Very Low Cortisol, Adrenal Insufficiency

[ill13632]

Hi thanks very much for your help!  I have an enlarged thyroid with small nodule and low-normal thyroid levels, low testosterone.  My cortisol levels were 4.0 AM, and 2.4 in the afternoon.  My doctor wanted to wait 6 weeks for yet another test even though I had these 2 low cortisol tests already and bad exhaustion, brain fog.  Shouldn't I be treated with hydrocortisone and what treatments should I be getting?  I've been taking adrenal/thyroid glandulars and pregnenolone but still feel the same.

[ill13632]

it was about 0.5 cm- the doctor did do his own ultrasound

[LazyMoose]

The decision to do FNA on thyroid nodules has to do with size.

If 10mm (1cm) or larger in any direction, than FNA is automatic with most thyroid docs.

[ill13632]

they didn't run antibodies

[rumpled]

DId he at least run antibodies?

[ill13632]

they did an ultrasound and found a small nodule and enlarged thyroid but no goiter- the endo said that it wasn't necessary to do FNA?

[rumpled]

Has the doc done an ultrasound with FNA to make sure the thyroid is ok? Are you being treated for the thyroid?

As I have said in other posts, your doctor did not test you at correct times consistently, and without a stim test, treatment should not be started.

Pregnenolone is a precursor hormone - so it can turn into many things - it may not be what you want it to be though so it may create more issues instead of solve them. You cannot test if you are taking OTC glandulars - they will throw off the testing.