High cortisol, not cushings.

[margoGo]

I have just had some blood tests and a stim test and I have high levels of both eiosinophils and cortisol (cortisol was already elevated at the beginning of stim test and then spiked even higher). I don't have any symptoms of Cushings. I'm female, 5'4" and 125-130 lbs. My symptoms are: extreme fatigue, excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia, major depressive disorder, chronic dry eye, sabopsoriasis, mild sleep apnea, low blood pressure, occasional lymph node swelling (generalized), night sweats, and I sometimes break out in hives or cold sores due to stress. When I'm sick I almost always get a sinus infection (ever since I had an appendectomy in 2000). I don't have any antibodies for Sjogren's, and treatments for Fibromyalgia have been unsuccessful. Any ideas?

[margoGo]

thank you

[rumpled]

But you do have the symptoms of Cushing's! Just because you don't have weight gain (not everyone does) does not mean you don't have it - it means your doctor is not an expert. One does not have to have all the symptoms. My BP was low and I did not gain weight for years. My largest issue was the same as yours - poor healing and sick all the time. You may be cyclical/episodic if your testing comes out strange.

I would find a doctor that knows what they are doing as you do in fact have it - high cortisol is Cushing's.