Posted by 4WD on July 1, 2005, at 21:28:36
In reply to Re: Anti-Cortisol Therapy: RU486 Information » SLS, posted by Elroy on July 1, 2005, at 16:31:24
> You're welcome.
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> I have my next round of cortisol testing done in about three weeks. That means that I will have been on the Remeron for about six weeks when the cortisol testing is done. I am, of course, hoping that the testing is going to show that the cortisol levels have come down significantly.
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> Following that my hope is that the lowered cortisol will in fact allow the HPA Axis to "re-set" and allow normal cortisol secretions to resume.
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> And of course following that is the hope that both the severe anxiety and various physical symptoms associated with this will start going away and medications can gradually be eliminated!
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> We will see.
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> Elroy
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> P.S. I was started out on 15mg of Remeron and then, after two weeks moved to 30mg. Only side effect I had was extreme sedation at 15mg level and some remaining sedation SE at 30mg. I am going to talk to p doc next week about raising dosage to 45 mg or 60 mg to see if that SE then goes away.
I have my test next WEdnesday where I take dexamethasone for two days then go in and get a hep lock and have blood drawn for a couple hours. I gather this is to determine if my pituitary tumor is active. I know it's also to rule out Cushings which I know already I don't have.Marsha
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