Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 That's great. Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the system I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon my heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten anything much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, so I reckon it is the CORTEF. I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to the health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO yo use something else too? ~Inga > > I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that one > day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for the > 4hrs and go back to normal. > > BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had my > bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel rather > than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and I'm off > of it completely!!! wooohoooo! > > LaCretia > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 That's great. Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the system I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon my heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten anything much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, so I reckon it is the CORTEF. I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to the health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO yo use something else too? ~Inga > > I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that one > day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for the > 4hrs and go back to normal. > > BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had my > bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel rather > than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and I'm off > of it completely!!! wooohoooo! > > LaCretia > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 That's great. Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the system I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon my heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten anything much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, so I reckon it is the CORTEF. I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to the health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO yo use something else too? ~Inga > > I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that one > day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for the > 4hrs and go back to normal. > > BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had my > bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel rather > than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and I'm off > of it completely!!! wooohoooo! > > LaCretia > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I don't know anything about the licorice... I can't stand the taste of it or smell so I never tried it LOL. I do take other things besides Cortef...I take pregnenlone, spinorolactone, armour. When I had hypoglcemic episodes, my heart would pound and feel slow... I would just eat something with sugar and it would quickly go away in about 10 mins... wish cortef would do that for the adrenals...lol. LaCretia > >That's great. >Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in >weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is >supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the >system > > >I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon my >heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten anything >much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, so I >reckon it is the CORTEF. > > >I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. >It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to the >health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. > >What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO yo >use >something else too? >~Inga > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that >one > > day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for >the > > 4hrs and go back to normal. > > > > BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had >my > > bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel >rather > > than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and I'm >off > > of it completely!!! wooohoooo! > > > > LaCretia > > > >> > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I don't know anything about the licorice... I can't stand the taste of it or smell so I never tried it LOL. I do take other things besides Cortef...I take pregnenlone, spinorolactone, armour. When I had hypoglcemic episodes, my heart would pound and feel slow... I would just eat something with sugar and it would quickly go away in about 10 mins... wish cortef would do that for the adrenals...lol. LaCretia > >That's great. >Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in >weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is >supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the >system > > >I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon my >heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten anything >much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, so I >reckon it is the CORTEF. > > >I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. >It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to the >health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. > >What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO yo >use >something else too? >~Inga > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that >one > > day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for >the > > 4hrs and go back to normal. > > > > BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had >my > > bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel >rather > > than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and I'm >off > > of it completely!!! wooohoooo! > > > > LaCretia > > > >> > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I don't know anything about the licorice... I can't stand the taste of it or smell so I never tried it LOL. I do take other things besides Cortef...I take pregnenlone, spinorolactone, armour. When I had hypoglcemic episodes, my heart would pound and feel slow... I would just eat something with sugar and it would quickly go away in about 10 mins... wish cortef would do that for the adrenals...lol. LaCretia > >That's great. >Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in >weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is >supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the >system > > >I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon my >heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten anything >much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, so I >reckon it is the CORTEF. > > >I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. >It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to the >health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. > >What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO yo >use >something else too? >~Inga > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that >one > > day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for >the > > 4hrs and go back to normal. > > > > BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had >my > > bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel >rather > > than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and I'm >off > > of it completely!!! wooohoooo! > > > > LaCretia > > > >> > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 on 3/11/05 5:51 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > I don't know anything about the licorice... I can't stand the taste of it or > smell so I never tried it LOL. I do take other things besides Cortef...I > take pregnenlone, spinorolactone, armour. I take pregnenolone too. >>>What is the spinorolactone? Is it some sort of prescription? > > When I had hypoglcemic episodes, my heart would pound and feel slow... Hmmm....I get tachycardia... > would just eat something with sugar and it would quickly go away in about 10 > mins... wish cortef would do that for the adrenals...lol. Maybe alot of juicing and fasting and cleansing would give the body enough rest so the adrenals could heal...yeah, I know...lofty goals. I guess fastin is actually out of the question though, if the adrenals are keeping the body frm converting protein into sugar...... (Remember when fasting was easy, LOL?) ~Inga > > LaCretia > >> >> That's great. >> Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in >> weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is >> supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the >> system >> >> >> I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon my >> heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten anything >> much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, so I >> reckon it is the CORTEF. >> >> >> I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. >> It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to the >> health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. >> >> What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO yo >> use >> something else too? >> ~Inga >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that >> one >>> day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for >> the >>> 4hrs and go back to normal. >>> >>> BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had >> my >>> bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel >> rather >>> than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and I'm >> off >>> of it completely!!! wooohoooo! >>> >>> LaCretia >>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 on 3/11/05 5:51 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > I don't know anything about the licorice... I can't stand the taste of it or > smell so I never tried it LOL. I do take other things besides Cortef...I > take pregnenlone, spinorolactone, armour. I take pregnenolone too. >>>What is the spinorolactone? Is it some sort of prescription? > > When I had hypoglcemic episodes, my heart would pound and feel slow... Hmmm....I get tachycardia... > would just eat something with sugar and it would quickly go away in about 10 > mins... wish cortef would do that for the adrenals...lol. Maybe alot of juicing and fasting and cleansing would give the body enough rest so the adrenals could heal...yeah, I know...lofty goals. I guess fastin is actually out of the question though, if the adrenals are keeping the body frm converting protein into sugar...... (Remember when fasting was easy, LOL?) ~Inga > > LaCretia > >> >> That's great. >> Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in >> weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is >> supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the >> system >> >> >> I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon my >> heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten anything >> much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, so I >> reckon it is the CORTEF. >> >> >> I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. >> It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to the >> health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. >> >> What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO yo >> use >> something else too? >> ~Inga >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that >> one >>> day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for >> the >>> 4hrs and go back to normal. >>> >>> BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had >> my >>> bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel >> rather >>> than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and I'm >> off >>> of it completely!!! wooohoooo! >>> >>> LaCretia >>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 on 3/11/05 5:51 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > I don't know anything about the licorice... I can't stand the taste of it or > smell so I never tried it LOL. I do take other things besides Cortef...I > take pregnenlone, spinorolactone, armour. I take pregnenolone too. >>>What is the spinorolactone? Is it some sort of prescription? > > When I had hypoglcemic episodes, my heart would pound and feel slow... Hmmm....I get tachycardia... > would just eat something with sugar and it would quickly go away in about 10 > mins... wish cortef would do that for the adrenals...lol. Maybe alot of juicing and fasting and cleansing would give the body enough rest so the adrenals could heal...yeah, I know...lofty goals. I guess fastin is actually out of the question though, if the adrenals are keeping the body frm converting protein into sugar...... (Remember when fasting was easy, LOL?) ~Inga > > LaCretia > >> >> That's great. >> Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in >> weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is >> supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the >> system >> >> >> I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon my >> heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten anything >> much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, so I >> reckon it is the CORTEF. >> >> >> I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. >> It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to the >> health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. >> >> What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO yo >> use >> something else too? >> ~Inga >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that >> one >>> day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for >> the >>> 4hrs and go back to normal. >>> >>> BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had >> my >>> bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel >> rather >>> than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and I'm >> off >>> of it completely!!! wooohoooo! >>> >>> LaCretia >>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I wouldn't suggest juice...it's full of sugar and makes the adrenals work harder. I have found many articles that state drinking orange juice in the morning is the worst thing you can do due to it driving sugar up and the adrenals have to work harder. Fasting is something that just can't be done for me. At the moment I'm weaning off the cortef and I have skipped breakfast ending up with the shakes and more nausea than I already have. My appetite has not been to hot lately. It's due to getting off the cortisol. It causes water retention in the cells and salt loss occurs causing you to have an episode of vomiting, shakes, headache, and very severe fatigue. I have one more week to go and I'm off the Cortef for good I hope! BTW... spinolactone (sp?) is primary use is for heart patients however, it's also used to clear acne when given in small doses. I'm taking it for achne... before I would get these cysts on my face and neck that were painful. Not normal achne. The doctor explained it was due to my thyroid. LaCretia > >on 3/11/05 5:51 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > > > > I don't know anything about the licorice... I can't stand the taste of >it or > > smell so I never tried it LOL. I do take other things besides >Cortef...I > > take pregnenlone, spinorolactone, armour. > >I take pregnenolone too. > >>>What is the spinorolactone? Is it some sort of prescription? > > > > When I had hypoglcemic episodes, my heart would pound and feel slow... > >Hmmm....I get tachycardia... > > > would just eat something with sugar and it would quickly go away in >about 10 > > mins... wish cortef would do that for the adrenals...lol. > >Maybe alot of juicing and fasting and cleansing would give the body enough >rest so the adrenals could heal...yeah, I know...lofty goals. I guess >fastin >is actually out of the question though, if the adrenals are keeping the >body >frm converting protein into sugar...... > >(Remember when fasting was easy, LOL?) > >~Inga > > > > LaCretia > > > >> > >> That's great. > >> Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in > >> weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is > >> supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the > >> system > >> > >> > >> I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon >my > >> heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten >anything > >> much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, >so I > >> reckon it is the CORTEF. > >> > >> > >> I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. > >> It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to >the > >> health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. > >> > >> What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO >yo > >> use > >> something else too? > >> ~Inga > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that > >> one > >>> day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for > >> the > >>> 4hrs and go back to normal. > >>> > >>> BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had > >> my > >>> bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel > >> rather > >>> than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and >I'm > >> off > >>> of it completely!!! wooohoooo! > >>> > >>> LaCretia > >>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I wouldn't suggest juice...it's full of sugar and makes the adrenals work harder. I have found many articles that state drinking orange juice in the morning is the worst thing you can do due to it driving sugar up and the adrenals have to work harder. Fasting is something that just can't be done for me. At the moment I'm weaning off the cortef and I have skipped breakfast ending up with the shakes and more nausea than I already have. My appetite has not been to hot lately. It's due to getting off the cortisol. It causes water retention in the cells and salt loss occurs causing you to have an episode of vomiting, shakes, headache, and very severe fatigue. I have one more week to go and I'm off the Cortef for good I hope! BTW... spinolactone (sp?) is primary use is for heart patients however, it's also used to clear acne when given in small doses. I'm taking it for achne... before I would get these cysts on my face and neck that were painful. Not normal achne. The doctor explained it was due to my thyroid. LaCretia > >on 3/11/05 5:51 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > > > > I don't know anything about the licorice... I can't stand the taste of >it or > > smell so I never tried it LOL. I do take other things besides >Cortef...I > > take pregnenlone, spinorolactone, armour. > >I take pregnenolone too. > >>>What is the spinorolactone? Is it some sort of prescription? > > > > When I had hypoglcemic episodes, my heart would pound and feel slow... > >Hmmm....I get tachycardia... > > > would just eat something with sugar and it would quickly go away in >about 10 > > mins... wish cortef would do that for the adrenals...lol. > >Maybe alot of juicing and fasting and cleansing would give the body enough >rest so the adrenals could heal...yeah, I know...lofty goals. I guess >fastin >is actually out of the question though, if the adrenals are keeping the >body >frm converting protein into sugar...... > >(Remember when fasting was easy, LOL?) > >~Inga > > > > LaCretia > > > >> > >> That's great. > >> Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in > >> weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is > >> supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the > >> system > >> > >> > >> I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon >my > >> heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten >anything > >> much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, >so I > >> reckon it is the CORTEF. > >> > >> > >> I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. > >> It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to >the > >> health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. > >> > >> What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO >yo > >> use > >> something else too? > >> ~Inga > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that > >> one > >>> day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for > >> the > >>> 4hrs and go back to normal. > >>> > >>> BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had > >> my > >>> bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel > >> rather > >>> than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and >I'm > >> off > >>> of it completely!!! wooohoooo! > >>> > >>> LaCretia > >>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I wouldn't suggest juice...it's full of sugar and makes the adrenals work harder. I have found many articles that state drinking orange juice in the morning is the worst thing you can do due to it driving sugar up and the adrenals have to work harder. Fasting is something that just can't be done for me. At the moment I'm weaning off the cortef and I have skipped breakfast ending up with the shakes and more nausea than I already have. My appetite has not been to hot lately. It's due to getting off the cortisol. It causes water retention in the cells and salt loss occurs causing you to have an episode of vomiting, shakes, headache, and very severe fatigue. I have one more week to go and I'm off the Cortef for good I hope! BTW... spinolactone (sp?) is primary use is for heart patients however, it's also used to clear acne when given in small doses. I'm taking it for achne... before I would get these cysts on my face and neck that were painful. Not normal achne. The doctor explained it was due to my thyroid. LaCretia > >on 3/11/05 5:51 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > > > > I don't know anything about the licorice... I can't stand the taste of >it or > > smell so I never tried it LOL. I do take other things besides >Cortef...I > > take pregnenlone, spinorolactone, armour. > >I take pregnenolone too. > >>>What is the spinorolactone? Is it some sort of prescription? > > > > When I had hypoglcemic episodes, my heart would pound and feel slow... > >Hmmm....I get tachycardia... > > > would just eat something with sugar and it would quickly go away in >about 10 > > mins... wish cortef would do that for the adrenals...lol. > >Maybe alot of juicing and fasting and cleansing would give the body enough >rest so the adrenals could heal...yeah, I know...lofty goals. I guess >fastin >is actually out of the question though, if the adrenals are keeping the >body >frm converting protein into sugar...... > >(Remember when fasting was easy, LOL?) > >~Inga > > > > LaCretia > > > >> > >> That's great. > >> Say, LaCretia, smething I have wanted to know: would LICORICE help in > >> weaning off of CORTEF? I do not fully understand. I only know it is > >> supposed to keep the body's CORTISOL recycling so it will stay in the > >> system > >> > >> > >> I took about 5 mg this morning and that's all, so then in the afternoon >my > >> heart raced and I felt hypoglycemic. Of course...I had not eaten >anything > >> much, but I have neer had heart racing form hypoglycemis in the past, >so I > >> reckon it is the CORTEF. > >> > >> > >> I have also made my own ADAPTOGEN from the protocol. > >> It is to support adrenals...Becky gave me the formula and I took it to >the > >> health food store that has a bunch of bulk herbs available. > >> > >> What do you do for adrenal support...I mean other than the CORTEF. DO >yo > >> use > >> something else too? > >> ~Inga > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> I don't think there is much benefit for that... you may feel good that > >> one > >>> day but that's it. Cortef only last 4hrs...so you would feel good for > >> the > >>> 4hrs and go back to normal. > >>> > >>> BTW...I'm feeling pretty good so far on weaning. I have certainly had > >> my > >>> bad days but, it feels like I am more consistent in the way I feel > >> rather > >>> than the ups and down's I usually get on Cortef...one more week and >I'm > >> off > >>> of it completely!!! wooohoooo! > >>> > >>> LaCretia > >>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 on 3/11/05 6:10 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > I wouldn't suggest juice...it's full of sugar and makes the adrenals work > harder. >>>Darn, I meant like organic vegetables fresh juiced by a home juicer...I keep thinking I am going to do that, bet... I > have one more week to go and I'm off the Cortef for good I hope! >>>Congratualations. >>>You mean you can actually just decide that you will be off and that is it? >>>I keep hearing that people can't get off. Is it more a matter if it is HARD toget off, because one feels so yucky? >>>I am bugging you, becasue the CORTISONE helped me, but I could already see how it was gong to afect me, when I would miss taking it for some time, so it almost felt like it could be dangerous for me to take. >>>U have heard it can be dangerous...is thiswhat they mean, or is it something else? ~Inga ~ > > LaCretia > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 on 3/11/05 6:10 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > I wouldn't suggest juice...it's full of sugar and makes the adrenals work > harder. >>>Darn, I meant like organic vegetables fresh juiced by a home juicer...I keep thinking I am going to do that, bet... I > have one more week to go and I'm off the Cortef for good I hope! >>>Congratualations. >>>You mean you can actually just decide that you will be off and that is it? >>>I keep hearing that people can't get off. Is it more a matter if it is HARD toget off, because one feels so yucky? >>>I am bugging you, becasue the CORTISONE helped me, but I could already see how it was gong to afect me, when I would miss taking it for some time, so it almost felt like it could be dangerous for me to take. >>>U have heard it can be dangerous...is thiswhat they mean, or is it something else? ~Inga ~ > > LaCretia > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 on 3/11/05 6:10 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > I wouldn't suggest juice...it's full of sugar and makes the adrenals work > harder. >>>Darn, I meant like organic vegetables fresh juiced by a home juicer...I keep thinking I am going to do that, bet... I > have one more week to go and I'm off the Cortef for good I hope! >>>Congratualations. >>>You mean you can actually just decide that you will be off and that is it? >>>I keep hearing that people can't get off. Is it more a matter if it is HARD toget off, because one feels so yucky? >>>I am bugging you, becasue the CORTISONE helped me, but I could already see how it was gong to afect me, when I would miss taking it for some time, so it almost felt like it could be dangerous for me to take. >>>U have heard it can be dangerous...is thiswhat they mean, or is it something else? ~Inga ~ > > LaCretia > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Ingrid. I have been on adrenal treatment for a year. This is what my doctor planned for me. She started it last year and said that I would need to be on this therapy for one year for my adrenals to repair. The one year mark just came up in February so, we started the weaning process. This is very important...you can't just quite. I went down from 20mg a day to now taking 5mg. This week I will stop taking it at all on Thursday of this week!!! I'm so ready. There are many disadvatages to taking steroid treatment. BTW... you are not bugging me at all. I love to share and wish someone would have taught me what I know now LaCretia > >on 3/11/05 6:10 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > > > > I wouldn't suggest juice...it's full of sugar and makes the adrenals >work > > harder. > >>>Darn, I meant like organic vegetables fresh juiced by a home juicer...I >keep >thinking I am going to do that, bet... > I > > have one more week to go and I'm off the Cortef for good I hope! > > >>>Congratualations. > > >>>You mean you can actually just decide that you will be off and that is >it? > >>>I keep hearing that people can't get off. Is it more a matter if it is >HARD >toget off, because one feels so yucky? > > >>>I am bugging you, becasue the CORTISONE helped me, but I could already >see >how it was gong to afect me, when I would miss taking it for some time, so >it almost felt like it could be dangerous for me to take. > > >>>U have heard it can be dangerous...is thiswhat they mean, or is it >something >else? > >~Inga > > >~ > > > > > LaCretia > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Ingrid. I have been on adrenal treatment for a year. This is what my doctor planned for me. She started it last year and said that I would need to be on this therapy for one year for my adrenals to repair. The one year mark just came up in February so, we started the weaning process. This is very important...you can't just quite. I went down from 20mg a day to now taking 5mg. This week I will stop taking it at all on Thursday of this week!!! I'm so ready. There are many disadvatages to taking steroid treatment. BTW... you are not bugging me at all. I love to share and wish someone would have taught me what I know now LaCretia > >on 3/11/05 6:10 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > > > > I wouldn't suggest juice...it's full of sugar and makes the adrenals >work > > harder. > >>>Darn, I meant like organic vegetables fresh juiced by a home juicer...I >keep >thinking I am going to do that, bet... > I > > have one more week to go and I'm off the Cortef for good I hope! > > >>>Congratualations. > > >>>You mean you can actually just decide that you will be off and that is >it? > >>>I keep hearing that people can't get off. Is it more a matter if it is >HARD >toget off, because one feels so yucky? > > >>>I am bugging you, becasue the CORTISONE helped me, but I could already >see >how it was gong to afect me, when I would miss taking it for some time, so >it almost felt like it could be dangerous for me to take. > > >>>U have heard it can be dangerous...is thiswhat they mean, or is it >something >else? > >~Inga > > >~ > > > > > LaCretia > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Ingrid. I have been on adrenal treatment for a year. This is what my doctor planned for me. She started it last year and said that I would need to be on this therapy for one year for my adrenals to repair. The one year mark just came up in February so, we started the weaning process. This is very important...you can't just quite. I went down from 20mg a day to now taking 5mg. This week I will stop taking it at all on Thursday of this week!!! I'm so ready. There are many disadvatages to taking steroid treatment. BTW... you are not bugging me at all. I love to share and wish someone would have taught me what I know now LaCretia > >on 3/11/05 6:10 PM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > > > > I wouldn't suggest juice...it's full of sugar and makes the adrenals >work > > harder. > >>>Darn, I meant like organic vegetables fresh juiced by a home juicer...I >keep >thinking I am going to do that, bet... > I > > have one more week to go and I'm off the Cortef for good I hope! > > >>>Congratualations. > > >>>You mean you can actually just decide that you will be off and that is >it? > >>>I keep hearing that people can't get off. Is it more a matter if it is >HARD >toget off, because one feels so yucky? > > >>>I am bugging you, becasue the CORTISONE helped me, but I could already >see >how it was gong to afect me, when I would miss taking it for some time, so >it almost felt like it could be dangerous for me to take. > > >>>U have heard it can be dangerous...is thiswhat they mean, or is it >something >else? > >~Inga > > >~ > > > > > LaCretia > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 on 3/14/05 9:41 AM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > Ingrid. > I have been on adrenal treatment for a year. This is what my doctor planned > for me. She started it last year and said that I would need to be on this > therapy for one year for my adrenals to repair. The one year mark just came > up in February so, we started the weaning process. This is very > important...you can't just quite. I went down from 20mg a day to now taking > 5mg. This week I will stop taking it at all on Thursday of this week!!! I'm > so ready. So what do you think would have happened if you did not take the cortisone? Doyou thik your adrenals woudl not have healed and you would have needed to then start taking it for good? >There are many disadvatages to taking steroid treatment. In YOUR personal experience, can you tell me what they are? > > BTW... you are not bugging me at all. I love to share and wish someone > would have taught me what I know now Thanks, Inga > > LaCretia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 on 3/14/05 9:41 AM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > Ingrid. > I have been on adrenal treatment for a year. This is what my doctor planned > for me. She started it last year and said that I would need to be on this > therapy for one year for my adrenals to repair. The one year mark just came > up in February so, we started the weaning process. This is very > important...you can't just quite. I went down from 20mg a day to now taking > 5mg. This week I will stop taking it at all on Thursday of this week!!! I'm > so ready. So what do you think would have happened if you did not take the cortisone? Doyou thik your adrenals woudl not have healed and you would have needed to then start taking it for good? >There are many disadvatages to taking steroid treatment. In YOUR personal experience, can you tell me what they are? > > BTW... you are not bugging me at all. I love to share and wish someone > would have taught me what I know now Thanks, Inga > > LaCretia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 In a message dated 3/15/2005 10:52:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, lacretiamo@... writes: > I am now reading up on something I found interesting about folks that > have Thyroid issues and adrenal issues called Euvolemic Hyponatremia. This > I feel is the name of the episodes a person gets when vomiting and going to > the bathroom constently. > do you have a link on this? cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 >So what do you think would have happened if you did not take the >cortisone? I believe that the adrenals would continue to be damaged and eventually to the point that you get 's disease (which is perminent) >Doyou thik your adrenals woudl not have healed and you would have needed to >then start taking it for good? Yes it is possible and then again the body may have eventually been able to heal by itself. The only way I could see the body doing this is if you were somewhere in which you were albe to rest and stay away from stress for a long period of time (say a year) I have read folks who have done this...they quit their job and move to the country to rest for a while. > >There are many disadvatages to taking steroid treatment. >In YOUR personal experience, can you tell me what they are? My personal experience with Cortef is that it limits you in the biggest way. You receive 20mg a day and a normal person will produce about 30-40mg a day. Already you can see that you only have so much available to you and when you run out...crash! So, say for instance one day you have a very stressful day...boss is yelling at you and you are overworked... bam... you burn the 20mg too fast and end up not having enough Cortef to finish your day thus crashing from there. There is also the issue of keeping your electrolites in check. They easily get out of balance and cause many issues... for one if the salt is low enough in the body and the water in your body is high...then you get symptoms of severe nausea to vomiting, muscle weakness, a severe fatigue. If your potassium drops...you get muscle cramps and twitches compared to the fatigue that you would get with low salt. Keeping these balanced without the body's normal mechanisms (you are supplimenting and thus shutting the adrenals down so the body's normal mechnisms are shut down to a point also) is difficult. Knowing what happens when salt is low vs. when potassium is low helps you to know which to manipulate to get your body back to it's natural balance. These two (salt/potassium) are critical for energy to be made in your cells. They are like a seesaw...if one goes down the other goes up and vise versa. The need to be balanced. Any kind of vacation or extra activities require you to up you dosage in order to avoid a crash afterwards. Not to mention now you have an appeitite (before diagnoeses I could barely eat without gagging) you gain weight. For me this was good in the beginning but you soon see that the eating can get out of control and so can your weight. If the body is able to do these things it's much better of course and it has built in sensors to determine when salt/potassium needs adjusting. I think the worse part is when you run out of Cortef in your body and crash. I call it running out of spoons...(you had to read the article on youdontlooksick.com to understand the spoon theory) You have to go to bed from there and hope it doesn't last 2-3 days...as it can. I hope this helps. You are more than welcome to ask me any questions you have. I will say that now that I am down to 5mg.. I know some people will think how when I say this but, I actually feel my body doing the work somewhat now and I can feel a more consistent state through the day than the ups and down's the cortef would give me through the day before. I have had a couple of what I would call hyper states in that it feels like the adrenals are beginning to putter back on and off trying to work again. Remember Cortef has a 4 hr life and at the end of the 4hrs you feel it and have to take another dose to come back up again. Thus getting the ups and down feelings all day long! PS. I am now reading up on something I found interesting about folks that have Thyroid issues and adrenal issues called Euvolemic Hyponatremia. This I feel is the name of the episodes a person gets when vomiting and going to the bathroom constently. LaCretia > >on 3/14/05 9:41 AM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > > Ingrid. > > I have been on adrenal treatment for a year. This is what my doctor >planned > > for me. She started it last year and said that I would need to be on >this > > therapy for one year for my adrenals to repair. The one year mark just >came > > up in February so, we started the weaning process. This is very > > important...you can't just quite. I went down from 20mg a day to now >taking > > 5mg. This week I will stop taking it at all on Thursday of this week!!! >I'm > > so ready. >So what do you think would have happened if you did not take the >cortisone? > >Doyou thik your adrenals woudl not have healed and you would have needed to >then start taking it for good? > > >There are many disadvatages to taking steroid treatment. >In YOUR personal experience, can you tell me what they are? > > > > > BTW... you are not bugging me at all. I love to share and wish someone > > would have taught me what I know now > >Thanks, >Inga > > > > LaCretia > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 >So what do you think would have happened if you did not take the >cortisone? I believe that the adrenals would continue to be damaged and eventually to the point that you get 's disease (which is perminent) >Doyou thik your adrenals woudl not have healed and you would have needed to >then start taking it for good? Yes it is possible and then again the body may have eventually been able to heal by itself. The only way I could see the body doing this is if you were somewhere in which you were albe to rest and stay away from stress for a long period of time (say a year) I have read folks who have done this...they quit their job and move to the country to rest for a while. > >There are many disadvatages to taking steroid treatment. >In YOUR personal experience, can you tell me what they are? My personal experience with Cortef is that it limits you in the biggest way. You receive 20mg a day and a normal person will produce about 30-40mg a day. Already you can see that you only have so much available to you and when you run out...crash! So, say for instance one day you have a very stressful day...boss is yelling at you and you are overworked... bam... you burn the 20mg too fast and end up not having enough Cortef to finish your day thus crashing from there. There is also the issue of keeping your electrolites in check. They easily get out of balance and cause many issues... for one if the salt is low enough in the body and the water in your body is high...then you get symptoms of severe nausea to vomiting, muscle weakness, a severe fatigue. If your potassium drops...you get muscle cramps and twitches compared to the fatigue that you would get with low salt. Keeping these balanced without the body's normal mechanisms (you are supplimenting and thus shutting the adrenals down so the body's normal mechnisms are shut down to a point also) is difficult. Knowing what happens when salt is low vs. when potassium is low helps you to know which to manipulate to get your body back to it's natural balance. These two (salt/potassium) are critical for energy to be made in your cells. They are like a seesaw...if one goes down the other goes up and vise versa. The need to be balanced. Any kind of vacation or extra activities require you to up you dosage in order to avoid a crash afterwards. Not to mention now you have an appeitite (before diagnoeses I could barely eat without gagging) you gain weight. For me this was good in the beginning but you soon see that the eating can get out of control and so can your weight. If the body is able to do these things it's much better of course and it has built in sensors to determine when salt/potassium needs adjusting. I think the worse part is when you run out of Cortef in your body and crash. I call it running out of spoons...(you had to read the article on youdontlooksick.com to understand the spoon theory) You have to go to bed from there and hope it doesn't last 2-3 days...as it can. I hope this helps. You are more than welcome to ask me any questions you have. I will say that now that I am down to 5mg.. I know some people will think how when I say this but, I actually feel my body doing the work somewhat now and I can feel a more consistent state through the day than the ups and down's the cortef would give me through the day before. I have had a couple of what I would call hyper states in that it feels like the adrenals are beginning to putter back on and off trying to work again. Remember Cortef has a 4 hr life and at the end of the 4hrs you feel it and have to take another dose to come back up again. Thus getting the ups and down feelings all day long! PS. I am now reading up on something I found interesting about folks that have Thyroid issues and adrenal issues called Euvolemic Hyponatremia. This I feel is the name of the episodes a person gets when vomiting and going to the bathroom constently. LaCretia > >on 3/14/05 9:41 AM, LaCretia Mozingo at lacretiamo@... wrote: > > > Ingrid. > > I have been on adrenal treatment for a year. This is what my doctor >planned > > for me. She started it last year and said that I would need to be on >this > > therapy for one year for my adrenals to repair. The one year mark just >came > > up in February so, we started the weaning process. This is very > > important...you can't just quite. I went down from 20mg a day to now >taking > > 5mg. This week I will stop taking it at all on Thursday of this week!!! >I'm > > so ready. >So what do you think would have happened if you did not take the >cortisone? > >Doyou thik your adrenals woudl not have healed and you would have needed to >then start taking it for good? > > >There are many disadvatages to taking steroid treatment. >In YOUR personal experience, can you tell me what they are? > > > > > BTW... you are not bugging me at all. I love to share and wish someone > > would have taught me what I know now > >Thanks, >Inga > > > > LaCretia > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 I have found many links. Most of these are not in laman terms but I have been able to read and understand a little about it. Just go to google and type in the word Euvolemic Hyponatremia and you will get many hits on it. Let me know what you think about it. I believe this would be the name of what occurs when you have vomiting and muscle weakness assiciated with adrenal fatigue. I posted this to the 's board to see if any of the folks there knew about this and could tell me what they know vs. what I have read. LaCretia > >In a message dated 3/15/2005 10:52:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, >lacretiamo@... writes: > > > I am now reading up on something I found interesting about folks that > > have Thyroid issues and adrenal issues called Euvolemic Hyponatremia. >This > > I feel is the name of the episodes a person gets when vomiting and going >to > > the bathroom constently. > > > >do you have a link on this? >cindi > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 I have found many links. Most of these are not in laman terms but I have been able to read and understand a little about it. Just go to google and type in the word Euvolemic Hyponatremia and you will get many hits on it. Let me know what you think about it. I believe this would be the name of what occurs when you have vomiting and muscle weakness assiciated with adrenal fatigue. I posted this to the 's board to see if any of the folks there knew about this and could tell me what they know vs. what I have read. LaCretia > >In a message dated 3/15/2005 10:52:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, >lacretiamo@... writes: > > > I am now reading up on something I found interesting about folks that > > have Thyroid issues and adrenal issues called Euvolemic Hyponatremia. >This > > I feel is the name of the episodes a person gets when vomiting and going >to > > the bathroom constently. > > > >do you have a link on this? >cindi > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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