Thank you for all your insight. I will see if I have any of his past blood results. He will get a new CBC on Tues. when he gets his remicade infusion. He is on a replacement dose right now of 5 mg Pred/5mg Cortef in the am and 10 mg Cortef in the evening. He certainly has been a complex case for his doctors. I was wondering too if the adrenal insufficiency would be more permanent since the last he was on Pred. was in Sept. He is on a lot of other meds right now too for his Crohn's. He is currently on Asacol, Bentyl, Prevacid, Pancrecarb MS-8, Zofran as needed, Cortef, Pred., Amitriptyline (sp?) and Remicade...I think that is all!

I know when he has been hospitalized and on IV steroids, his glucose has been elevated but last time it was tested when fasting it was in the normal range. I do worry about diabetes with him. I will see what I can find on past blood work. One more thing, does tingling in the hands relate to anything with AI?

Everyone is different. Some can take steroid for a year or more and wean off and be ok and some can have premanently suppressed HPA axis in as little as 3 months.

Amitriptyline is bad for the thyroid, especially if one has hypothyroid.

Glucose ranges are very flawed. Upper number is usually 99. 100 to 124 is considered prediabetes. I look for fasting glucose of 50 in adults.

Yes, tingling in the hands is a symptoms of AI which can cause less blood flow to hands and feet. Low cortisol can lower body temp and make you feel colder.