Doc and I suspected Addison's after ruling out thyroid problems. My cortisol level was at a 5, but this was in the afternoon, around 3pm. I hadn't eaten yet that day tho b/c I wanted to make sure I would be able to have a test if needed after my doc appointment. Anyway, doc had me do an acth stim test a few days later. I haven't received the copy back yet, but the nurse at the doc office said my cortisol STARTED at 32.5. After the first injection it went DOWN to 27.68, then after the third injection it went DOWN again to 11.11. What is going on? The starting number seems so high. Normal values are from 4 - 22 from this lab. And then isn't the cortisol suppoesd to go UP after acth injections? Also, I had high cpk values in the first round of tests, so he is having that retested next week. I called to talk to doc, but the nurses are being weird, acting like I'm bothering them. They said doc will call me next week after my cpk tests. I said, NO. I want to talk to doc. They said ok and hung up on me. Am I losing it or is all this weird?