Feeling adrenal fatigue?

[Merryfield]

Woke up yesterday very dizzy. Threw up my coffee. Went back to bed and slept three hours. Felt well enough to go to a friend’s house for dinner. Slept about nine hours. Dizzy again and very tired. No coughing, congestion, fever, sore throat. It has been about three weeks since I cut steroids to 5 mgs methylpred. Is this the famous adrenal fatigue?

[PMRpro Ambassador]

They are fairly typical symptoms of adrenal insufficiency so it could well be your body protesting. The term "adrenal fatigue" is a bit of a misnomer - you get fatigued when your adrenal glands aren't performing as well as they should be. But the term adrenal fatigue as used all over the internet tends to be a marketing strategy for supplements. The adrenal glands don't get fatigued by working hard - but it is a popular concept,

[Merryfield in reply to PMRpro]

ok. well if not adrenal fatigue, how about a me fatigue. just woke up at 4 pm from about a two-hour nap.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Merryfield]

Lots of people on the forum do that!!! But yes - you are probably right it could be sluggish adrenals, Did you cut the dose overnight or did you use a slowed taper to ease into the new lower dose gradually? And how much did you reduce?

I was trying to differentiate between the concept of fatigue due to sluggish return of adrenal function and the popular idea of "adrenal fatigue" as touted in the psuedo-medical field which doesn't really exist!

[piglette]

It could be one of the many bugs floating around at the moment such as Nora virus.

[Merryfield in reply to piglette]

don’t think a bug. no symptoms other than dizziness and yesterday’s reaction to coffee. Ate a small steak last night with no problem. And no tossing (or coffee) today.

[piglette in reply to Merryfield]

Dizziness can be caused by low blood pressure and also be adrenals having to start working again.