HC dosing for hypopituitary

February 16, 2008

Hi Val- I am assuming I'm hypopituitary since my stim almost doubled

and ACTH was 18. Morning cortisol in saliva was below range. Morning

cortisol before stim was 14(mid-range). My question is, should I

follow the dosing schedule on STTM for HC or would I need to increase

at higher doses. I was on HC a few months ago and around 15-17mg HC,

was very rough. I didn't feel better and then worse after 2 hours. I

just felt dizzy, light-headed, sweaty, blurry vision all the time. At

25mg, I felt a bit better. I don't want to go through that again.

Then, at 25, the doc. scared me into weaning.

February 17, 2008

With a STIM that " almost " doubled I woud not assume hypopituitary. You r

hsould have MORE than doubled if th e adrenls are functioning and there

was no adrenla problem. But the problem that sounds liek you had is low

cortisll reserves. The first month or two pn HC this is what you are

replenishign and until they are replenished some the going can be very

rough. If not on thyroid or you do nto have high T3 in the bklood you

cna go back up quite quickly, but what I would suggest doing is dosiong

at half doses every 2 hours to not go through the in between paiuns of

raising so slowly.

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