Recently posted on the message boards at http://cushings.invisionzone.com/topic/54332-adderall-and-cushings/
I was recently diagnosed by the NIH with Cushings and Adrenal hyperplasia due to a tumor in my adrenals. I have taken Adderall for a few years now for what I thought was ADD. Can Adderall increase cortisol levels since it is a stimulant?
If you will respond here or in the comments, I will post your answer to the boards.
Originally posted on Facebook
To all my Cushie friends who are still dealing with this horrible disease, keep fighting, don’t ever give up, you will get better. I told a very close friend of mine the other day, if I had the power I would heal everyone you today. Cushing’s is a horrible disease, and unless you have been through it there is no way anyone could ever understand it.
After a year and a half since my BLA and I am the healthiest, happiest person I have been in a very long time. I am working out with a personal trainer once a week because I am determined to regain the strength I lost due to having Cushing’s for six very long years. I have a long way to go and it is not going to happen overnight but it will happen.
I live each day to the absolute fullest and enjoy every minute of every day, I am so grateful to have made it through to the other side, not without some emotional and physical scars, but I made it none the less.
I think about and pray for all of you every day because without your knowledge and support I don’t know that I would have made it.
To those of you who are still on the boards please feel free to share this post and my story to everyone there. I am sorry I don’t go on the boards any more, but as I said I didn’t make through without some emotional scars.
I love you all, god bless and be good to yourself always.
Finally, the dream has come true.
Testing your salivary cortisol can now be done on your iPhone with Point of Care (POC) technology. Join Dr. Friedman for a webinar informing the Cushing’s and Addison’s community on the newly available Peak Biometric Research Stress Management System that offers a quick, private, and non-invasive way to measure cortisol levels —without the hassle and expense of sending samples to a lab. Dr. Friedman will go over how to order and use the POC salivary cortisol monitor. He will explain that the product is not FDA-approved for diagnostic purposes and how to use it with commercial salivary testing. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.
salivary cortisol webinar
Sunday, November 19, 2017
6:00 pm | Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) | 1 hr
Meeting password: cushings
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