it will get better if you keep at it..i just started working out again with addision's..i could barley walk up the stairs for a couple of months..make sure you eat salty stuff before and after you work out.just do a little at a time

Thanks, I check my blood sugar and make sure its not low that seems to help I am type I and new to it. So do you do more cardio? Did you get light headed? If so how did you do it and what do you recommend?

I was, prior to Addison's, a workout fanatic. Due to weakness, nausea and vomitting, I stopped. Bad idea.
Now fiftenn years later, I am once again exercizing...walking, on a track ( to prevent injuries as I have a bad knee) and weight lifting...low weight three sets of ten.
I was inspired the first week of this new plan, by an elderly woman walking like the wind..I spoke with her and she told me she had been unable to walk even once around the track a year ago, but she just
kept it up.
I find the treadmill very dizzying..I was OK with it prior to Addison's but now I get very dizzy and queasy.
I listen to books on tape while I walk as my mind rapidly starts a dialog ( I hate this..this is dumb, I am getting sweaty) unless I do.
I have lost 14#, feel better and have more stamina..just keep it up..good luck!

thanks I really like working out, and will start walking and get back to lifting weights but slowly. When I had cushings I worked out and could never feel pain sometimes coming home with brusies all over from overdoing and I was not aware. This time when I started I was exhausted and everything in my body hurt, but I am determined not to be a couch potato and only I can decide that so off I go to the treadmill.

There is an older thread from about a year ago or so re: this same topic that I started and received TONS of awesome feedback from people, I'll see if I can dig it up for you. But it is absolutely possible to workout with Addison's just takes some modifications and extra precautions. Also it's a bit slower going at first but once you get going you'll be awesome! Hydration and salt are big ones....and of course really listening to your body. I'm gonna try to find that thread and link it in here for ya :)

Thanks so much, that would be great! I went for a walk yesterday and could only do about a 1/4 of what I usually do but I looked at is as a start not a failure as I did before. Such great input , kept a packet of soy sauce in my pocket and had it part way through, I love soy sauce that you get from chinese takeout, I keep them in my purse.

I have just started this week walking because of your question, it is killing me and but I am determent to keep doing it. I am going to try Yoga next week, I hear it is good for your mind and helps you relax wants you get into it. That is my second goal...
Thank you for helping me start working out, it will benefit me in the long run. I did have a day on the couch after the 1st day out.

I have recently hiked 50 miles in 2 1/2 days and it's not as easy as it is for someone who is healthy but you can do it. Just be careful because you can push yourself into a crisis. If I am doing more than my normal activities I up my dosage of hydrocortisone starting with a 1/4 a pill. On my hiking trip I upped my florinef by 1/2 a pill and probably took double my hydrocortisone and drank a lot of fluids and snacked the whole time. Everybody is different and taking too much medicine can make you feel as bad as not enough. so start small and first and foremost talk to your doctor. If he/she says you don't need to up your dosage to exercise then you need to find a new doctor.