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Our Forum is a vibrant community of ADSHG members offering mutual support and help. It is a key membership benefit of the ADSHG, providing subscribing members with the opportunity to share experiences, ask questions, make new friends and discuss the practicalities of living with Addison's and adrenal insufficiency.

The site is simple to use. If you just want to read the existing conversations, you can choose a topic from the message boards. Or start your own topic and conversation! To join the community and have your say, you will need to be a ADSHG member. Your details will not be passed on to any third parties.

Existing Member? Enter the online members-only forum

Who can join?

The ADSHG Forum is for everyone living with Addison’s and adrenal insufficiency, their families, friends and all those who support them. We have members from all around the world!

Tell me more!

One of the best ways to gain new knowledge and information about Addison’s and adrenal insufficiency is through sharing the experiences of other people with the condition. You may not feel that you need advice, but you may be in a position to give it, and to help others.

If you want to read previous coversations, or ask or reply to questions within the Forum, you’ll need to be a member of the ADSHG. It’s easy to sign up, and you don’t need to use your real name when on the Forum if you don’t want to. 

Become a member

If you’d like to join but can’t afford membership at this time – no problem, we want to make sure everyone receives the support they need. Our Trustees operate a Fund for people unable to afford the membership fee. To apply, please see our website.

On the Forum, you'll also be able to access recordings of previous events, including our [email protected] series, which includes:

  • Talk from Endocrine Consultant Specialist Dr Helen Simpson on "Understanding the basics of Addison's disease".
  • Talk from Endocrine Consultant Specialist Dr Georgina Russell on "Managing Addison's in the future: Can we re-think glucocorticoid replacement". 
  • Breakout session with Professor John Wass, discussing exercise and adrenal insufficiency.
  • Breakout session with Dr Steve Kell, discussing emotional wellbeing and balancing stress with adrenal insufficiency.
  • Breakout session with Endocrine Nurse Specialist Lisa Shepherd, who helps you prepare and practise with your hydrocortisone emergency injection.

Become a member

By joining as a charity member, you get access to a range of additional resources and support for managing your condition. You'll be joining a vibrant, supportive, engaged community of people affected by Addison's and adrenal insufficiency.

Your membership helps to give our charity a stronger voice, continue funding of research, enable the production of our free publications and to promote better medical understanding, working in co-operation with leading adrenal specialists. We couldn't do this without the fantastic support of the Addison's and adrenal insufficiency community! Together, we're stronger.

Become a member

If you are unable to access the forum please try these 4 steps:

1. Try signing into our forum using our quick access forum sign in link using the email address you used when becoming a member. If you use the wrong email address you will not be able to access the forum. Contact our membership team. to check we have the correct email address for you.

2. Check that you are a current member with an up to date subscription. You need to be a member to access our member forum. See below for information about how to become a member.

3. Check if your password is correct. If you have lost your password, use our online forum password reset service. 

4. If you are still unable to access the forum, please contact our membership team and they will help you to access your forum account.

Found yourself stuck on our forum shop page?

Please  contact our ADSHG Membership Team as we now have a fix for this issue that affected a small number of members.

 

Contact our membership team

Published: 18th March, 2019

Updated: 27th July, 2022

Author: Anonymised User

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