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Hi Claire, I'm Lucky, my BG has got a lot better since losing 12Kg and getting my BMI down to 27.5. Yes I was a fat old.....! It doesn't sound like you can afford to lose weight. My blood sugar is controlled by diet. I stopped all the carbs. Bread, cakes, sweets, fizzy drinks, junk food and...

Hi Clairedemort, Your Hydro cortisone dose seems a bit low to me. I am now in my 10th year with AD. I take 10mg in the morning and 10mg at lunch time and that works well for me most days. A typical dose for AD is between 5 & 20mg per day but can be as high as 30mg for some people. My...

Hi Alex_B I have auto-immune Addison's disease. I was diagnosed some 8 years ago. I am 63 years old and male. The symptoms are dizziness, tiredness and weight loss. It is very slow to develop, it can take years before symptoms become significant. Almost all of the output from both adrenal...

Hi tipple4 Sorry to here of the awful diagnosis you husband has been given. I have Addison's disease for just over 8 years. Mine is auto-immune along with my Hypothyroidism. I have very little output from my Adrenal cortex and I'm dependant on Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone to maintain...

Hi all, I have both type 2, hypothyroidism and Addison's disease. As a result my adrenal glands have stopped producing cortisone instead I take a replacement dose. I'm told cortisol helps promote the liver in releasing glucose. I have to increase the dose of hydrocortisone at times of stress...

I thought the original post was more about the feeling of finding out bits of you are not doing what the should rather than I wish list of which bits you'd like to chop out. I had similar feelings to the OP about my adrenal glands when Addison's disease destroyed them. Since then my immune...