I have Addison's Disease and I have a hell of a job fitting exercise in around a full-time job and two young DCs but I've found it a game-changer when it comes to managing fatigue, plus I want to off-set the negative effects of the daily steroids I have to take! (25-30mg hydro, 200mcg fludro)
I tend to do it in the evening which means I spend zero time with DH between putting the DCs to bed and crashing into bed myself after doing a DVD or going to a dance class.
Is getting up at 5am to exercise out of the question with adrenal insufficiency, morning cortisol levels being what they should be but actually are in our case? Apart from really not wanting to get up that early and jump around, I wake most days with a fierce headache which generally subsides with my first dose. What I'm not sure about if that's an indication I really shouldn't be pushing things at that hour. I would have to get up and exercise straight away, given my timescale (out of the house by, or just before, 7am, allowing time to get myself and two DCs ready) so I would have to neck hydro/fludro and get a DVD on, not wait for it to kick in before starting, headache notwithstanding.
TIA!
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ElphabaTheGreen · 03/12/2017 21:19
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