RE: Adrenal stress index saliva test results

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Free cortisol rhythm:

6 - 8am 41 (13-24 nM) - elevated

11 - 1 pm 9 (5-10 nM ) - normal

4 - 5 pm 7 (3-8 nM) - normal

10- midnight 4 (1-4) - normal

Who told you that your 3rd and 4th test results

were 'normal'. They are NOT normal at all. Cortisol should be winding down at

these times, and by 10.00p.m. to midnight, cortisol should be at its lowest in

the range to help you to get to sleep. Are you finding that you are still very

'active' when you go to bed and finding it difficult to sleep? Your early

morning result is VERY high - you must be bouncing around like the Mad Hare!

Your GP should send you to the hospital to get a short synacthen test done to

see what is really happening. Can you let us have your thyroid function

test results with their reference ranges too please?

Luv - Sheila

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Problem is June,

that the majority of endocrinologists have diabetes as their specialty and know

little to nothing about thyroid disease. That is why they rely so strongly on

thyroid function test results ONLY and don't care about the symptoms they are

suffering or the signs that they are showing. So long as your TSH appears

within the so called 'normal' reference range, they tell you that you are fine,

don't need an increase/decrease, keep on taking the tablets and come back in a

year.

Yes a TSH looks

fine and is where a TSH should be for a 'normal' person, but did they not test

your thyroxine (fT4) level and triiodothyronine (fT3) level? Did they test to

see whether you have thyroid antibodies? If these have NOT been tested then I

would write a letter to your GP (always best to write than face confrontation

with a doctor, who will try to blind you with science) setting out various

points and requests, and ask for your letter to be placed into your medical

notes.

First, tell him

that you are still suffering symptoms and list every one of these. Check with

those listed on our web site www.tpa-uk.org.uk

under 'Hypothyroidism' in the Menu.

Second, list any

members of your family who have a thyroid or autoimmune disease and ask your GP

to do a FULL thyroid function test to include TSH, fT4, fT3, TPO and Tg

antibodies and ask him to let you have the results of these.

Third, ask him to

test your levels of specific minerals and vitamins (low levels of these stop

thyroid hormone from being properly utilised at the cellular level). These are

iron, transferrin saturation%, ferritin, vitamin B12, vitamin D3, magnesium,

folate, copper and zinc. Ask for these results also to be sent to you together

with the reference range. If GP tries to tell you there is no association

between low levels of these nutrients, then copy off the attached document to

show him just some of the research/studies that have been done to show that

there is.

Ask him to make an

appointment for you so that you can go and get all the above blood tests done

and tell your GP that you will then be in a better position to discuss your further

treatment. Don't forget to ask for your letter to be placed into your medical

notes.

As far as your

Genova results go…..

CORTISOL LEVELS nmol/L

9.15am 11.6 LOW Range 12 - 22 - This is below the bottom of the

reference range. The first cortisol reading should be at its highest in the

reference range to help you get through the days chores.

2.15pm 5.4 Range 5 - 9 Also right at the bottom of the range - how do you

keep going in a morning???

7.15pm 10.8 HIGH Range 3 - 7 - This is a strange time to get

tested - it should have been done around 4.00p.m. However, this is above the

range and shows throughout the day that your adrenals are in an unhappy state.

11.15pm 1.9 Range 1 - 3 This is the only result that is where it should

be. Cortisol should be at its lowest at night to help you sleep through the

night.

Total Daily Cortisol 29.7 Range 21 - 41

You need to start a course of Nutri Adrenal Extra with high

doses of vitamin C (3/4000mgs daily).

Your cholesterol should be lower if your thyroid function was

normal, which it most definitely shows it is not. You can help lower

cholesterol yourself by taking high doses of CoEnzymeQ1- (300mgs) and high dose

Niacin (vitamin B3) (350mgs). These are both natural products and safe and

lower cholesterol.

However I have not lost any of my weight gain, I am still losing my hair and my

cholestrol is still raised at 6.8 mmo/L.

Join our Chat Forum (Lilian will have previously sent you an

invitation) and join in with the discussions about hCG homeopathic drops and

very low calorie diet which is proving to be a great success for many of our

members

My endo says my TSH reading is now 'normal'. If so should I not expect my

symptoms to have improved?

Having a 'normal' TSH does NOT mean that a patient is 'normal'

and has no problems.

Luv - Sheila

June

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