adrenals/weight gain/exercise

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Hi Listmates,

I've been taking Cortef since September, and am so grateful to have

most of my adrenal fatigue symptoms gone or much diminished. Looking

at the chart someone posted today, I was Stage 4 heading towards 5

before getting HC.

Two questions though. I'm gaining weight even though I'm much more

active now. It's not a thyroid problem, I'm on Armour with all numbers

in the upper 4th of the ranges. Is weight gain a signal that I could

try decreasing Cortef a bit? It doesn't really feel like I could in

other ways -- if I forget a dose I crash within hours, and I have to

be careful not to overdo with running errands etc still, depending on

the day.

I'm craving exercise, and would try to deal with the weight that way,

but I'm still at the point where much exertion makes me sit like a

bump on a log for the rest of the day. Not feeling bad, just totally

spaced out and not doing anything. Again, I feel kind of stuck -- I

want to exercise, especially after the doc said my occasional chest

pain during exercise is likely being so out of shape. But I want my

adrenals to heal too.

Any advice? One big thing Cortef has done is wipe away that feeling of

being resigned to a diminished life. Now I'm impatient to be all the

way myself again!

Nell