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low tsh, t3 and acth with many symptoms
- Adrenal Insufficiency Community
i was recently diagnosed with adrenal insufficency my acth was just a little low and my tsh was elevated. i have been on three different medications with none of them helping. then two weeks after my blood work they did a repeat tsh and t3 and the levels w...


Recovering from pit tumor surgery need tips/tricks please
- Brain/Pituitary Tumors Community
Hi I'm a 35 year old male recovering from removal of a 2.3cm pituitary adenoma which was wrapped around my carotid artery. They went up the nose to remove it (no packing) and used a fibrin fat graft at University of Michigan Hospital (Dr. Sullivan is an ex...


stress.....cortisol
- Adrenal Insufficiency Community
I constantly have stress symptoms all day, muscle tension,fatigue, headache and irritability. Does anyone know if cortisol blocker supplements work for stress?


Glucocorticoid Induced Adrenal Supression
- Adrenal Insufficiency Community
I was on prednisone for 3 months, had trouble tapering due to symptoms of adrenal insufficiency. So I was switched to hydrocortisone and haven't been able to taper. I am on 30 mg (20mg AM/10 mg in afternoon). My main issue is tachyardia with standing and a...


Waking up adrenals after pred?
- Adrenal Insufficiency Community
I was on prednisolone for around 18 months for an inflamatory lung problem (caused by another medication). I tapered down the pred, and finally stopped at the end of january. During the taper, I have suffered from extreme fatigue, which is still there. I h...


excessive heat after eating
- Adrenal Insufficiency Community
I've been diagnosed with adrenal fatigue and recently diagnosed with diabetes. I've have symptoms of hyper/hypo glycemia for years. I'm a 51 years old female, fairly active, normal body weight. I've been closely watching my eating habits and have observ...


ACTH is >2000, TSH is 33.1, creatinine is 1.39.
- Undiagnosed Symptoms Community
I'm a 42 yo male with Addision's, hypothyroidism, reneauds, who know what else. Recent blood work came back with the following concerns: ACTH is >2000, TSH is 33.1, creatinine is 1.39. Dr suggested that I double my intake of cortef and retest - ACTH went d...


testing cortisol while on HC different docs interpretaions
- Adrenal Insufficiency Community
Before i saw my last doctor, my blood serum cortisol levels were coming back high, but a 25 hour urine test came back a little low. when he physically esamined me, he took my blood pressure sitting and then standing--and it dropped quite a bit. Orthostat...


Help! Shortness of breath from meds?!
- Thyroid Disorders Community
Hi. I am hypothyroid and am 23. I have been on levoxyl for years with not much improvement but lately have had a very big relapse. So I went to a different doctor, that believes in T3/T4 treatment who put me on Armour, but I had this terrible shortness of ...


Why is hard to get FT4 and T3 up when such a low TSH
- Thyroid Disorders Community
Hi All, I have been on Levothroid 67 mg and Cytomel 10mg (Total) per day for 6 weeks. Been slowly increasing dose because of being hypo. Are these results OK? or is my TSH too low? I also take 5 mg of Cortef a day for my low functioning adrenals. ...


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