Hi SkinnyKerinny. How did you know or find out you had adrenal fatigue?

This is soooo sad and so common. Docs are supposed to check your adrenals before prescribing thyroid meds for just this reasons! Literally, it's right there in the Physician's Desk Reference and so many don't know about this or fail to do it. Those of us with long untreated or undertreated thyroid problems often have adrenal fatigue/insufficiency issues because it's a common way the body responds to hypo issues -- and attempt to compensate. My doc suspects the same for insulin resistance as he's seen quite a few of his Hashi's patients with insulin resistance when they first start treatment (even those who's weight is normal).

Have you had your cortisol and DHEA checked? I know I had mine checked when I finally got diagnosed and my DHEA levels were really, really low. I was in the stage where my adrenals were beginning to burn out -- my cortisol was no longer elevated (because my body just couldn't keep up anymore), so if a doc just checked that, they'd probably think I was fine but my dhea was almost gone. Constant fatigue -- some days I was sleeping 14-16 hours per day and was still exhausted -- and then other days I couldn't sleep at all even though I was soooo tired.

My doc had me taking DHEA before starting the thyroid meds (nature throid for me) along with some other supps where I was deficient (like Vitamin D and magnesium) and the difference was night and day. I was sleeping through the night again most of the time, not crazy fatigued anymore (or very few episodes), actually woke up refreshed instead of still exhausted. I'd forgotten about how it felt to be "normal" again. Night and Day.

LOL @ being your own doctor. I've basically been doing the same, especially since the endo I was seeing got mad at me and told me to feel free to find another doctor.