I have only done a fasting blood test in the morning (around 10:45 a.m) for cortisol and it was raised. I have all the symptoms of someone with high cortisol. Strangely enough so did my father. All the symptoms of high estrogen and low progesterone for example are prevalent.
I've always had a problem with stress and so did he. His hands used to shake before he died in his 50's of heart disease. I'm afraid I'm going the same way unless I can help myself.
I tried to get my doctor to test me for cushings syndrome but he wouldn't go further because I didn't have a hump on my back. Maybe that's not it. Are there other conditions / gene mutations / anomalies, which can contribute to high cortisol and can be passed from father to son? It seems to be on one side of my immediate family.
Thanks
I've always had a problem with stress and so did he. His hands used to shake before he died in his 50's of heart disease. I'm afraid I'm going the same way unless I can help myself.
I tried to get my doctor to test me for cushings syndrome but he wouldn't go further because I didn't have a hump on my back. Maybe that's not it. Are there other conditions / gene mutations / anomalies, which can contribute to high cortisol and can be passed from father to son? It seems to be on one side of my immediate family.
Thanks