I personally have only been diagnosed a couple months ago with secondary shown via an insulin tolerance test. I got a severely blunted cortisol response. They...

Thanks for the info. This confuses me so much. It's for my sister and I don't know what to tell her to do. I thought maybe if she goes to slow she'll have...

Chris ~ may I ask what your ACTH Stim test looked like so I can compare? Thanks. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...

Is best to ramp up. Most can't go straight to 20 or 30 mg. You're welcome, Chris...

What happens if they do. My sister just started 3 days ago on 20. She secondary and is NOT taking any thyroid meds and is actually feeling a tiny bit better...

Anxiety, racing heart, can't sleep. This is because of the bodys cortisol being added to the full dose HC. You're welcome, Chris...

If she's not having any of these things after 3 days can we assume she's fine. If she's secondary and not making much cortisol to begin with this shouldn't be...

She probably will be. It tends to be the lower the cortisol the less likely a problem with getting the steroid going. If cortisol is in the teens, it can be...

Thanks Chris. She's on day 5 and doing fine. If anything it's time for her to raise. Her baseline cortisol was 14. I know you don't go by temps only by how...

Sounds like it responded to you on Hormone Support Group. Chris ... for her ... temps only ... get out ... ...