Sadly, there is no way to lower your cortisol yourself if it is abnormal. However, one set of tests is not enough to diagnose or treat anyone - nor to find the source of the issue (pituitary, adrenal or other). You would need to go to an endo to get the testing you needed to determine if you had it and the source and then determine how to treat the source whether by surgery and they have a few meds out but mostly older men can take them as far as I can determine due to the estrogen produced.
By TSH too high - that is low - TSH works opposite! I find it weird and forget to word myself correctly. So you are too high in the range and elevated cortisol does suppress TSH. It is hard to say (and I am also not a doctor, don't know anything else about you) if your cortisol is always like this you can adjust it, but if you cycle in cortisol, then the TSH will bounce too.
Hello rumpled,
Thanks for your response.
I'm looking into ways to lower my high cortisol throughout the day to take the "edge" off of life. I get stressed at the drop of a pin and can really feel the effects of all of this long term stress I have been experiencing.
If my TSH is high, but my FT3 and FT4 seem to be where they should be, would I benefit from thyroid meds? Should I lower my cortisol levels first in fear of over-stimulation from the thyroid meds?
Thanks for your input.
Oddly, high cortisol and low cortisol have overlaps in symptoms. I used to have high cortisol due to a pituitary tumor and to control it, I had pituitary surgery and my adrenal glands removed. Lived both. Fatigue is both.
If you suspect high cortisol you need a good endo. Your TSH is too high IMHO but the rest look pretty good to me - my doc keeps my FT3 and FT4 on the upper parts or the ranges.
Your adrenals are not tired - they are working.