I know some of you mention this that you get the weepy thing going on when you are low. Well, I have felt that way the past days...I am tired of feeling badly and am worried about something so I guess I am just getting chronically low on HC...you think? I have taken 27.5 the past two days...but I am just feeling really yucky. Is that a medical term? ;)

How much do you bump when you are feeling this way? Rebecca usually mentioned 10 mg...

<s> Oh Jo, When I get weepy I know I am low and I start with bumping up 2.5 mg and if that doesn't help I will go up some more. I have been under a lot of stress lately and have run through a range of emotions it seems. I have bumped up many days in the past month just to get through the day. If you need it...bump it up Baby! (0)

Jo :wub: I'd say 10 mg would be helpful.

)O( JO, YUCKY is a very good medical term, IMHO. I use it a lot when I go to the doctor to describe how I feel. (They don't fix it, though...)

I took just 15 MG HC this morning at 7:30. #sz# I am about to take five more. I thought I would try HC again.... the pred just didn't make it. Doc prescribed 30 total HC for me during the day. Maybe you should bump up a little to equal that... at least at first. Boy, do I know how you feel! I am taking prozac which helps some, but..... probably I need more. I take only 10 of that.

Today I am thinking of my daughter. She is driving the 2.5 hours to the hospital with her hubby. They were referred to a plastic surgeon. hmmmm. Sounds ominous. (the plastic surgeon is the wound care doctor in this town) Anyhow, she will call me when she can.

Is it nasty outdoors? I intend to go walk again today if I can possibly do it. Sure am achy and tired of it!

Good luck ^A^ :wub: JOAN

Jo...you seem sensitive to things so maybe go up by 5. I am going to say that you do make me nuts sometimes w/ your hesitation to bump up! Just Do IT! You know you will feel better...and the longer (at least I find this to be true) the 'feeling low' esp teary low...goes on, the longer it can take to resolve if we are needing more hc and don't get it.
Hope you feel better, and don't question your judgement so much...you Know what to do!
D

Another slant to the weepy feeling. :)

I do understand the need to up for emotional stuff - on one of the worst days in my life, I took an extra 10 mg & that righted me. I could feel myself slipping emotionally & physically.

We have a lot going on right now that is causing stressors in my life. Family illness (not immediate family) etc. Yes, sometimes I feel sad & teary but I haven't felt I needed more meds. I am functioning normally. I am going to sound like a broke record but I know exercise helps me a lot.

(grh) Jo. I wish I could give them to you in person.

Thanks, all...I took extra buspirone today since I had to go see my NP...she is so good to me and I love her to pieces but I always feel nervous going to the doctor! My BP was not nearly as elevated a usual... :) But I'd taken my meds almost an hour early since I was afraid I'd have to wait into the usual dose time...so all that extra BP and anxiety meds helped! :lol:

I have something I want to post in a separate post...it just makes you so mad what some endos do!

Hi Jo!
I sure hope you're feeling much better with the boost. I tend to start with 5mg extra of HC when I get teary tired. I am a huge chicken when it comes to bumping up but I'm learning that there are days that I can't avoid it.
I'm kind of teary today and just keep putting off taking a little extra. I have to get up at 5 a.m. to get to my current fieldwork and I get sooooo tired. My favorite patient is going home at the end of the week too so I keep getting teary thinking about it. I know I'll toughen up working with these lovable elders. but something in me wants to take them all home and just love 'em to bits so I know they'll be o.k.
Maybe I never will toughen up. I'll go take a bump up.
Rebecca

Jo, I am glad your doctor's appt. is over with. Now just relax. Bump up if you need to for the crying feeling. Take care. (grh)

I may need a little more today...I am running out of steam! Getting sad again...isn't it amazing what cortisol or lack there of can do? No one would believe it would they?

I am trying a sample of the new nasal spray Veramyst...it does seem very different than others...but I'm sure it is terribly expensive...and as I pay cash... :(

I'm right there with you...I have been crying all afternoon, having anxiety and panic attacks and I hate it. I feel like I'm going over the edge and don't know where to go. Mom is doing very poorly and we are supposed to go to a meeting at the rehab center to see about her care and she wants to come home. I love my mom more that I can say, but I don't feel emotionally or physically capable of caring (the nursing, changing the colostomy, showering etc.) Where am I going to get the strength? I am taking 20 mgs of Hc in 3 doses 10-5-5, but I wonder if it is safe for me to up and how much? I have gained so much weight since January (18 pounds) so am a little hesitant if it's a good idea to up. I called the Dr. about getting on anti depressants, a child size dose as the stress is keeping me awake. I hate the guilty feeling that I want to more than I can. How do you take care of someone you love when you don't have the energy? I'm afraid I am going to go into a severe depression like I was about a year ago...I hate seeing her suffer. Chuck keeps telling me I just need to quit fretting, but she's my MOM!

Jo,

In addition to upping my meds most of the time I just have to sleep it off. It sometimes takes a day or two of doing nothing and that weepy feeling goes away. I just tuck myself away in my bed with a good book and let everyone fend for themselves.

Patti,

Remember what they say on the airlines? You must put your own mask on first THEN take care of the others who aren't able to take care themselves....like children or the elderly. This is a great lesson in life. You can't take care of others if you are out of gas. So fretting about it isn't doing anyone any good. You will do what you can and visit when you can and someone ELSE will have to do the rest. You didn't ask to have no adrenal glands but it's a fact of life. Nothing you can do about it. You can only will yourself so far. Know your boundaries and stick to them.

Well hugs and love for you both!!

(grh)

Jo, I'm sorry I didn't give much of an answer...I'm just on an emotional rollercoaster now...I really am sorry you are experiencing this too...Don't you just wish sometimes we were in good health. I was so lucky to have healthy Addison's for so many years and now other health problems are popping up. I do care very much that you are experiencing these feeling of weepiness...It's hard, isn't it?

Shelley...thanks for the support. I know I need to take better care of myself...mostly like getting out and getting some exercise...if the weather would improve!!! I feel so sorry for my mom because she really needs support now and other than loving her and doing the simpler things like shopping for her, taking her to appointments I'm rather worthless as a nurse. I feel guilty, like I am feeling sorry for myself and that's not good....I don't know...I think I feel sorrier for Mom because she is in really poor health right now.

Patti,
When you talked to the doctor did you ask for a thyroid check? Maybe a low thyroid is part of your weepy, lack of energy problem. You already know your weight gain could be from this. If you are putting this off because your Mom is having problems, it is a big mistake. You have to take care of yourself. :wub:

Patti, the thyroid could well be part of what is going on with you. I know, it is with me...I have even wonder the past days if mine were a little off as I've felt this yucky mood and my throat over the thyroid area is bothering me...not painful just annoying...So, please get the thyroid checked and if you need thyroid hormone it will make a world of difference to how you feel. I was very depressed and anxious when I wasn't treated properly or at all.

Now, I've also been in the place you are now with my mother needing care that I wasn't able to give so she went into the nursing home and I widh it could have been otherwise but I don't think I could have done it all...and she ws not helpless just needing assistance. Don't let yourself dwell on this, just do what you can and let others who are able care for your mom and then you can be there to encourage her and care in other less stressful ways. There may be a time when you absolutely have to push ahead and so save yourself for times like that...I feel your frustration...you're being pulled because you know you can not do this but want to still. But this is hard on you...anxiety and panic attacks are terrible to go through. (grh)

Shelley I know sometimes you do just have to rest, rest , and rest some more until your body recoups...