Letter from GP - any advice please?!!

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I got a letter from my GP today, after seeing her last week re. very low adrenal

saliva results. At the time she said she wouldn't do a serum cortisol, as there

was 'no point', and said she'd look into a 24-hr urine test instead.

Well, today I got this letter in the post, saying:

" I have now spoken to the Endocrinologist and they have advised me to arrange a

further blood test for you. The blood test needs to be taken at approximately

9am on the day that you have it done. "

And she encloses a blood request form for 'serum cortisol'.

Any advice on whether it is worth stopping NAX before this test? I am currently

taking 6 NAX per day. The only reason I haven't started HC is because I want to

wait and see if the NHS will do a short synacthen test or other useful test to

rule out s.

I feel totally stressed out about this! Any advice on how to proceed?

Thanks,

Georgie