That's terrible. Have you tried anything like pregnenelone or even cortef, also dhea?
Before I even had time to do the test posted above, the Acu put me on something to help reduce the cytokine load: homeopathics by GUNA. One is called BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), the other is Interleukin-10, which is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that helps to control the inflammatory ones.
I was actually floored when she told me I could take cytokines. Then I was floored again when they started to reduce my neck pain. I was off them temporarily while I waited for an order from the UK (with current exchange rates, it was much cheaper than buying them in the US). The pain got worse again.
Then we got the OAT results, indicating low neurotransmitters (serotonin & dopamine). Then we got the cortisol/DHEA test back.
So yes, she has put me on DHEA (which I was already taking) and pregnenolone. It's very hard to get the balance to work. The DHEA makes me impossibly groggy during the day, and it blocks my cortisol too much at night. Mostly I've focused on slowly increasing the pregnenolone, and that helps. I overdid it last night, though, and finally the DHEA became useful as a counter-balance this morning.
She's also got me taking some pretty potent licorice root (Biomatrix). It's so concentrated, it's gooey, LOL.
This is the first progress I've seen since my crash last year.