Val, FIRST signs of adrenal crisis?

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Val,

What are the first signs (physical of psychological) of adrenal

crisis (I assume this is near-total shutdown of natural ACTH

production), and how quickly can it develop? I'm now up to 20mg IC

(1.25gr Armour) and don't notice anything - I was at 17.5mg IC for

about a week, and didn't notice anything, but yesterday after the

" Bloomington-tree-lighting-fiascoc " (a mess of people, some speeches,

some singing with inadequate mic-ing, all in the freekin' 40 degree

weather! Not fun.) I felt I needed to stress dose (2.5mg, my usual

stress dose). So now I'm at 20mg IC (on the normal schedule at STTM

- 10/5/2.5/2.5 mg.) But I'm getting worried about suppressing ACTH

too much. My dad says I'm a hypochondriac (and I'm quite sure he'd

never believe that adrenal insufficiency even can exist). Although I

think some people are labeled hypochondriac but actually they simply

listen to their bodies a lot closer than most people, and won't put

up with " always not quite feeling optimal. "

Jim