Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Saliva testing is ALWAYS way differnt than blood testing wiht cortils cause all you have to do is think about anything stressful to raise cortisl levels in the blood. You did stim OK so it shows your adrenals CAN respond to strog stimulus but it mqy be that under NORMAL stimulus they do not respond. This is the case with MOST people wiht AF. I would certainyl try Isocort before going the HC route but I am betting oyu will atleast need that and not just herbal supports and vitmins. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hi, I just had a stim too. Mine almost doubled. Did you get an ACTH along with the stim? Have you ruled out pituitary? -- In NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS , wrote: > > Saliva testing is ALWAYS way differnt than blood testing wiht cortils > cause all you have to do is think about anything stressful to raise > cortisl levels in the blood. You did stim OK so it shows your adrenals > CAN respond to strog stimulus but it mqy be that under NORMAL stimulus > they do not respond. This is the case with MOST people wiht AF. I would > certainyl try Isocort before going the HC route but I am betting oyu > will atleast need that and not just herbal supports and vitmins. > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hi! No, the endo wouldn't run an ACTH unless the stim test came back abnormal. Pituitary is not completely ruled out, but unlikely. I had a high TSH of 5.71 when diagnosed with hypoT, and my LH/FSH always look normal. > > > Hi, I just had a stim too. Mine almost doubled. Did you get an ACTH > along with the stim? Have you ruled out pituitary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hi! No, the endo wouldn't run an ACTH unless the stim test came back abnormal. Pituitary is not completely ruled out, but unlikely. I had a high TSH of 5.71 when diagnosed with hypoT, and my LH/FSH always look normal. > > > Hi, I just had a stim too. Mine almost doubled. Did you get an ACTH > along with the stim? Have you ruled out pituitary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hi! No, the endo wouldn't run an ACTH unless the stim test came back abnormal. Pituitary is not completely ruled out, but unlikely. I had a high TSH of 5.71 when diagnosed with hypoT, and my LH/FSH always look normal. > > > Hi, I just had a stim too. Mine almost doubled. Did you get an ACTH > along with the stim? Have you ruled out pituitary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 That's interesting. I hadn't considered that this was an abnormally large stimulus. My new doc (not the endo who ran the stim-test) wants me to start taking Cortef, based on these saliva tests: Cortisol AM: 4.8 (3.7-9.5) Cortisol noon: 1.3 (1.2-3.0) Cortisol evening: 0.2L (0.6-1.9) Cortisol night: 0.3L (0.4-1.0) You mentioned Isocort. Is there a disadvantage to taking Cortef, as my doc wants me to do? > > Saliva testing is ALWAYS way differnt than blood testing wiht cortils > cause all you have to do is think about anything stressful to raise > cortisl levels in the blood. You did stim OK so it shows your adrenals > CAN respond to strog stimulus but it mqy be that under NORMAL stimulus > they do not respond. This is the case with MOST people wiht AF. I would > certainyl try Isocort before going the HC route but I am betting oyu > will atleast need that and not just herbal supports and vitmins. > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 That's interesting. I hadn't considered that this was an abnormally large stimulus. My new doc (not the endo who ran the stim-test) wants me to start taking Cortef, based on these saliva tests: Cortisol AM: 4.8 (3.7-9.5) Cortisol noon: 1.3 (1.2-3.0) Cortisol evening: 0.2L (0.6-1.9) Cortisol night: 0.3L (0.4-1.0) You mentioned Isocort. Is there a disadvantage to taking Cortef, as my doc wants me to do? > > Saliva testing is ALWAYS way differnt than blood testing wiht cortils > cause all you have to do is think about anything stressful to raise > cortisl levels in the blood. You did stim OK so it shows your adrenals > CAN respond to strog stimulus but it mqy be that under NORMAL stimulus > they do not respond. This is the case with MOST people wiht AF. I would > certainyl try Isocort before going the HC route but I am betting oyu > will atleast need that and not just herbal supports and vitmins. > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 That's interesting. I hadn't considered that this was an abnormally large stimulus. My new doc (not the endo who ran the stim-test) wants me to start taking Cortef, based on these saliva tests: Cortisol AM: 4.8 (3.7-9.5) Cortisol noon: 1.3 (1.2-3.0) Cortisol evening: 0.2L (0.6-1.9) Cortisol night: 0.3L (0.4-1.0) You mentioned Isocort. Is there a disadvantage to taking Cortef, as my doc wants me to do? > > Saliva testing is ALWAYS way differnt than blood testing wiht cortils > cause all you have to do is think about anything stressful to raise > cortisl levels in the blood. You did stim OK so it shows your adrenals > CAN respond to strog stimulus but it mqy be that under NORMAL stimulus > they do not respond. This is the case with MOST people wiht AF. I would > certainyl try Isocort before going the HC route but I am betting oyu > will atleast need that and not just herbal supports and vitmins. > > -- > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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