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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 , " a W "

wrote:

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> 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.

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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

NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS <NaturalThyroidHormonesA

DRENALS%40yahoogroups.com>,

> > " 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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