I've never really thought about how depression can effect the adrenals day to day. It's a really good question. I'm seeing both my endo and Pdoc in the next few weeks and I'm going to ask. I just came off anti- depressants two weeks ago after about 20 years. I'm doing a trial run on nothing. So far so good. I've had depression off and on since I was 12, I'm now 59. But it didn't get bad until I was chronically sick.

As for that awful sweating your having, people who have talked to their doctors don't know why we go through this. I had it for about 10 years, my hair would just start dripping sweat sometimes at work. I just wanted to shower right then. It started out of nowhere and stopped when I went on disability and could control how active I am. No good answers for you there. Sorry.

Thanks, the sweating is gross, and smells bad, just seems that it should be a problem that needs solved.

Also Last Tuesday I had a Adrenal Crisis it was different and I didn't readily understand what was happening, My wife and I painted the porch and I got wore out sat down and felt strange and slowly started shaking like when I get Hypoglycemic which I've dealt with all my life. I took orange juice with sugar and didn't effect it, drank some more I continue to crash. I ate some protein drank water still crashed. I fell asleep and wore up with headache and still feeling bad but not shaking took my HC. It took five day to get back to my normal.

Dose that sound like a AC?

When your low on HC you will get the shakes. I do. You were doing something physical, probably got dehydrated, loss sodium, then burned through your steroids over the next few hours until you had a small crash. Headaches are a symptom of low cortisol too. If the oj didn't work when you expected it to I would up dose 5 mg at that point and rest until you feel better. You might have to do another 5 mg if your not better in an hour. I sometimes add a Benadryl depending on how bad the shakes are.

This is where you need to learn what your body wants from you. You have two conditions and need to figure out which one you need to treat. I went through this being dxd with thyroid and Addison at the same time. It took about a year to really begin to know if I was having problems from one condition or the other, or both. It does get easier with time and practice.

Take it easy on the physical stuff until you really start to feel better. I agree, the sweating was gross.

I have the Addison's, hypothyroid and depression i always am trying to guess what is happening. My wife say she's just going to start giving me HC with my OJ and sugar when I have episodes. Thoughts?

Doctors don't really prepare you for all this!

No, the doctors aren't good for the everyday advice you'll want as things happen here and there. That's where the support group is a really good resource. The doctor, if you call, usually takes a few days to get back to you. And if you call a lot, some doctors aren't happy about it.

I keep a journal for things like what happened to you so that when I'm at the doctor for my regular appt I can ask what he wants me to do in the future. I see the endo every 3 months after I've done labs. We go over all my physical problems, he looks at my labs and we figure out how to treat for the next 3 months.

You might want to look up the NADF site. It's the national Addison's site. They have a lot of info. There might be something about the low blood sugar, steroids, etc. Education will make this easier eventually.

My endo told me yesterday that when you don't have cortisol you go into a depression because your brain needs the cortisol. I've been off Lexapro now for 3 weeks, it was causing nausea. I feel a lot worse off the anti-depressant so I'm going to start Wellbutrin.

Hi Spadeweb, I saw your post and quickly became a member so I could reach out to you. I feel terrible that you are struggling. I don't have a legitimate medical answer to your question but I think there may be a connection. When I am depressed or experience heavy emotions of any kind, for me it has an impact on my body. The stress of being depressed is a, "STRESS", that our overtaxed adrenals can't deal with. It's hard to regulate this being that the depression/stress is a chronic condition in and of itself. I take depression medication on a regular basis but miss numerous doses during and adrenal crisis. The nausea and vomiting make it hard for me to be consistent. The sweating is frustrating and the ability to not control that is big time stress for me, especially in the summer. it comes with the territory unfortunately. Hoping to chat at you again soon. Take care