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Do i suffer from adrenal insufficiency
This is my cortisol test morning all taken at 8 am
Salivary Cortisol 0.10 ug/dl (8AM) Males AM :0.012 - 1.551 ug/dl)
Free cortisol serum - 4.85 range 3-15 ug/dl
Cortisol Total serum (8am) 6.90 Range 3.7 - 19.4 ug/dl
I am from India , my endocrinologist said my cortisol is normal but read somewhere that in the morning it should be near the top range while mine is near the bottom range . Thank you in advance . I suffer from hypothyroidism as well . I sleep 17 hours a day with extreme brain fogg
Salivary Cortisol 0.10 ug/dl (8AM) Males AM :0.012 - 1.551 ug/dl)
Free cortisol serum - 4.85 range 3-15 ug/dl
Cortisol Total serum (8am) 6.90 Range 3.7 - 19.4 ug/dl
I am from India , my endocrinologist said my cortisol is normal but read somewhere that in the morning it should be near the top range while mine is near the bottom range . Thank you in advance . I suffer from hypothyroidism as well . I sleep 17 hours a day with extreme brain fogg
I cannot tell - is this one set of testing or three?
Just testing cortisol is about 30% of the story. You also need to know ACTH (it is the other half of the loop), sodium and potassium (and if abnormal, renin and aldosterone) as well as other hormones and antibodies.
Fatigue is a non-specific symptom. It cannot be attributed to just low cortisol as it can be attributed to tons of disorders (including high cortisol!).
As for cortisol needing to be in the upper part of the range... be careful of what you read and where. Is this a reputable medical site? Cortisol normally varies - it is called the circadian or diurnal rhythm so people and time vary. It does help to test more and test at different times of the day (like midnight) to know if you have, say, a reversed rhythm.
A stimulation test is also useful to know. But if you are borderline, you may pass until the adrenals have fully atrophied. It is very complex. Thyroid can also make you very fatigued if you are under treated.
Just testing cortisol is about 30% of the story. You also need to know ACTH (it is the other half of the loop), sodium and potassium (and if abnormal, renin and aldosterone) as well as other hormones and antibodies.
Fatigue is a non-specific symptom. It cannot be attributed to just low cortisol as it can be attributed to tons of disorders (including high cortisol!).
As for cortisol needing to be in the upper part of the range... be careful of what you read and where. Is this a reputable medical site? Cortisol normally varies - it is called the circadian or diurnal rhythm so people and time vary. It does help to test more and test at different times of the day (like midnight) to know if you have, say, a reversed rhythm.
A stimulation test is also useful to know. But if you are borderline, you may pass until the adrenals have fully atrophied. It is very complex. Thyroid can also make you very fatigued if you are under treated.
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