DiagnosTechs Results - Can anyone give input?

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Hi. I've got a friend with some hormone results. I'm curious if someone here

can give input, since I know very little about hormones. She is 44:

Cortisol is:

7-8AM: 11, Depressed (Ref: 13-24nM)

11-Noon: 7, Normal (Ref: 5-10nM)

4-5PM: 4, Normal (Ref: 3-8nM)

11-Midnight: 2, Normal (Ref: 1-4nM)

Cortisol Burden: 24 (Ref: 23-42)

DHEA: 3 Borderline (Ref: Adults 3-10ng/ml)

There is a cortisol/DHEA correlation that I don't know how to read. It comes

out on the center of the left edge of the shaded " Reference " box.

Suggestions:

Licorice for AM Cortisol

Anabolic enhancement/support: DHEA or Pregnenolone augmentation.

Estradiol = 14, Ref: (Post-Menopause, no HRT 1-4pg/ml; with HRT 5-13)

Progesterone > 1000 Ref: (Post-Menopause, no HRT 5-95pg/ml; with HRT 100-300)

Free Testosterone = 3, Depressed (Ref: Borderline 5-7pg/ml, Normal 8-20)

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With the progesterone high, does that mean it's not being used so that there is

no aldosterone being produced (which would mean give electrolytes)? If you

gave more pregnenolone, as they suggest, wouldn't that just make the

progesterone elevation worse? Wouldn't DHEA make more sense?

How can testosterone be low but estradiol high? (Since the latter is made from

testosterone.)

Any other insight would be greatly appreciated!

Dave.