Re: new member--question about anxiety

[Guest guest]

thanks , I'll talk to my doc about the saliva test. Hopefully

if he orders it, it'll be covered by insurance. For now, I decided to

do the temperature test to see what that shows.

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> I will tell you my experience. My symptoms were terrible. I had

horrible nausea & could barely get out of bed. Talked my endo into

testing my AM cortisol. I tested high normal in a blood test. Three

days later, a saliva test showed flatlined cortisol. Val will tell

you what I also believe to be true, Saliva is far more accurate than

blood cortisol testing. Or at least in my case, that was totally true.

> Hope this helps

>

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[Guest guest]

The blood test is very inadequate way to test for low cortisol. The

reason is the stressful drive to the lab, the stressful blood draw and

even thinking a stressfulk though can falsely elevate cortisol levels.,

It also does nto show the cortil rythm which is MOST important in

adrneal fatigue in that you can have normal levels once in a day then

nothign the rest!

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[Guest guest]

I will tell you my experience. My symptoms were terrible. I had horrible nausea

& could barely get out of bed. Talked my endo into testing my AM cortisol. I

tested high normal in a blood test. Three days later, a saliva test showed

flatlined cortisol. Val will tell you what I also believe to be true, Saliva

is far more accurate than blood cortisol testing. Or at least in my case, that

was totally true.

Hope this helps

Re: new member--question about anxiety

Is the AM Cortisol blood test enough to see if I need to be on some

kind of adrenal support? I hesitate to spend money on the saliva

test when the blood test is already done (I find out results

tomorrow). Will the blood test at least give me an idea of whether

I'm high or low?

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> Your best bet is to order a home saliva test kit and test your

cortiosl

> levels before introducing T3 into the picture. It can make weak

adrenals

> MUCH worse and they dont; go back to just being weak once crashed

byt

> adding in thyroid . You can order this testing from

www.canaryclub.org

> and it is much better to be safe than sorry!

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

>

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

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