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Another strange observation, I have recently upped my carbohydrate intake to over 300g and had a few consecutive refeed/cheat days which has really effected my adrenal health. I woke up today and was very heavy headed and hypo and decided to take out carbs in my morning breakfast and just have...

I didn't think it would be right to share my dosing as it could mislead people and given my bad experience I didn't want to promote such bad management. To give you an idea I required up to 5x the replacement dose at times just to be able to function on a very basic level(no excercise and very...

Wow - so I enquiried with Hertoghe practice and it's waaaaay out of my budget. What other doctors are leaders in the adrenal /cortisol /mens health field? I need to put together a list and do a bit of a cost analysis and decide who will be the best doctor to work with. To make it worse my...

My cortisol "protocol" was prescribed by a local GP and local endo who had limited knowledge on replacement outside of the standard issue. I would burn through HC so fast that I needed rediculous doses and nobody could stabilise me,I switched to prednisone which made me feel worse not to...

Thanks for sharing re clomid, given my high SHBG I am not sure if it's the right move but the science behind clomid tells me that it will at least get my Total test into a decent range. How did you feel on the HCG mono therapy? I know you mentioned you didn't have cortisol tested but did you...

Thanks for the reply. I think I am going to have to take a leap of faith and have a TRT doc, a adrenal/wholistic doc and then maybe a consult with defy. Unfortunately these consultations aren't cheap and neither are blood tests, giveny sensitivities I think I will require quite an extensive...

Thanks Ratbag Hertoghe looks pretty good actually. How do the docs like saya and crisler work with UK patients? Do you need to be on TRT already ? i think a general consult would be good from one or the leading TRT guys and then Segway into a more deep hormonal specialist such as hertoghe...

I came off any medication a very long time ago , I was a very bad responder to glucocorticoids and I have had gradual improvement in my cortisol levels since by resting and using very basic supplements.my issues are now "tuning up" my hormonal system without knocking out the cortisol. I have a...

cortisol supplementation absolutely ruined me personally, I shut down very quickly on low doses and my adrenals spiralled out of control. Not saying this happens to everyone but HC is to be treated with caution and respect.

Hi all, I posted here earlier in the year describing my symptoms and shared some blood results demonstrating low free T. After two further blood tests confirming I have low free T I finally made the move and went to see a men's health specialist privately. I am still awaiting an appointment...

Please delete, have now posted question in correct forum area. Thanks

He said because I was secondary (apparently) I didn't need aldosterone tested(despite me telling him my blood pressure kept dropping upon standing) What tests are there to assess the pituitary function? first things first is get on TRT I think and then see where that leaves the cortisol...

This was years ago and have been off medication for over 7 years and have managed to get my body to produce its own cortisol. When I was on cort meds I was basically disabled and feeble and no matter what they tried they couldn't do anything. They didn't even test my aldosterone just my...

Thanks ratbag, it's a route that brings back some rather traumatic memories When I was put on steroids(prednisone) after my hospital incident I literally couldn't maintain stable levels and had to completely quit my whole life and spent most of my day in bed then needed to take more just to...

TRT doc booked next week Friday , fingers crossed will be successful. Need some advice on who to see regarding adrenals, any shouts for doctors who have successfully brought up cortisol without using HC or glandulars? I am also keen to read up on adrenals and TRT in my spare time, any...

Did you also get fast heart rate? The worse my adrenals get the faster my heart beats when exerting myself. I am going to book a consultation this week and go from there, even if it's just to get some tests done that will shine a light on what is really going on

Thanks will make some enquiries this week. I'm confused about what is happening to me today , I feel like I knocked my HPA out of its normal groove with the D3 which would technically mean the hypothalamus isn't telling the adrenals to make cortisol properly . But I've had lower back pain all...

Thanks for your replies. Coast watcher- I fully take responsibility for my irresponsible actions and am ready to work with a specialist who truly knows what they are doing, it's just too much guess work and a maze of contradictory research. Ratbag - how long has it taken you to get tuned up...

My adrenal problems started 9 years ago when I self diagnosed adrenal fatigue and then decided to trial prednisone 5mg. I felt myself becoming more unwell as the day went on and woke up the next morning shaking, heart palps and low sugar. After just one day my whole system was thrown off and I...

Thanks for the reply. From what I can see in the linked thread SHBG can be quite challenging to manage. Is it more common to focus on lowering SHBG/ increasing Free T or should I really be asking for some sort of trial of TRT based on the above results? I did wonder about the thyroid, is it...

Hi All, New to forum and looking for practical advice and support mainly. **Me** Turning 32 in a matter of days and have recently been feeling generally beat up, tired, depressed and socially a bit flat for a while which prompted me to get test levels checked. **History ** As a youngster I...