Posted by bleauberry on April 1, 2009, at 17:23:29
In reply to Re: hydrocortisone » Zana, posted by Phillipa on April 1, 2009, at 12:48:37
> An endocrinologist can test your cortisol levels and see where you stand on the adrenals. Hydorocortisone is a very serious med. Love Phillipa an expert docs should be consulted
Look, I really like Phillipa, ok? But the above comments are very much stuck in the old school.
Can an endo accurately test your cortisol? Not unless they test it 4 times during the same day and compare the results to the daily curve of normal healthy people. You could easily have adrenal fatigue, and yet have an Endo tell you your test was normal (they use a very broad range for so-called normal), not to mention that single blood test was supposed to somehow represent what your adrenals are doing 6 hours later, 10 hours later, at night, at morning, etc? Insane. Just the normal apprehension and nervousness of the appointment and drawing blood is enough to raise your cortisol levels temporarily into the normal range from low. Only to crash hard later.
Hydrocortisone is indeed a very serious med...at the wrong doses. That's how it got that reputation and misunderstanding. Yout gotta understand that for diseases treated with hydrocortisone, they use very large doses. Many dangers go along with that. It is treacherous at high doses.
For adrenal fatigue, we are talking miniscule doses in comparison to all that. We are talking about replacing what the body is missing, bringing the cortisol up to normal from low, and that's it. No more. Nothing extra. No disease treatment. No anti-inflammatory. Nothing. Nada. Just replace what's missing. That falls within 1.25mg-20mg. It is also in the medical textbooks as being common and safe at those doses.
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