst steroid to be on for the bones,

> > Did U ever try HC?

> > I am taking the salvia test nextweek but I do know HC for a bit I

> took it

> > weaning off the high dose of Pred.

> > did not help at all. Maybe my liver needs to detox first.

> > Thanks for any feedback aboutthe Pred and the insulin you were

> talking

> > about.

> > a

> >

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> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > I posted a while back about this problem we share - this kind

> > > of 'crash' brought about by eating food at nighttime. I have done

> > > quite a lot of reading around since I posted last.

> > >

> > > I think this is reactive hypoglycemia - an overreaction of the

> > > pancreas, producing too much insulin, sucking up too much blood

> sugar,

> > > and hence the crash. This could be due to a number of reasons. A

> too

> > > high carb diet, so the pancreas is constantly having to

> overreact. Too

> > > high blood sugar (from the same cause, but also too high

> cortisol).

> > > Insulin resistance (from too high carb diet, or other factors.

> Mine is

> > > from Gilberts syndrome - a sluggish liver, which cannot regulate

> blood

> > > sugar very well. Insulin resistance, reactive hypoglycemia and

> blurred

> > > vision are common Gilberts synptoms. I have been on a low/no carb

> diet

> > > for 2 years, so its not that).

> > >

> > > I think my crashes are due to two things - I was taking too much

> > > cortisol, and had high blood sugar and insulin resistance. Add in

> the

> > > sluggish liver, which doesn't break down insulin fast enough, so

> it

> > > hangs around for too long, and you get your 'crash'. For me, I

> have

> > > reduced my Pred dosage, and am treating insulin resistance / high

> blood

> > > sugar with GTF chromium, fish oil, cinammon and exercise when I

> feel up

> > > to it. I will give it a couple of months to see how this works. T3

> > > thyroid hormone is important to speed up liver metabolism as well.

> > >

> > > I have been doing this for about 4 weeks now, and no big crashes

> like I

> > > used to get. I still wake up feeling hungry, but don't eat in the

> > > middle of the night. Do you have a glucose monitor? Might be an

> idea

> > > to check what your glucose is doing before you increase your HC

> any

> > > further.

> > >

> > > Hope this helps

> > >

> > > Nicola

> > >

> > > -- In

>

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> > > " jasrich "

> > > <jasrich@> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Thanks Val and thanks for the encouraging words from earlier.

> > > >

> > > > The GI quieted down some from earlier in the day but its

> rumbling now.

> > > > I was literally falling asleep at lunch but woke up 15 mins

> into a

> > > > nap, sweating and panicky like I do at night some times. I've

> been

> > > > anxious generally. I know that all of this points to low

> cortisol

> > > > still and that the 1/8 grain increase must be contributing, I

> just

> > > > don't know how to get where I need to be with the cortisol.

> Cream

> > > > seems to be part of the answer for me, but I also seem to be

> headed

> > > > for higher doses than the 32.5mg than I'm on now.

> > > >

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