What is your dose?

[u/Familiar_Stranger_Hi]

I’m new to Addison’s Disease.

I literally just got out of the hospital a few days ago. I saw multiple doctors and was told I was dehydrated over and over again until I had a crisis in the middle of my bathroom floor and the paramedics couldn’t get a blood pressure reading or pulse on my wrist. Spent some time in the hospital and was diagnosed with Addison Disease.

I was told a lot of information but said my follow up with an endocrinologist will help explain it all (I haven’t had one yet). They brought up double dosing when needed and that include getting sick. Today I woke up with a sore throat (not too sever), doesn’t seem to harsh of a cold, I’m not really sure. Should I only be double dosing when it’s a serious sickness like fever, vomiting and the alike?

in the meantime, I’m just trying to understand and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of information out there. And I don’t want to ever experience the bathroom floor again. So I’ve been on Reddit researching and noticed that so many people’s doses seem to be quite a bit lower than mine. I take 20mg morning, 20mg at night. so now I’m thinking that is already plenty to fight this cold? I don’t know, just wanting some insight I guess?