First, screw "they." You have to do it yourself. Second, if you were put on 5mg
dex, "2in
the morning and 1 at night" adds up to 3! Third, if you are on 5 mg dex your
brain is fried
already. The dose is 0.50mg and even that dose, if calculated as 50 to 80X
stronger than
HC as recommended by the English ASddisons Association, is too much. Personally
I hated
dex... it never shuts off; in normal people no HC whatsoever (unless feverish)
is produced
from 4 hours before bedtime through the first 4 hours of sleep. Pred will do in
a pinch but
dex is horrible...my personal opinion of course. P.S. the worst thing you can do
is justify
and start taking too much steroid. I just spent 10 days with a neuro-endocrine
pharmacologist on a boat and he says anything more than 20 mg HC or 5 mg pred
and
you are really asking for trouble. Jim

--- In addisonsdisease@yahoogroups.com, "doglover392002" <doglover392002@y...>
wrote:
> i was on prednisone they took me off it and put me on dexamethesone
> 5mg 2in the morning and 1 at night . i can also double my dose if i
> really need it. i feel like im coping with it at the moment. im also
> on dheas which has stopped me from a crisis. i feel like a different
> women. is prednisone the only tablet they prescribe to you people
> over there. that is all i seem to read. if i was you id be looking
> in to something different especiallyif you think you are going down
> hill quickly. this not having any cortisone in your system for 4 mths
> that is a sign of the tablets are not working or suitable. i have
> only got to forget my tablets i can feel myself going down hill
> quick. joy.