adrenal glands

     What supplements help support adrenal glands?  I started taking B-12, 100 mg.  It seems like a hefty dose but I read where it is almost impossible to OD on B-12.  I was feeling soooo sluggish and have insomnia and last night was the first time I was able to sleep (only 6 hrs though) without taking a sleeping pill.  I read all the good that B-12 does for the system, so figured it can't hurt.  Another thing...which is interesting.  I only had one bowel movement per day since starting the B-12, whereas, I was having about 5-6 every other day.  Don't know if there is a relationship there or not.

I found this link-I was looking for info about Vitamin C because I heard Doctor Oz talking about this on his show the other day, and I did find some info that links Vitamin C and cortisol. Doctor Oz said you can take up to 3g of Vitamin C per day (I take the Ester C stuff, which is 500mg/tablet-I am currently taking 3/day-I had stopped taking it for a while before I heard this, and I will say, my moon face started getting worse, even though I had started tapering. So I think there might be some truth to this). I had no idea you could take that much Vit C per day!

Anyway, there are some other things listed here that I think could help as well. I am taking a B complex as well now. I have to say, this taper (so far) is going much better than my last one, so maybe these things really do help?? I don't know. Worth trying, anyway!!

http://www.ehow.com/how_5002374_reduce-cortisol-levels-homeopathy.html

Also, here is some info about Vitamin C and cortisol.

“The adrenal cortex contains a large quantity of vitamin C. However these stores of
vitamin C can be rapidly depleted during times of stress, and when
ACTH is released from the pituitary (1). In animal studies marginal
vitamin C deficiencies have been found to cause an elevation of
cortisol levels (12). As previously mentioned chronic elevation of
cortisol could lead to many detrimental health conditions. Vitamin C
is vital for the synthesis of epinephrine from the amino acid
tyrosine. Epinephrine is secreted by the adrenal medulla in response
to a stressor. Epinephrine and norepinephrine are responsible for our
fight or flight response to a stressful situation. Epinephrine also
plays a role in blood pressure regulation by acting as part of an
auxiliary electron transport system for the last step of aldosterone
synthesis (13, 14). Aldosterone is a hormone involved in regulating
blood pressure, blood pH and blood volume. Supplementing with vitamin
C while under stress has been shown to have numerous beneficial
effects"

This is my second time on prednisone, and only two months separate my last round. It is the second time. The first round was really horrendous, I kept having anxiety and BM woes so I couldn't get off of it. I get off of it for two months and now I'm back on. I'm doing pretty well. I'm tired a lot though.

Thanks for all this info. I'm not sure I can take vitamin c because I don't do well with citrus.

How did you make the decision that VSL 3 was ineffective. I'm thinking of switching to metaflor because it would actually be cheaper.