Your stim result indicates secondary AI. You started low and doubled,
that is what secondaries do. To bad you had to deal with screaming
toddlers that likely affected the results. Did they take ACTH too? I
bet they didn't. If you've had ACTH done and it was below 40, that
matches with secondary. There is no fixing only treating adrenals in
secondary AI. If HC is what you need, you can start Armour in a
month. If you need Medrol, it will take up to another month.
Figuring out the dosage of Armour then can take up to a year if done
right (See my sticky about how to increase chance of success with your
HRT on the Proboards-Hormone Support Group forums.

Hang in there,
Chris



--- In Hypopituitary_Support@yahoogroups.com, "Mia Harrod"
<miaharrod@...> wrote:
>
> So I hear that fixing the adrenals in order
> to be well enough to take Armour can take
> quite a while, and then once you do take the
> Armour that can take another good deal of
> time. So maybe in a about a year or longer I
> will be back to normal? - Wow, I cannot even
> imagine waiting that long to feel good again.
> (God, please curse me with a disease like
> hypothyroidism and adrenal insufficiency to
> test the very little bit of patience that I
> have left in me)...!@!!!!!!!@@#$#@$%@#$@%$@..
>
> ARGH !!
>
> MIA
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Hypopituitary_Support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Hypopituitary_Support@yahoogroups.com
> ] On Behalf Of Mia Harrod
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:44 PM
> To: Hypopituitary_Support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Hypopituitary_Support] Re:
> prepping for ACTH stim test
>
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>
>
>
> Wow, my ACTH Stim Test was started at 9:40am
> ( I was starving and pissed off by that time)
> I got there at 8:20am. So I waited in the
> lobby for over an hour with 2 whiney
> screaming toddlers, who were also hungry and
> by the time they drew my blood at 9:40am I
> was about to punch somebody. Then they did
> the 2nd blood draw at 10:40 and my results
> are as follows: 14.4 (first draw) and after
> cortisol shot it was 29.3. The doctor said
> these were normal test results. I was shocked
> that they were normal since I felt so
> horrible. But I wonder if my cortisol was
> higher because I was sick, not feeling well,
> and my kids were driving me insane and I was
> starving??
>
> Mia
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