Addisons Disease What is going on -Previous Post:I have been feel

Previous Post:I have been feeling fatigue for 6 months. A few weeks ago I had a cortisol test. The results were as follows: 8:00 AM 10 : 12:00 P.M 10 : 4:00 PM 3 :12:00 AM 1. My doctors put me on 20mg...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease Do these symptoms indicate adrenal problems Help -I hate t

I hate to try to diagnose myself and could be totally off. But my doctor doesn't know what to do with me and I'm increasingly miserable and outright dysfunctional now. For the past six weeks or so (fo...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease New with test results (long sorry)-:wave: Where do I start

:wave: Where do I start?LMAOWell, about...ohhhhh...14 months ago I was in seeing my dermatologist b/c I was 25 years old and had worse acne than I did in high school and got fed up with it. He noticed...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease How does Cortisol affect weight -If someone has low cortiso

If someone has low cortisol, and is then given meds to correct this, will they gain weight???...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease New to this help -Hi! I have been having hairlos

Hi! I have been having hairloss for a couple of years so I went for an endo visit. She tested my am cortisol and it came back at 4.5. I had my stim test which was okay, but my baseline cortisol(8 am) ...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease Anyone on Slow Release Cortef -Hi all,My doctor has written

Hi all,My doctor has written a Rx for slow relief cortef, which I am having made at a compounding pharmacy.I will start that along with 5 mg of cortef in the AM.My sympotms and my saliva tests indicat...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease can antibiotics cause adrenal crisis -I was just curious ab

I was just curious about this. it seems last winter when I got a sinus infection, I took diferent antibiotics and by the third day, I would get nocturnal hypoglycemia and severe rapid heartbeat. There...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease Steroids-My girlfriend has been taking

My girlfriend has been taking steroids for Addisons for many years. Is there an alternative drug?|||Hydrocortoisone and Florinef are the drugs for Addisons. I am been taking them for 25 years.|||I hea...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease Help with Test Result -Hi,I recently had a cortisol t

Hi,I recently had a cortisol test. I took a pill at midnight and my blood was drawn at 8:00am.Cortisol1.5 mcg/dlUnfortunately, there was no reference range given.I have a call into the Doctors office ...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease Chris -Chris, I wanted to ask you, si

Chris, I wanted to ask you, since I know that you have a adrenal problem.Are there any diets that help with sluggish adrenals?Thank you|||Thank you, now I know y my chiro wants me to avoid some foods....  [Read more]

Addisons Disease Chris-Dear Chris,You have answered s

Dear Chris,You have answered so many of my questions that I thought I would try you again.I have been going to an osteopath and he is much more open then the other ones(16), so I really dont want to s...  [Read more]

Addisons Disease test results need help interpreting-Was hopeing someone cou

Was hopeing someone could help with these test results. Thanks!Cortisol9am 4.05AM range (1.0- 8.0)12pm0.464:30pm0.599:30pm<0.1PM range (0.1-1.0)Estradiol1.8 (0.5-8.0)Progesterone0.08 (1.0-0.5)Testoste...  [Read more]