I'm just concerned about the lil blip though---LOL!  I mean any blip is too much of a blip for me, and especially when looking at laura's chart that she sent to me, it dips waaayyy below the "1" mark on the chart between just before midnight and  4am when they advocate taking the dose.  I mean I know that this way of dosing is obviously far better than the other way of dosing.  But I am not overly confident as any blip no matter how small at a time when the cortisol is not even there according the the charted estimate (when it shows as a constant "1" on the chart would perhaps cause pituitary to release acth.  Even in sleep.  Looking at the chart, to be honest it does indicate that the baseline level is set at 1 , even at midnight.  As I assume that minimal means trace amounts and obviously therefore for arguments sake 1 on the chart, ANY cortisol needed at that time, and not produced would surely cause a problem?  

Maybe I am just being picky.  I mean my mind will NOT be set at rest until they do the 24 hour profiling to be honest.  I know I am being a pain ---if I was not a nit picker I would not have got this far---or changed dosing.  I'll shut up now and perhaps I can confirm or dispel any uncertainties around this issue when we have had the 24 hour profiling under our belt and everything is looking A ok.  To my mind dosing at 4am would be nothing short of disastrous if I am thinking along the correct lines.  You would most definately be getting androgen breakthrough.  Tell you what---how about we try both here? I'll be really cheeky and say I want 48 hour profiling and we will dose at 2am one night and then 4am the other night and watch the results ---LOL! ( I'll tell them I am on a bet!)

Wanna bet  20 bucks for the winner!

RAOTFL!!!

Arn't I a pain in the butt?  You know I only question these things because they are questions that we should ask---I think someone posted above, no question is stupid really.  We are only parents and it is natural to question all these things.  NO I WILL NOT DO x4 TIMES A DAY DOSING.  I firmly believe that they make different potencies of steroids for a reason.  Why ask hct to do a job it cannot do?  In addition to that, I think I do enough getting up and dosing at 2am for Ashley, without revolving the whole day around dosing also.  It is difficult when you have so many children and everyone's circumstance are different.  I mean I know we would stand on our head, but there is a limit!  I won't stand on my head and do spins too!!! LOL!!!

 

Right I am out of here---regards

Val