Guest guest Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 This is someone's story from my sauna group on his Adrenal Problems, and then they named it Cushing's. But this is a shocker, and WHY I absolutely refuse any drugs. I also read that people with Adrenal Problems also get dizzy, but if you have pain of the left side it's related to your liver. It's interesting to be aware of these things. Pasted from my sauna group from San: No, I was diagnosed with Addison's Disease and put on Cortef and Hydrocortisone. I only took it as needed for 3 years to the doctors dismay. He spent years convincing me I needed to take it all the time, but I knew better. I KNEW I was swinging from high cortisols to low cortisols. I only took it when I had lows. Finally he convinced me how " dangerous " this was (why I'll never know) and I tried to take it all the time. In 2 days I gained 9 pounds of water weight... all in my belly and nearly passed out from lack of air because of the pressure it put on my lungs. I had horrible chest pain and went off the meds. It was then that he said I was noncompliant and I challenged him to retest me. He refused and sent me to a specialist to " knock some sense into me " . I promptly told the specialist I think I was misdiagnosed and wanted to retest. Sure enough, I had more than 3x the normal amount of cortisol in my body. Of course he said, your not Addison's... you're Cushing's. Duh!!! He never answered me when I asked why I'm high sometimes and low others (as evidenced in the tests). He sent me back to the referring doc. I went to the chiropractor, who knows much about this and am now on a vitamin supplement to support my adrenals with some raw adrenal glandular. So far feeling much better, but gotta kick the caffeine habit. Sal Lourdes " Sal " Salvador salvadorlourdes ________ Find your next car at http://autos..ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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