I have been taking Adrenal Cortex Extract (ACE) for about 1 week.
Gradually increasing the dose upto 4 caps per day and I have noticed
the following.

If I take this in the evening at dinner I cannot sleep at night.

I did get intense body and especially face tingling & itching when I
got upto 4 caps per day. I thought this might be something else I am
talking(Vit B), so I stopped that and the ACE and everything calmed
down the next day. I then re-took the Vit B and nothing happened. I
then retook some ACE and the symptoms returned. I stopped the ACE and
again the symptoms stopped the next day.

So that means the ACE gave me the tingling and itching, but that was
at the high dose of 4 caps a day. The evening dosages certainly did
not agree with me, so no need to try evening dosing again.

So I will restart the ACE and go with 1 in the morning and 1 at lunch
and see what happens. It was only when I increased the dosage that
the itchy stuff happened. I will aim to get to 2 in the morning and 1
at lunch, but any more tingling and itching and I will stop
altogether.

My temps have fluctuated between 97.2 – 97.5 deg's. which is pretty
good (for me) both in terms of high temp(for me) and fair stable(for
me), especially since the tingling and itching was uncomfortable and
made me feel pretty ropey during this time. And I have also been
battling a little re-distribution after the last DMSA round. And
heartburn. And dehydration. And my shoulders hurt like crazy. So the
fact that my temp's stayed relatively stable, enough though I've had
a rough week, means its worth persevering and trying again to find a
suitable dosage of ACE.

I will reprint my lab results and comments Jackie made

> Adrenal stress profile (saliva) age group 30-39
> Cortisol levels
> Sample 1. 7-8am 10.8 ... ref 12-22
> Sample 2. 11-12am 4.3....ref 4-8
> Sample 3. 4-5pm 4.4....ref 3-7
> Sample 4. 11-12pm 1.6....ref 1-3
>
> ----------Yes you are certainly low all day, especially your
> morning cortisol should be much higher. You are low in range in
> afternoon/evening, do you feel better then? I usually fell better
at
> night, which is a common adrenal and mercury symptom.---Jackie

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