Hi kiwi and AnnieB,

Thanks to you both for the great articles. Well, I definitely do NOT have adrenal insufficiency. I have the exact opposite of most things stated in the articles with the exception of the symptoms I stated here that I DO have. Symptoms such as profuse sweating, extreme fatigue/inability to stay awake, muscle pain.

But as we know, the same symptoms can be shared by numerous conditions.

I guess I should have included some basic background to prevent misleading you. I AM a diabetic and have a GREAT endocrinologist.

It appears the ONLY symptoms I DO have that are included in adrenal insufficiency are the ones mentioned above, the extreme fatigue, can't stay awake, muscle pain, and actually not profuse sweating, but more like night sweats with the thermostat set at 68 degrees or lower. I will break out in a sweat during the day time on some occasions, but more often at night.

I recently was informed that my hormones are way out of whack. Before I mislead you on that, I am in my latter 60's. I am thinking that may be the source of the night sweats even though I am LONG past menopause.

The other symptoms could be contributed to medications and other health conditions, like my cardiac issues and others.

I am VERY fortunate to have a great team of 8 physicians (7 specialists and 1 PCP) taking care of me, but none have given me a "definitive" answer for my extreme fatigue and inability to stay awake like the normal sleep pattern I had a decade ago. The responses are as vague as the symptoms. I do not think they have left any stone unturned but there has been no clear cut test result to pin point the cause.

Whenever I see "extreme fatigue", my antenna goes up in search of an answer to what is causing this in my life.

I am so grateful to you both for the information you provided and am sorry that I put you to the trouble.

Speaking of my endocrinologist,.... this guy is super smart and not just my opinion. Other docs have told me this as well, without knowing I was a patient of his and it was not a solicited statement. He is HIGHLY admired by his colleagues.

He does labs (BMP and a few others) every 3 months, and more comprehensive ones less frequently. My PCP tests everything under the sun once a year and some things during the year. It is a good thing our bodies make more blood and rather quickly otherwise I would be very depleted.

My endocrinologist got my lab results one time and as we were going over them, he began to ask me, (what I thought at the time), were some "strange" questions that he had never asked before and I have been seeing him for years.

He went on to tell me that one of my labs was very out of whack and it made NO sense. He said that the result was totally inconsistent with my health and the responses I gave him to the "strange" questions. He ordered the labs to be repeated as he KNEW they were invalid. The repeat lab results came back exactly as he expected,.... within normal ranges.

It is sort of like when I test my blood sugar level and it is NOT what I expect. I wash my hands AGAIN, make sure I wait until the alcohol wipe has dried, and repeat the test. Sure enough, I was correct not to accept what I felt was an erroneous reading. But, just to be really sure, I test a 3rd time, within a minute or two for solid confirmation.

I am amazed at the amount of knowledge of some of the NT members. Some members have extensive knowledge from personal experience and about the conditions from which they suffer. Some other members are obviously trained in a medical profession or related field of study and are so giving of themselves to share their knowledge with the members.

Once again, I just want to thank you for being so helpful and thoughtful. (And for sharing your wisdom.)