Re: Currently Experiencing a VERY Rapid Recovery (Regimen Included)

What do you mean by "adrenal extract" ?? Animal derived prescription?? God, it disgusts me to take animal derived products, for many reasons.

I am currently on Armour thyroid because my doctor who also follows alternative methods told me that the Armour, unlike the synthetics, has both the T3 and T4... so, I take it. Well, I have had some tests done by Diagnostech Labs and another lab whose name I forget - saliva and stool ...

My doctor told me I also have adrenal fatigue - in the evening, I frequently go into this coma like state which I cannot stop, hard as I try - I slowly fade out - I can hear the TV in and out to some degree and come out of this state about 45 minutes later - more refreshed.

I have insomnia - I am so weak I cannot even take care of my responsibilities like paying my bills. I have tried everything - have had a million blood tests done.... I am also anemic with low levels of iron and hemoglobin - I am a vegetarian but upon everyone's insistence, starting eating a little meat weekly. I also take iron pills - give myself B-12 shots, supplements, grams of vitamine C, etc.

The doctor put me on what she said was a bioidentical adrenal called "Cortef" - well, this is a prescription and I just do not do well on drugs - never, ever.... I started the slow regimen she put me on, increasing the dose very slowly every 3 days but I have stopped. The headaches are unbearable and I know it is the Cortef.

So, what the heck do I do?? I cannot stand meat - I only have one cup of coffee in the morning for god's sake - it's not as if I am drinking coffee all day long - and I eat a lot of vegetables which I cook myself. I never, ever eat anything off the shelf, just fresh home made meals.

Any suggestions - any ideas as to what the heck is wrong with me?? When I go out and have to walk I can barely move my legs - they are like cement - or as petrified in some fashion, like something solid instead of a living, flexible body part.

Please, any input and info is so greatly appreciated. I have spent a fortune from one doctor to another (and in the alternative field mostly) because the regular medical profession is a total waste of time and money - they couldn't diagnose a cold if all the symptoms were hitting them in the face.

I don't know what to do -

Sorry for the "odyssey" but I wanted to give as full a picture as possible.