I did not know you were already on Medrol. Have you had your sex hormones and DHEA-S checked since being on the meds? Once you start taking adrenal meds, it will cause the ACTH to plummet. This gives your adrenals time to rest (if it's a primary adrenal insufficiency) BUT when this happens, it will lower aldosterone, DHEA-S and subsequently all of your sex hormones.
I have been on 27.5mg of HC for about 7 weeks or so (I can't remember exactly) and my DHEA-S went from 215 (45-320) to 24!! I'm sure my doc will start me on some DHEA after I talk to him tomorrow. Unfortunately it's part of taking the good with the bad. I can't live without HC at the moment. I may be on it for the rest of my life because we aren't sure what's causing the problem.
Once your "adrenals" start to work, your thyroid may start to show problems too. These problems were likely always there, but were simply masked by how low cortisol levels were in the body. It didn't allow the hormone to make it into the cells properly, so labs may have looked OK. Unfortunately once you start on adrenal meds that is just the beginning. Unless you have a doc who can critically think and not just look for the "H" or the "L" next to the labs, you will probably have a hell of a time getting better. I'm thankful to have found a doc that knows there's a difference between optimal levels and "in-range" levels.
Do you have cortef/HC on hand to stress dose with? How much medrol do you take and how do you dose it?
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