roxie60
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It appears more and more labs are making certain labs available to people to order online and at lower price than more well known labs. Some do not require doctors prior ok. I am considering MyMedLabs online to do some saliva hormone tsting my Dr wants me todo via Genova Diagostics but I checked last year and realized they cost a lot ($600+) and Im not confident in their results.
I did two hormone tests within 4 days of each other last year, they had some overlap in cortisol, DHEA and differed in sex hormones, neurotransmitters and melatonin. So I expected the tests that over lapped would come back similar, they did not. GD results did not seem to reflect how I was feeling, symps I was dealing with but the other test did (Pharmasan). Pharmasan had my Cortisol very low in AM and dring day when it should have been high and falling and then too high at night when it should have been low - all of which seems to match my sleep problems.
So I am struggling to spend financial resources on a test I'm not confident is getting correct results. GD did indicate all m sex hormones were low (almost all). I want to spend money later on another Lyme test and those are expensive. So I was trying to save some money. Stop The Thyroid Madness lists MyMedLabs as one they recommend.
Anyone use this lab or any other lab listed at Stop The Thyroid Madness website (there are 4)? Did you think the results lined up with your symptoms?
I did two hormone tests within 4 days of each other last year, they had some overlap in cortisol, DHEA and differed in sex hormones, neurotransmitters and melatonin. So I expected the tests that over lapped would come back similar, they did not. GD results did not seem to reflect how I was feeling, symps I was dealing with but the other test did (Pharmasan). Pharmasan had my Cortisol very low in AM and dring day when it should have been high and falling and then too high at night when it should have been low - all of which seems to match my sleep problems.
So I am struggling to spend financial resources on a test I'm not confident is getting correct results. GD did indicate all m sex hormones were low (almost all). I want to spend money later on another Lyme test and those are expensive. So I was trying to save some money. Stop The Thyroid Madness lists MyMedLabs as one they recommend.
Anyone use this lab or any other lab listed at Stop The Thyroid Madness website (there are 4)? Did you think the results lined up with your symptoms?