Suffering from Low Cortisol, please help

[ill13632]

I've been suffering from exhaustion, sleep apnea, fatigue, for months now.  I've had low cortisol with these labs:
2.4mg 1pm, 4.0mg AM level
I feel much better and can rest and breathe better on 25-50mg/day of Hydrocortisone and I've been trying pregnenelone at 100-150mg/day.  Should I only be taking 25mg HC/day?  thanks very much

[ill13632]

I mean the prednisone makes me feel better and I can breathe better I think but still no energy left

[ill13632]

no it's just 10mg for 30days, maybe I should taper the dose now?  there are these pill cutters you can buy

[rumpled]

The doctor is not giving you a tapered dose?

[ill13632]

usually I've taken 14 days in the past- it's terrible not being able to breathe and relax!!!
you can break the tablets in half and taper the dose...

[senjin]

Any dose over 20mg HC aka 5mg of predisone shuts down the adrenals and  shuts down the immune system . this is why you taper off so the the adrenals can star back up slowly

[ill13632]

thanks for the info!!!
I told the pulmonologist office and they told me 1month prednisone was ok after thyroid glandulars and symbicort/proventil- I'm thinking I should just take prednisone 10mg for a few more days and stop at 18-20 days since I've been on HC 50mg