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I haven't heard of a 2 tube test, but if you test for cortisol levels while

taking HC the results will be skewed. You have to be completelyoff of it for

at least 2 weeks before you do the testing. This means that you have to

taper down for a period of time until you are completely off of it then add

another 2 weeks onto it. My understanding is if you start to taper down

(must be done slowly) and start having problems then you still have adrenal

fatigue or your adrenal glands would start picking up the slack.

Cherie

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you

learn.--C.S.

> I'll do the 2 tube saliva test in the next few days. Val, you said that I

> might want to stop all adrenal supports first... but if I do that, I'll be

> in bed 20 hours a day and a danger on the road the other 4....

> LOL.. sorry..

> Is there any other way to do it? If I have to, I will... but I do have a

> baseline test before I started the adrenals a year ago.

>

> What do you think?

> Thanks,

>

>

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Cherie,

I'm not on any HC at all... the only thing I'm taking is Dr. 's

Adrenal Rebuilder, 6 tabs a day, and his Stress Formula, 1-5 tabs a

day, and the herbal adrenal support drops. I didn't even know about

HC, which I gather is hydrocortisone in either pill or cream form....

until I joined this list a few weeks ago. The 2 tube is an am and pm

test from ZRT and I'll get results for Estradiol (E2), Progesterone

(Pg), Testosterone (T), DHEAS (DS), C 1 and C 4... I think that means

Cortisol and the # references time of day as in 1 = morning, 2 =

noon, 3 = mid day and 4 = evening. Since I'm only doing am and pm,

we'll get results for cortison 1 & 4.

Last week, the doc was concerned that my in-office labs looked like I

wasn't taking any thyroid meds, and I'm on 90 mg Armour, so she's

thinking reverse T3, and wants to look at the hormones and cortisol

levels re adrenal function. From what I've read here, I " m guessing

that I should be doing something with sea salt, selenium and HC, but

will wait for test results. I don't know if I should stop taking all

of Dr. 's products before testing. I thought that was what Val

was suggesting, but wanted to be certain as I don't think I'd

mentioned that I have a baseline 4 tube test from a year ago.

Suggestions?

>

> I haven't heard of a 2 tube test, but if you test for cortisol

levels while

> taking HC the results will be skewed. You have to be completelyoff

of it for

> at least 2 weeks before you do the testing. This means that you

have to

> taper down for a period of time until you are completely off of it

then add

> another 2 weeks onto it. My understanding is if you start to taper

down

> (must be done slowly) and start having problems then you still have

adrenal

> fatigue or your adrenal glands would start picking up the slack.

>

> Cherie

>

> Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do

you

> learn.--C.S.

>

>

> > I'll do the 2 tube saliva test in the next few days. Val, you

said that I

> > might want to stop all adrenal supports first... but if I do

that, I'll be

> > in bed 20 hours a day and a danger on the road the other 4....

> > LOL.. sorry..

> > Is there any other way to do it? If I have to, I will... but I do

have a

> > baseline test before I started the adrenals a year ago.

> >

> > What do you think?

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

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You need to stop taking the adrenal rebuilder for at least 2 weeks before

doing the salvia test again. Adrenal supplements will also skew the test

results. It's good that you have labs from a year ago to compare with

though. You can see if you have improved any. I'm not sure about the stress

formula because I don't know what is in it. Yes, HC is hydrocortisone. The

pill is prescription and th cream can be purchased OTC.

Cherie

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you

learn.--C.S.

> Cherie,

>

> I'm not on any HC at all... the only thing I'm taking is Dr. 's

> Adrenal Rebuilder, 6 tabs a day, and his Stress Formula, 1-5 tabs a

> day, and the herbal adrenal support drops. I didn't even know about

> HC, which I gather is hydrocortisone in either pill or cream form....

> until I joined this list a few weeks ago. The 2 tube is an am and pm

> test from ZRT and I'll get results for Estradiol (E2), Progesterone

> (Pg), Testosterone (T), DHEAS (DS), C 1 and C 4... I think that means

> Cortisol and the # references time of day as in 1 = morning, 2 =

> noon, 3 = mid day and 4 = evening. Since I'm only doing am and pm,

> we'll get results for cortison 1 & 4.

>

> Last week, the doc was concerned that my in-office labs looked like I

> wasn't taking any thyroid meds, and I'm on 90 mg Armour, so she's

> thinking reverse T3, and wants to look at the hormones and cortisol

> levels re adrenal function. From what I've read here, I " m guessing

> that I should be doing something with sea salt, selenium and HC, but

> will wait for test results. I don't know if I should stop taking all

> of Dr. 's products before testing. I thought that was what Val

> was suggesting, but wanted to be certain as I don't think I'd

> mentioned that I have a baseline 4 tube test from a year ago.

>

> Suggestions?

>

>

> >

> > I haven't heard of a 2 tube test, but if you test for cortisol

> levels while

> > taking HC the results will be skewed. You have to be completelyoff

> of it for

> > at least 2 weeks before you do the testing. This means that you

> have to

> > taper down for a period of time until you are completely off of it

> then add

> > another 2 weeks onto it. My understanding is if you start to taper

> down

> > (must be done slowly) and start having problems then you still have

> adrenal

> > fatigue or your adrenal glands would start picking up the slack.

> >

> > Cherie

> >

> > Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do

> you

> > learn.--C.S.

> >

> >

> > > I'll do the 2 tube saliva test in the next few days. Val, you

> said that I

> > > might want to stop all adrenal supports first... but if I do

> that, I'll be

> > > in bed 20 hours a day and a danger on the road the other 4....

> > > LOL.. sorry..

> > > Is there any other way to do it? If I have to, I will... but I do

> have a

> > > baseline test before I started the adrenals a year ago.

> > >

> > > What do you think?

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> > >

> > >

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