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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Adrenal /HPA puzzle- completely lost
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<blockquote data-quote="DB32" data-source="post: 94785" data-attributes="member: 17419"><p>Thanks ratbag, it's a route that brings back some rather traumatic memories </p><p></p><p>When I was put on steroids(prednisone) after my hospital incident I literally couldn't maintain stable levels and had to completely quit my whole life and spent most of my day in bed then needed to take more just to walk to the shops and back.</p><p></p><p>I was prescribed 5mg,then 7.5,10, then 15 then 20 and still had low cortisol symptoms which I presume was from not being able to maintain a steady level from the peaks and troughs.Based on this my doctor didn't want to put me on HC as he thought it would be even harder to maintain blood levels.</p><p></p><p>I did tonnes of research at the time and remember there being a study by professor hindmarsh who created an injectable pump like delivery for a child who had issues metabolising oral cortisol and regained quality of life after using the injectable method.</p><p></p><p>After getting nowhere with oral medication and nobody taking me seriously I decided to quit the prednisone because I was getting awful side effects and basically hated my life so much that even the thought of not existing was better than being in such a low state of health.</p><p></p><p>I found it worrying at the lack of information out there on this subject and the only response I got from people at the time was really negative suggesting there was something wrong with me for not getting better or responding to the seemingly correct doses.</p><p></p><p>I'm guessing if I mess around with things like pregnenolone or progesterone it will likely shut off my HPA and have a similar "crash" effect on me and so feel a bit stuck between a rock and a hard place.</p><p></p><p>Think I will take my chances and just focus on getting my test levels sorted and hope that hcg allows my body to backill its own pathways and maintain a low but not fatal level of cortisol.</p><p></p><p>Yes my cortisol is shitty now and will no doubt become even worse on testosterone but that's nothing compared to the level of hell of being on corticosteroids.</p><p></p><p>Unless there is any medical advancement or sufficient anecdotal experience I am not prepared to take any risks as i now have financial commitments which mean that I need sufficient income and cannot afford the luxury of gambling what I already have with what may be and ending up with even less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DB32, post: 94785, member: 17419"] Thanks ratbag, it's a route that brings back some rather traumatic memories When I was put on steroids(prednisone) after my hospital incident I literally couldn't maintain stable levels and had to completely quit my whole life and spent most of my day in bed then needed to take more just to walk to the shops and back. I was prescribed 5mg,then 7.5,10, then 15 then 20 and still had low cortisol symptoms which I presume was from not being able to maintain a steady level from the peaks and troughs.Based on this my doctor didn't want to put me on HC as he thought it would be even harder to maintain blood levels. I did tonnes of research at the time and remember there being a study by professor hindmarsh who created an injectable pump like delivery for a child who had issues metabolising oral cortisol and regained quality of life after using the injectable method. After getting nowhere with oral medication and nobody taking me seriously I decided to quit the prednisone because I was getting awful side effects and basically hated my life so much that even the thought of not existing was better than being in such a low state of health. I found it worrying at the lack of information out there on this subject and the only response I got from people at the time was really negative suggesting there was something wrong with me for not getting better or responding to the seemingly correct doses. I'm guessing if I mess around with things like pregnenolone or progesterone it will likely shut off my HPA and have a similar "crash" effect on me and so feel a bit stuck between a rock and a hard place. Think I will take my chances and just focus on getting my test levels sorted and hope that hcg allows my body to backill its own pathways and maintain a low but not fatal level of cortisol. Yes my cortisol is shitty now and will no doubt become even worse on testosterone but that's nothing compared to the level of hell of being on corticosteroids. Unless there is any medical advancement or sufficient anecdotal experience I am not prepared to take any risks as i now have financial commitments which mean that I need sufficient income and cannot afford the luxury of gambling what I already have with what may be and ending up with even less. [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Adrenal /HPA puzzle- completely lost
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