Hi All,
I am super new here (well, new to commenting anyway!). I had Cortisol and DHEA tests and got a different result. Low Cortisol (expected) and HIGH DHEA (?). The reference range for the test I took (saliva) was 4 – 15 ng/mL and my result was 17ng/mL. I generally feel (and smell like) everything @
justy described above, I wonder how much high DHEA contributes. Ah, my first comment and I'm already talking about my B.O.!
The only info I can really find on low Cort/high DHEA comes from sites talking about "Adrenal Fatigue" and it's "stages" (this combo puts me at the illusive "stage 6"). But the adrenal fatigue/insufficiency world as most of you know is difficult to navigate/integrate with traditional medicine, so it was kind of a false lead. @
Ema, I noticed you talking about this in the other DHEA thread—how high DHEA precedes a DHEA drop-off, so I'll have to test again at some point and see if that's what transpires.
I have read (again, this is just googling and not really verified—from Dr. Christine Northrup) that "Cortisol and DHEA are inversely proportional to each other. When one is up, the other goes down." hmmm.