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I have been a high level athlete my whole life but the last 2 years I took on a second full time job while trying to maintain my training volume. The result has been many different symptoms, mainly cannot sleep more than 3 hours straight, extremely low sex drive, no hunger ever, constant fatigue. I took a saliva adrenal panel from biohealth and here were the results:
Cortisol ( Reference ranges)
AM: 8.9 (13-24)
Noon: 3.8 (5-8)
afternoon: 1.6 (4-7)
evening: 0.6 (1-3)
Dhea: 16.52 (2-10)
Estradiol: 0.8 (1-3)
Estriol: 2.7 (0.5 - 40)
progesterone: 87.6 (5 - 100)
Testosterone (AM): 61.8 (40 - 130)
Melatonin: 1.9 (12 - 35)
So cortisol is really low, Dhea is EXTREMELY high, testerone was low normal, estradiol was low, estriol was low normal and melatonin as extremely low. I'm taking progenelone/licorice root/herbal adrenal supplement (ginseng, etc).
From what I understand this is adrenal fatigue stage 3? Anyone see anything in the results to suggest something else? Is there anything else I can do to speed up recovery?
Edit: Currently working 20 hours a week total and not training.
Cortisol ( Reference ranges)
AM: 8.9 (13-24)
Noon: 3.8 (5-8)
afternoon: 1.6 (4-7)
evening: 0.6 (1-3)
Dhea: 16.52 (2-10)
Estradiol: 0.8 (1-3)
Estriol: 2.7 (0.5 - 40)
progesterone: 87.6 (5 - 100)
Testosterone (AM): 61.8 (40 - 130)
Melatonin: 1.9 (12 - 35)
So cortisol is really low, Dhea is EXTREMELY high, testerone was low normal, estradiol was low, estriol was low normal and melatonin as extremely low. I'm taking progenelone/licorice root/herbal adrenal supplement (ginseng, etc).
From what I understand this is adrenal fatigue stage 3? Anyone see anything in the results to suggest something else? Is there anything else I can do to speed up recovery?
Edit: Currently working 20 hours a week total and not training.
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