Ohhhh Stewie is right Thebigone!
Adderall is uber-toxic to adrenals.
When treating adrenals that are well "stressed out" we use
1. Adrenal adaptogens
2. Adrenal glandulars
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2 adrenal thrive AM and noon-2 PM ( to do an adrenal re-set at peak cortisol crank hours)...
2 adrenal fusion AM and noon-2 PM too
Sometimes BI hydrocortisone is needed-like I currently have to politicians who are heavy-campaigning and keep going into AF I need to keep giving them more adrenal support.
Also helpful is
acetyl-l-carnitine (article all about it) and you take it at the reset times
Even the right aromatherpy blends have been shown to decrease cortisols,sounds like witchcraft but true....
When cortisol and sleep and energy normalizes you can do AM/PM with supplements.
The big one-YES they are as bad,ever weaned off and tried GPC? Here's an
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Stewie:No effect with arimidex noted,but can see where you're going with that....I would thinK E2 levels would need to be super high to get a negative feedback with the DHEA-S.
I try to keep any pharmaceuticals to a minimum and can treat blood sugars up to 150ish without drugs.
The few that need metformin tend to have "adrenal stress" from being a little OW, having inflammation that's hard to control and tend to be "stressed" people who crank out more epi.
Due to all of that,yes I see adrenal involvement but it depends WHERE in the AS-AF cycle they are-if they are stage 3 yes I do see low DHEA-s. Here an
AF article if anyone is interested.
Happy weekend all!
Dr.Kim
PS GPC makes you concentrate and "think faster" and you CAN wean off stimulants and Stewie is right,they fry your BRAIN too. A brain is a good thing to have I'd found (LOL).