Cortisol/Medrol - WOW - now sliding backwards quickly. Help please!

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I need some help figuring out what do to next in my treatment. Over the last six

weeks I saw an incredible improvement in my health - amazing, really. I believe

the improvement was due to several cortisol/steroids prescribed for a severe

allergic reaction - but I'm no longer on those meds. Since last Friday I can

feel my awful symptoms coming back.

Here's the background:

In early January I started on T3-only therapy to clear high RT3. (My RT3 was at

434 with a ratio of 8.5.) I'm up to a daily dose of 125 mcg Cytomel, taken in

five doses of 25 mcg each.

I did my saliva cortisol test in late February. Morning cortisol was at around

4.5 (mid-way in the range), dropping through the day until it was below normal

at the last sample of the day. The ZRT report indicated adrenal fatigue and low

adrenal reserve. I tried to get HC from my doc without success (he wanted me to

take Phentermine and Topamax...).

I had surgery on March 9 and was given a stress dose of cortisol by the

anesthesiologist (thanks to advice I got on the adrenals board). Wow, what a

difference. I came out of surgery feeling better than I had felt in months, in

spite of the fact that I had just experienced major surgery.

Then... I had a severe allergic reaction to my surgical compression garment,

which I have to wear 24/7 for several weeks. My doc prescribed a Medrol dose

pack, followed by a second dose pack. He also prescribed Triamcinolone Acetonide

cream that was rubbed over 75% of my body for nearly 2 weeks - I understand this

cream is 4x stronger than HC cream.

Then I had an episode of what was thought to be sun poisoning. The doc gave me a

steroid (cortisol) shot.

Through all of this, I found myself feeling completely WELL! No more pain, no

fatigue, no brain fog. I lost 25 pounds. I felt great.

It has now been about 2 weeks since the steroid shot. On Friday I realized my

ankles and knees were hurting. By Saturday I realized that it was hard to climb

the stairs. By Sunday I was fatigued, had no appetite, didn't feel ready for bed

until around 4 a.m. each night, and gained five pounds. I can feel my hypo

symptoms coming back with a vengeance, and frankly I'm scared. I've tried using

the Triamcinolone Acetonide cream in doses throughout the day and I've continued

my T3 meds, but I'm still falling backwards.

I see my endo tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.

What do I need at this point? Do I need a prescription for cortisol? Do I need

to do Isocort? Do I need to just continue the cream I'm on and start bumping my

T3 dose again?

I really don't want to fall back into the darkness where I was before my

surgery. Any help that you can give would be a gift from heaven for me.

Thanks,