Re: I am truly tired of babying myself and getting nowhere.

Paulette, thanks again for your kind words! Yes, I tried adrenal cortex when I was tapering the HC. At first it seemed to work, but then I realized it was making me very anxious, so I stopped. I'm sure that supplementing with vitamin C would be helpful, but... I haven't taken vitamin C in a long time, since I can't tolerate it. Even the most miniscule amounts give me ibs. I might try amla though to see if that works ok.

I plan on ordering a 24 hour saliva test soon... just giving my body a little more time to get used to no HC.

I think that my 5 day crash might be easing up today... it is finally sunny where I live, and so I'm going to go sit in the sun for a little. Heaven forbid, not more than 5 minutes though because that may send me into another 5 day crash. I need to be more optimistic. :) :)