Had a hunch, confirmed it:



Just like niacin is not a vitamin, it’s an amino acid; Vitamin A is a lot like Vitamin D; it acts like a hormone in the body.

This is connected to autoimmune disorders; which I am fighting myself. I do better when I control my stress, which moderates my overproduction of cortisol. Like insulin resistance: my symptoms flare up when I have Cortisol Resistance, and moderate when I reduce my cortisol levels: and it can do what it is supposed to do.

This is why steroids moderate the autoimmune response: they force cortisol into the cells. This is also why it winds up not working and harms the immune with continued use: it makes Cortisol Resistance worse, not better.