My Adrenal Life podcast

New to adrenal insufficiency or Addisons and trying to make sense of it all? The My Adrenal Life Podcast is here to help you understand what’s happening in your body and what it means for your daily life. Search My Adrenal Life Podcast on…

Why can adrenal insufficiency feel disabling even when you look completely fine? In this episode, we unpack the hidden reality of living with an invisible condition—where your body may be working incredibly hard just to stay stable, even…

If you’ve ever looked at someone else with adrenal insufficiency and thought, “Why is this easier for them than it is for me?” You’re not alone. In this episode, we dive into one of the most common—but rarely talked about—experiences in…

Adrenal insufficiency is often invisible—but for those living with it, the impact is very real. From overwhelming fatigue to life-disrupting symptoms, many people struggle for answers, validation, and proper diagnosis. This short video is…

Living with adrenal insufficiency can quietly reshape relationships in ways that are hard to explain until you are living them. In this episode, we explore the hidden strain that can build between patients, partners, and family caregivers…

Why can steroid replacement make you look over-replaced while still leaving you feeling profoundly underpowered? In this episode, we unpack one of the most confusing realities of adrenal insufficiency: having outward signs that suggest too…

After an adrenal insufficiency diagnosis, there is often a kind of grief that no one prepares you for. Not just grief over symptoms or medications, but grief over the version of yourself that felt more automatic, more predictable, and more…

Tinnitus is often treated like an ear problem, but for people with adrenal insufficiency, the story can be much more complex. In this episode, we take a deeper look at the science behind why ringing, buzzing, hissing, or whooshing in the…

Living with adrenal insufficiency is not just physically exhausting. It is mentally relentless. In this episode, we explore the invisible cognitive labor that comes with managing a condition where safety depends on constant awareness…

What happens when the medical system meant to help becomes part of the danger? In this episode, we explore the painful reality of medical trauma in adrenal insufficiency and why so many patients leave ERs, surgeries, and urgent medical…

Why does recovery from illness often take so much longer with adrenal insufficiency? In this episode, we explore why getting through the infection is not always the same as actually recovering from it. Many people with adrenal…

Why do so many people with adrenal insufficiency hesitate to stress dose when they get sick? In this episode, we dig into one of the most common and emotionally loaded questions in adrenal insufficiency care: if steroids can suppress the…