Hi all, I am new here.
I was hoping you can help me to interpret results from multiple cortisol tests.
They are of my husband's who experiences a lot of hypothyroid symptoms and has severe insomnia.
In particular, I have questions:
1. Does last test result (01/14/2015) looks good or bad?
2. Do results look to you as an improvement or decline (over time) and why?
3. Last test show only noon cortisol that is not in the range. What could this indicate? The doctor's comment states "This is usually due to chronic exposure to stressors which can be physical, psychological and/or metabolic. It's likely that most of his stressors are experienced around the noon time hours" WTH? and the rest of the day his "stressors" take a break? My hub's days are fairly the same - no extra activities at noon.
4. Also, dr. states that lowering cortisol is a sign of the adrenal distress getting worse. But if the cortisol was high, then got lower, is not it a sign of improving?
ZRT lab
Test Name 05/01/2013 ** 07/14/2014 ** 01/14/2015 Units Range
Cortisol (Saliva) 3.4 L ** 2.6 L ** 5.7 ng/mL 3.7-9.5 (morning)
Cortisol (Saliva) 2.3 ** 4.3 H ** 5.9 H ng/mL 1.2-3.0 (noon)
Cortisol (Saliva) 1.5 ** 2.4 H ** 1.8 ng/mL 0.6-1.9 (evening)
Cortisol (Saliva) 0.5 ** 2.8 H ** 0.7 ng/mL 0.4-1.0 (night)
and another result from different lab 12/17/14:
the ranges are not the same but show the same pattern.
CORTISOL, AM 0.54 L 1.8 - 3.8 ng/ml
CORTISOL, NOON 2.06 H 0.3 - 1.4 ng/ml
CORTISOL, EVENING 0.33 0.1 - 1.1 ng/ml
CORTISOL, NIGHT 0.18 0.1 - 0.8 ng/ml
5. also, if the evening and midnight cortisol is not high, why in the @#$% my husband cannot sleep? Hi is wide awake at 1 AM and cannot fall asleep until 2-3 AM. What gives?
I intentionally do not give any background yet, just want an opinion about cortisol only
Thanks in advance
I was hoping you can help me to interpret results from multiple cortisol tests.
They are of my husband's who experiences a lot of hypothyroid symptoms and has severe insomnia.
In particular, I have questions:
1. Does last test result (01/14/2015) looks good or bad?
2. Do results look to you as an improvement or decline (over time) and why?
3. Last test show only noon cortisol that is not in the range. What could this indicate? The doctor's comment states "This is usually due to chronic exposure to stressors which can be physical, psychological and/or metabolic. It's likely that most of his stressors are experienced around the noon time hours" WTH? and the rest of the day his "stressors" take a break? My hub's days are fairly the same - no extra activities at noon.
4. Also, dr. states that lowering cortisol is a sign of the adrenal distress getting worse. But if the cortisol was high, then got lower, is not it a sign of improving?
ZRT lab
Test Name 05/01/2013 ** 07/14/2014 ** 01/14/2015 Units Range
Cortisol (Saliva) 3.4 L ** 2.6 L ** 5.7 ng/mL 3.7-9.5 (morning)
Cortisol (Saliva) 2.3 ** 4.3 H ** 5.9 H ng/mL 1.2-3.0 (noon)
Cortisol (Saliva) 1.5 ** 2.4 H ** 1.8 ng/mL 0.6-1.9 (evening)
Cortisol (Saliva) 0.5 ** 2.8 H ** 0.7 ng/mL 0.4-1.0 (night)
and another result from different lab 12/17/14:
the ranges are not the same but show the same pattern.
CORTISOL, AM 0.54 L 1.8 - 3.8 ng/ml
CORTISOL, NOON 2.06 H 0.3 - 1.4 ng/ml
CORTISOL, EVENING 0.33 0.1 - 1.1 ng/ml
CORTISOL, NIGHT 0.18 0.1 - 0.8 ng/ml
5. also, if the evening and midnight cortisol is not high, why in the @#$% my husband cannot sleep? Hi is wide awake at 1 AM and cannot fall asleep until 2-3 AM. What gives?
I intentionally do not give any background yet, just want an opinion about cortisol only
Thanks in advance