My my heart rate dropped to what is lower than when I am sleeping. My Blood pressure as high as I have seen it. Then of course all of the regular low cortisol symptoms that I am used to.
Before you you ask what happened, I cannot discuss that, except to say that cold hearted and cruel people take up to much air on this planet.
Back to today, the weirdness of how I felt prompted me to post in the Adrenal Insufficiency group and their responses was to Stress dose and go to ER! I was afraid of that, I have not had to be hospitalized for Crisis and the thought was terrifying.
So I stress dosed, again, and went to lay down to calm down. I was going to read. I adjusted my self in the blankets and I was out cold for almost 4 hours.
I didn't even think of the fear that this "nap" would cause.
So what was the conversation in the group? In short it was about the fear of not waking from that sleep after a cortisol crash.
We have lost so many members that I am aware of the possibilities, I have thought about it, I do fear it.
But I didn't today, I didn't even mean to fall asleep. I just needed to lay down and take a time out.
I have continued to stress dose. Symptoms are still present and so is the fear.
Today this disease scared me!
Today I survived it!
Today I am thankful.