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In Part 1 of this report on cortisol, I discussed the endocrine system and the importance of the adrenal hormone. Cortisol and adrenal steroids got a bad rap. Adrenal hormones given in excess waste the body, and put your own adrenal hormone production in the toilet. And, that is easy to do, since doctors seldom give natural hormones (cortisol), but instead choose far more powerful synthetic steroid derivatives like prednisone or dexamethasone, etc. These are quite easy to overdose, and suppress your own glandular output. While your adrenal might make, say, 50 mg cortisol for your daily needs, Prednisone is about 5 times stronger than cortisol, mg for mg. This Part 2 describes how a a few to several mg of cortisol (aka hydrocortisone), could bring you or loved ones the relief you long for deserve, and perhaps are denied due to blindness of conventional medicine.
So, let’s go back to thyroid. If you give a patient too much, it will manifest quickly as rapid heart rate, jitteriness, just going too fast. Steroid overdose is far more subtle and it might manifest days or weeks later, and, after feeling wonderful during this time with the inflammation suppressed. But remember, endocrine glands respond to exogenous hormone use as muscles do to weightlessness. The muscles, or glands in the case of exogenous hormones, are not needed and go away. In the case of your adrenals, that can be a calamity. While one can simply stop an overdose of testosterone, or thyroid, stopping an overdose situation of steroids can lead to catastrophe. The gland, when atrophied, can takes weeks or even months to recover. And adequate cortisol is called for on an instant need basis. And life will not be pleasant or long if you don’t have some functioning adrenal hormone in your body. Your body will totally collapse. So, the goal is to optimize adrenal hormone functioning, without giving you so much that your gland atrophies.