Chris ~ may I ask what your ACTH Stim test looked like so I can compare?
Thanks.

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Chris <csharpham@...> wrote:

> 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 told me to go straight onto 20mg, but being cautious and drug
> sensitive, I decided to try starting VERY low, like 5mg a day. I paid
> for it, as within about 4 days, my own production must have stopped,
> because I ended up with a crash and in ER one morning. I knew that
> morning i didnt have enough cortisol in me, and took another 10mg
> straight away. I was taken to ER, but i gradually got better as i was
> there from the increase in HC. I took another 2.5 every few hours too,
> and by the time i went home i was alot better. From then on i started
> 20mg a day.
>
> I would suggest starting at at least 10mg, even 15mg. either of those
> are very low, and depending on the severity of your secondary, may not
> be enough. Im now on 35-40mg as it seems to be the only dose that works
> for me so far. Hoping to be able to lower it or change to a longer
> acting steroid in the near future.
>
> Good luck with finding your dose!
>
> --- In
Hypopituitary_Support@yahoogroups.com<Hypopituitary_Support%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "birrdyy" <birrdyy@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Does a secondary need to worry about ramping up on HC or can they go
> > straight to 20?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]