Cold/flu, could it actually be hypo/adrenal?

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This is a bit of a long shot (or feels like it) but I wonder if anyone has had

an experience where you feel like you're coming down with something (suddenly

don't feel well, weak and giddy, barely functioning, off food, have to go to

bed) - but later conclude that it maybe wasn't a viral attack at all? If it's a

cold/flu, it normally sets in properly after a couple of days with cough/heavy

cataargh/ headaches/fever etc. What if it just carries on the same for a week

without any cold symptoms developing?

That's me this week. Felt I was coming down with something quite suddenly last

Tuesday night, was in bed for days, have been partly functional today and

yesterday but still feeling very feeble. The odd thing is that other than being

a bit snotty, I didn't develop any major cold stuff. And I'm suspicious because

my rather over-reactive tonsils didn't get sore at all, nor did glands under my

ears swell - none of those viral signs.

I used to get episodes like this years ago, and had time of work every so often,

a week at a time, for 'recurrent viral labyrinthitis'. But then a new doctor

said he didn't think it was viral, and that it was probably caused by stress. I

thought he was right, at the time. But I didn't know anything about

hypothyroidism or adrenal insufficiency, then.

Does it ring any bells with anyone?

Foolishly, I stopped taking my temperatures as I thought, if I had a cold,

they'd be a bit meaningless. Must start them again tomorrow. I could take my

blood pressure reading though, now I think of it.