normal cortisol?

[Kimmeh9]

My tsh was 62.05 in january...put me on levothyroxine (25 mcgm) and it was down to 37 in feb so they upped my dose to 50 mcgm.  Now it is 20.7 so they upped it to 75 mcgm and will check it agaon in 3 wks. I have one adrenal and my cortisol test came back at 16.9. Is this normal, too high or too low?

[rumpled]

Glad to hear the cortisol is ok. Yeah - a lot of docs ignore the hashis - if the TSH is ok they think all is well but do not look at symptoms or thyroid tests (TSH is a pituitary test, not thyroid).

I have two cats - bro and sis - and they have very different personalities. The sis is a goat (she eats paper, wood whatever) and the bro is more dog like and follows us around... They are fun!

[Kimmeh9]

Hi there!  I got my lab reports from my doctor and it seems that my cortisol level is ok. PHEW!!  However, I am very concerned that I may have Hashimoto's disease due to my thyroid peroxidase antibody test coming back at 380.  Normal is <35!  My endo sent me a letter to say my adrenal is good but made no mention of my TPO test, which HE ordered.  Probably going to head to Mayo...I think someone needs to take a look at my whole picture.  Hope you are doing well!  By the way, I see you have a cat.  Me too but she thinks she's a dog!!!

[rumpled]

8am is good. I usually try to get a copy of the labs - either by asking the doctor for a copy or asking the lab to send me a copy before I get the draw (that is, however, a 50/50 chance you will get it... sadly).
Every lab has different ranges for cortisol so it is hard to say - I think my lab goes up to around 20 something so you are ok, but on the higher end of most of the labs. That could be normal though - do you track your tests over time?

[Kimmeh9]

Hi there...i had my blood drawn at 8 am to check cortisol.  Not sure what the range is.  How do i find that out?  I had my adrenal gland removed about 33 yrs. ago due to wilms tumor.  Along with my kidney, appendix, and part of my liver.

[rumpled]

As for cortisol - what type of test - blood? What time of day and what was the range? Did you have one adrenal removed?

Usually the thyroid meds take 4-6 weeks to work.