Posted by bleauberry on April 3, 2009, at 16:27:30
In reply to Re: hydrocortisone, posted by DanielJ on April 3, 2009, at 9:08:19
Without knowing any more than you told, I dare say the reason he was being treated with HC was for some other reason than hypoadrenalism, and that his dose was in excess of 20mg per day?
In the horror stories of HC, nobody states what the dose was or the reason it was given.
I could be wrong in my assumption.
Even at safe low doses that are merely intended to replace what the body is not producing, it is very wise to approach HC with slow titration. By slow I mean increasing the dose no faster than once every two weeks. Even people who are diagnosed with very low cortisol and take small amounts of HC to get it into the normal range experience problems if they do it too fast.
> A friend of ours has a son who is about 38 years
> old. After beeing treated for a physical condition
> with Hydrocortisone for a short time, he had a
> psychotic break with serious symptoms like
> mental confusion, hallucinations and delusions.
> He was hospitalised for a week and after extended
> testing, the cause of the psychosis was determined to
> be the Hydrocortisone. After discontinuing the drug
> for a few days his symptoms disappeared.
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