Hey. I was on Cortef for 3 mos. Started out great - more energy, endurance, etc. I could even exercise. But I was becoming more & more toxic and eventually I ended up in the ER. I was doing a liver detox & it all ended up in my knee instead of coming out in the urine - low yin in Chinese Medicine. I have never felt such pain - knee swelled, etc. Nobody knew what was going on. Finally an acupunturist explained it & later my integrative Doc. She said Cortef is loved by candida so they just went crazy feeding on the Cortef. I already had severe leaky gut so the Doc who put me on Cortef should have known better. Hope this doesn't scare you. Some people who don't have as severe leaky gut as me might do ok on it, but it is terribly hard to get off of and I felt it really didn't rebuild my adrenals at all, it just made them weaker. I'd go with an adrenal glandular instead, which I have done.

On the Amour, I am subclinical/boarderline hypothyroid, so use a thyroid glandular. (Think my Doc uses that if you have a TSH of 3 to 5. Otherwise-above 5 - I think she uses Amour.) For me the natural hormone works great. Was on some Thyrolar earlier which is a mix of T3 & T4. That brought my TSH down, but did nothing for my symptoms.

Hope this helps!

I've tried adrenal glandulars, but never had any luck. Tried ashwagandha too. Also, I've done candida cleanses, took supplements, and even took Diflucan which seemed to help for a little while.

Do you get good results with adrenal glandular? Do you think you might take Cortef again if you address your candida issue? I've heard of some people who take cortef for a while and stop, who actually maintain progress. Just wondering what your overall view on cortef is.

The adrenal glandular helped stabilize me, gave me more energy, & helped me gain weight which I needed. It also helped me detox. Then a lot of stress in my life ended (Yipee!) and things shifted. Adrenal glandular was too "hot" for me - dried me out - dry knees, mouth, etc. Turns out without the stress I was no longer hypercortisol and I needed something more yin and also needed something to bring up cortisol since now I'm hypocortisol, especially in the morning.My Doc has me on licorice tea right now & that has really helped the dry issue. Guess it depends where one is adrenal wise - hyper or hypo. For awhile I was both in the same day! Certain things bring down the cortisol , seriphos being one, and certain things bring cortisol up , like licorice. Licorice also extends cortisol life.

I do a lot for the candida, but no I would not try Cortef again, personally, after my experience with it. I'm dealing with some genetic liver issues also that make the candida/leaky gut more extreme for me than most. Trust your gut (Ha!) on what might work best for you. If you do decide to go with the Cortef you might want to up your candida defenses with colostrum, etc.

Best of luck!!

Maybe I'll start cutting sugars again in case she puts me on Cortef. Maybe I could ask her what she thinks about Diflucan again. I'm not even sure Cortef is what she'll prescribe.

Thank you both for this back and forth on these two 'pills'. I've been
on both for several years. Ok. Lynx. I didn't know cortef fed
candida? I also tried to phase off onto some glandular which I'm too
tired today to go and find the name of, but it was difficlut. My
energy dropped off alot. Now, I've found out I'm hyperthyroid and
am on a lower dose (armour). I would try them both again but I
feel I'm in a transition and want to see if I can phase off the cortef
again. Everyone's system is different and reacts different so my
outlook is a try it and see how it goes one. .