Steroid Withdrawal - suppression
Friday, December 15th, 2006"I’m getting all kinds of flakiness and redness when I stop using
hydrocortisones"
This is evidence that the hydrocortisone is not addressing the
cause; it simply suppressing the symptoms. I cannot express to you
how dangerous this is. You really need to address the cause of the
irritation in order to receive true healing. Your skin is
manifesting those symptoms to warn you of the dangers taking place
within your body. Silencing the symptoms gives a false sense of
security. It is like taking the battery out of a smoke alarm so that
you no longer hear the annoying beep. The purpose of the smoke
alarm’s high pitch ring is to alert of impending danger and to save
life. Silencing that warning signal is dangerous. This is the same
thing that you are doing with the hydrocortisone; you’re shutting
off the body’s warning signal. Your body is warning you of the high
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