For people who are treating adrenals, how much hydrocortisone do you take before your workouts and/or after?
I've been taking 5-6mg before my evening workout at 6pm, but for some reason I am getting exhausted and shaky before I even finish. I am doing fullbody training 3x per week, mostly all compound lifts..
Squats, ham curls, bench press, bent over rows, clean and press, cable bicep curls to finish. I admit the big compounds are exhausting when done one after another, but I am only doing ~3 sets of 8-10 for each.
I used to have NO problem with this type of workout BEFORE I started using HC. It seems my adrenals are now shutdown since I started HC therapy? Seems like the only thing I can think of that is effecting my workouts like this... Kinda ****ty. I wanted to treat adrenals not shut them down. I am generally taking 25mg HC per day, sometimes 30mg, plus some licorice root (liquid) extract... taking more HC than this - to stress dose everyday (for workouts and the such) - would this not be VERY bad and completely shutdown the adrenals?
I've been taking 5-6mg before my evening workout at 6pm, but for some reason I am getting exhausted and shaky before I even finish. I am doing fullbody training 3x per week, mostly all compound lifts..
Squats, ham curls, bench press, bent over rows, clean and press, cable bicep curls to finish. I admit the big compounds are exhausting when done one after another, but I am only doing ~3 sets of 8-10 for each.
I used to have NO problem with this type of workout BEFORE I started using HC. It seems my adrenals are now shutdown since I started HC therapy? Seems like the only thing I can think of that is effecting my workouts like this... Kinda ****ty. I wanted to treat adrenals not shut them down. I am generally taking 25mg HC per day, sometimes 30mg, plus some licorice root (liquid) extract... taking more HC than this - to stress dose everyday (for workouts and the such) - would this not be VERY bad and completely shutdown the adrenals?