Okay to stay at 2.5 for awhile?

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I started 2.5 mg of cortef yesterday. I'm getting a high pulse sometimes (about

103), and my

temperature has come up from about 97.3 to 98.1 in the morning. My blood

pressure has

gone up a bit. I'm thinking maybe I'm getting that thing described by

Peatfield -- T4>T3

conversion starting to work abruptly. Also, I'm extremely exhausted in the

afternoon --

more than usual. But I can handle all of this. Is it okay to stay at 2.5 until

I feel more

comfortable -- before proceeding up?

I tried to start Armour off and on for years, but I could never tolerate more

than half a grain,

and it didn't seem to help me at all. It never raised my temperature at all.

I had a so called hormone expert some years back who put me on 15 mg of some

sort of

time-released " natural cortisol " from a compounding pharmacy. So, I thought I

had been

there, done that. When I stopped it six months ago, I noticed no change at all.

I now realize

that it hadn't been working at all.

Any hints are much appreciated.

Thanks All!

Violet