Re: Re: Deltacortril and metformin/Jan V

[Guest guest]

How much Delta are you taking Jan?

My daughter that has LOCAH takes 2.5mg of prednisone a day & said that her

hunger has never increased because of it.

I made a mistake earlier saying that she was on 5mg a day...But she has very

high energy a doesn't have any weight to lose...is always on the go. At

first the Endo put her on low dose birth control pills and 2.5mg of

prednisone. She did very well..went off of the pill and has only been on the

prednisone.

My daughter had high levels of both DHEA's and Testosterone..I thought that

she had PCOS at first...we have ovary issues as did my late Mom....sometimes

there's a fine line when things start going wrong and you're trying to find

the answers....and most doctors are clueless.

Best to you,

Re: Re: Deltacortril and metformin

> I know for a fact the Delta makes me hungry, and nope, it didn't make me

> magically lose weight. Nothing makes me lose weight short of weighing

> every gram of food I eat and exercising at least 2h a day. I have 30lb

> to lose and the testosterone is still 3x higher than usual. Meanwhile, I

> am diabetic too so I am sure I can't lower blood sugar enough being this

> fat. So I can't afford to risk gaining more weight, or even maintaining

> this weight longer.

>

> If this is something that only happens after a while, I'd love to see it

> happen. But then again, it is not like I eat little already, I eat a lot

> as it is, I am not sure there is enough metabolism in the world that can

> have me eating more and losing weight. I am very strict in what I eat to

> lose weight, but not in the amount I eat - I thought I'd make it clear

> as most people who say they wanna lose weight eat a really low amount of

> calories, and probably eating more would boost their metabolism and help

> with weight loss. I am not gonna get that effect as I already eat " a

> ton " by normal standards.

>

> Actually, the protocol for PCOS by traditional doctors is " here is the

> pill, see ya next year " , same as hypothyroidism, just replace

> " Synthroid " with " the pill " . The protocol I am referring to is by

> holistic doctors who were influenced by Jefferies. Traditional doctors

> think that cortisol is only to be used for LOCAH, not PCOS, and that it

> can only help PCOS if DHEA is elevated. The holistic doctors are the

> ones who believe in adrenal fatigue and think that even if DHEA is

> normal, cortisol will rest the adrenals and reduce total output of sex

> hormones.

>

>

> Jan

>

> Gracia wrote:

>

> >I can understand the cost factor but I think some of your beliefs about

> >cortisol are untrue. Cortef made me hungrier but it just didin't matter

b/c

> >I burned the calories and felt a lot better. With correct

thyroid/adrenal

> >treatment metabolism works efficiently and you can eat quite normally.

> >Protocol for PCOS might be the same as protocol for hypothyroidism, i.e.

not

> >very good.

> >Gracia

> >

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

2.5mg, that is what made me hungry both times. I recently increased to

5mg and I am not any hungrier than on the 2.5. Also, last time I was on

it for a whole 2 months and nope, still hungry - somehow at night I

manage to realize I am hungry but not eat. I am taking it during the day

now, decided to give it a try. I am drinking a ridiculous amount of

water to try to pretend I am not hungrier, but I am hungrier. I hope it

goes away eventually.

My DHEA is high but high-normal, that is how they ruled out LOCAH -

normal DHEA can't be converted into 20x the normal amount of Total

Testosterone (11x was just my Free). And I already knew I was insulin

resistant and pre-diabetic anyway. I also have the acanthosis nigricans

(brown discolorations in specific areas). I have no cysts and I do

ovulate though. Some doctors don't call what I have PCOS, they call it

HAIR-AN (High Androgens, Insulin Resistance, Acanthosis Nigricans)

Syndrome instead, since there are no cysts.

I don't wanna go on the pill, cause I do ovulate anyway and I don't

think it is good to take that kind of hormone since it will once again

mess with my thyroid dosage. So I am gonna try to reduce it just with

the weight loss (ha, what a joke - the future weight loss, I mean. LOL),

the metformin, the prednisone (indirectly - I know that it will allow

for the thyroid hormones to be better used, so that helps weight loss),

switching to Armour, and possibly Avandia though I am avoiding that one,

it is soooo expensive.

Jan

Melancholy Muse wrote:

>How much Delta are you taking Jan?

>My daughter that has LOCAH takes 2.5mg of prednisone a day & said that her

>hunger has never increased because of it.

>I made a mistake earlier saying that she was on 5mg a day...But she has very

>high energy a doesn't have any weight to lose...is always on the go. At

>first the Endo put her on low dose birth control pills and 2.5mg of

>prednisone. She did very well..went off of the pill and has only been on the

>prednisone.

>My daughter had high levels of both DHEA's and Testosterone..I thought that

>she had PCOS at first...we have ovary issues as did my late Mom....sometimes

>there's a fine line when things start going wrong and you're trying to find

>the answers....and most doctors are clueless.

>

>Best to you,

>

>