I just got my saliva hormone testing back from ZRT labs and I'm a little confused.
I did 4x Cortisol and it says:
Morning is high 10.9 (normal range is 3.7-9.5)
Noon is normal 1.8 (1.2-3.0)
Evening is normal 1.1 (0.6-1.9)
Night is low 0.3 (0.4-1.0)
They say "this indicates low adrenal reserve. This type of circadian pattern is likely caused by stressors that raise adrenal cortisol production in the morning, followed ay adrenal exhaustion by the end of the day due to a persistent stressor."
Yeah - I'm sick all the time. What confuses me is that I assumed it would be the exact opposite (low in morning and high at night). I can't get up before 9-10 am or I'm sicker all day (shakes, chills etc). Before 6 pm I don't seem to be able to do anything and then I start to wake up and get energy and I have a hard time falling asleep before 1, 2 or 3 am.
The day of the test I got up at 7:30 am so I could do the 8 am morning test (as a doctor said I should) and I stayed on the couch all day till 6 pm, feeling absolutely horrible. It was a struggle to stay awake the whole day.
The other odd finding is that I'm high in DHEA. This was sent in with the am saliva sample. My DHEA is 20 (the range for a 20 y.o., but I'm 40). ....this is the anti-aging hormone - so why do I feel like I'm 100 years old?!
With high DHEA, you are suppose to have irregular periods, acne and extra hair growth (if involved with Polycystic Ovary Disease) - I have none of those things. It's also involved with insulin resistance, now that I can see because I am overweight, cannot lose weight and have a family history of diabetes.
I had bloodwork in June, September and October and DHEA was near the high end of normal.
My testosterone level is now low normal. I was very low in blood work last June, so started supplementing with bio-identical cream. Within a 6 months it was double the high end of normal (and I was irritable). I reduced the dosage and recently stopped taking it, so I guess that's why it's started to fall again.
I've always had signs of estrogen dominance and have been supplementing with bio-identical prog cream too.
I also did a Vitamin D blood spot test and it was 23 (normal is 32-100 with optimal 50-80).
Can anyone give me some more info about the DHEA/Cortisol results? Thanks
I did 4x Cortisol and it says:
Morning is high 10.9 (normal range is 3.7-9.5)
Noon is normal 1.8 (1.2-3.0)
Evening is normal 1.1 (0.6-1.9)
Night is low 0.3 (0.4-1.0)
They say "this indicates low adrenal reserve. This type of circadian pattern is likely caused by stressors that raise adrenal cortisol production in the morning, followed ay adrenal exhaustion by the end of the day due to a persistent stressor."
Yeah - I'm sick all the time. What confuses me is that I assumed it would be the exact opposite (low in morning and high at night). I can't get up before 9-10 am or I'm sicker all day (shakes, chills etc). Before 6 pm I don't seem to be able to do anything and then I start to wake up and get energy and I have a hard time falling asleep before 1, 2 or 3 am.
The day of the test I got up at 7:30 am so I could do the 8 am morning test (as a doctor said I should) and I stayed on the couch all day till 6 pm, feeling absolutely horrible. It was a struggle to stay awake the whole day.
The other odd finding is that I'm high in DHEA. This was sent in with the am saliva sample. My DHEA is 20 (the range for a 20 y.o., but I'm 40). ....this is the anti-aging hormone - so why do I feel like I'm 100 years old?!
With high DHEA, you are suppose to have irregular periods, acne and extra hair growth (if involved with Polycystic Ovary Disease) - I have none of those things. It's also involved with insulin resistance, now that I can see because I am overweight, cannot lose weight and have a family history of diabetes.
I had bloodwork in June, September and October and DHEA was near the high end of normal.
My testosterone level is now low normal. I was very low in blood work last June, so started supplementing with bio-identical cream. Within a 6 months it was double the high end of normal (and I was irritable). I reduced the dosage and recently stopped taking it, so I guess that's why it's started to fall again.
I've always had signs of estrogen dominance and have been supplementing with bio-identical prog cream too.
I also did a Vitamin D blood spot test and it was 23 (normal is 32-100 with optimal 50-80).
Can anyone give me some more info about the DHEA/Cortisol results? Thanks