results of my short synathen test - Addison's Disease Message Board

zoe111 · 05-12-2007, 01:53 PM

my short synathen test showed by adrenals could only make it to 200 rTHER THEN 500 I WAS ON 20 MG OF CORTEF A DAY BUT FELT NO IMPROVEMENT AM AWAITING A REFERRAL TO A PROPER ENDOCRINOLOGIST IS IT WORTH UPPING THE CORTEF AS IM STILLL ON VERGE OF A CRISIS PHASE ALL THE TIME IT SEEMS. PS I HAVE HAD PAIN IN MY LEFT ADRENAL AREA FOR SIX MONTHS I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING KIDNEY INFECTIONS BUT THEY DONT LAST THAT LONG. A DOC SUGGESTED I MAY HAVE AN ADRENAL TUMOR BUT WOULD THAT CAUSE INSUFFICIENCY ANY IDEAS ANYONE?

orion · 05-12-2007, 02:09 PM

You can't take cortef and do an adrenal test. The cortef will put your adrenals to sleep so that even if they are stimulated they won't work properly.

You have to be off cortef for a few months before the test results are valid. All you know now is that your adrenals are suppressed but you don't know why.

zoe111 · 05-12-2007, 03:50 PM

no i was put on cortef after the short synathen test i had never been on it before that? still any ideas

zoe111 · 05-12-2007, 03:58 PM

I Had Never Been On Cortef Before The Test. Any Ideas. I Was Put On It After The Test I Was Given 200mg Of Hc X3plus Saline Drips For A Day Cause I Had Beeen Ill For A Long Time Felt Better Then The Nest Day They Lowered The Dose To 20mg And Its All Coming Back Again.i Have A Feeling The Hc I Was On May Mess Up The Acth Test Though.SO HOW THE HELL DO YOU COME OF CORTEF IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR STILL CRASHING

making777 · 05-13-2007, 05:47 PM

Zoe,

Did they test to see if you have a kidney infection? I had a kidney infection which they kept treating with antibiotics, but kept coming back. It lasted for 3 months! Finally, they put me on a weeks worth of the heavy duty antibiotics, then 1 month of a mild one for prophylactic measures, and that finally cleared it up. My Addison's was going crazy during the three months, I just couldn't get myself regulated. But now, the constant pain in my side is gone, and I feel like I have a good handle on my Addison's.

You do need to double and sometimes triple your dosage of Cortef when you are sick. It takes time to learn how your body will work with the Cortef. It also helps to increase your salt intake when you are sick. Our adrenals are also responsible for making Aldosterone, which is the hormone that helps us keep salt in our bodies. We can get dangerously low on sodium if we don't increase our sodium intake with this disease. Chicken broth is my favorite choice when I am sick, it feels so good!

I hope you will get to feeling better soon! Now that you have discovered that you have this disease, search all about it that you can to get a good idea of what it is like to live with this diagnosis. It really helps!

Here's hoping that you feel better soon,
MaryAnn