I have adrenal insuffiency, and I have been under an incredible amount of stress due to working a tremendous amount of overtime the last month. I am really really tired. I also have been recovering from thyroid cancer last year. I am on 30 mg of cortef, 15 of cytomel 100 synthriod, etc. I have been so tired and stressed out that I have found myself stress dosing quite a bit. I have gone up to 40 mg 3 times over the last three weeks. Today I was really stressed and tired so much so that I stress dosed, and it did not help much, and my joints ache a lot. So much so it hurts to walk.
is this normal.
I have two more days until summer school is over and I can rest more.
Should I be worried????????

[QUOTE=kmatthew;3623206]I have adrenal insuffiency, and I have been under an incredible amount of stress due to working a tremendous amount of overtime the last month. I am really really tired. I also have been recovering from thyroid cancer last year. I am on 30 mg of cortef, 15 of cytomel 100 synthriod, etc. I have been so tired and stressed out that I have found myself stress dosing quite a bit. I have gone up to 40 mg 3 times over the last three weeks. Today I was really stressed and tired so much so that I stress dosed, and it did not help much, and my joints ache a lot. So much so it hurts to walk.
is this normal.
I have two more days until summer school is over and I can rest more.
Should I be worried????????

Stress dosing doesn't usually mean psychological stress, it means physical stress, like a fever, inflammation, or serious injury. Taking more cortisol makes it harder to sleep and that could be part of your problem. 30mg is already a fairly high dose with normal being 15-25mg/day; the lower the better. Gaining weight is a sign of too much, lower back pain in bed in the morning as well as dizzy spells are a sign of too little.

Are you taking DHEA? It may help with exercise capacity, and lung function, both of which are related to being tired. Anyone taking a replacement dose of cortef will have low DHEA.