Cortisol results advice please?

[Kwizzbit]

I’ve got Hashimotos and thought doing a cortisol saliva test before taking my NDT, to assess my adrenal function, would be a good idea. I’m not sure whether there’s a major issue as my results are low all day but in STTM it seems that waking should be top end and no results should be low except before bed. Any advice would be fantastic thank you!

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Kwizzbit

STTM are not the only ones to say that. rT3 Adrenals agree with them, they say optimal results are

Morning at the top of the range

Noon approximately 75% of the range

Evening close to 50% of the range

Nighttime at the bottom of the range

Your results are extremely small and difficult to read even on my PC's large monitor.

Waking result - I don't know whether yours is 12 or 17, but if it's 12 it's way too low.

The other three are meaningless because they don't give you an actual number, but samples 2 and 3 are too low and sample 4 could OK but because you don't know how close it is to 1.5 it could very well be too high.

I find Medichecks cortisol test pretty naff overall, they don't test cortisol and DHEA together which would give a full picture, and Blue Horizon are guilty of this too.

Regenerus and Genova Diagnostics both include the DHEA as well as cortisol and is a much better test for the same price.

I would say you have low cortisol all day and it needs raising.

[Howard39]

Hi

Yes you have low cortisol- the results I agree are not great- I think it’s 12 the first one.

Without dhea it is half a picture so you do need that.

Adrenavive is a suggestion but you do need dhea tested as low dhea means you will either have to consider more adrenavive or consider pregnenelone.

Either way you need to monitor your temps with a basal thermometer and aim for 36.50. If you do 4 a day then you should see a variance in your readings of more than 0.3 as your cortisol is low.

That said you need to have good basics

Diet ( ideally high fat and low carb and gluten free)

Absorbtion

Optimal vitamins

Then thyroid and adrenals.

Sorry I’d redo mine with regenerus.

Genova are the best but you need a specialist to sign it off or go through thyroid uk. The first is less faff.

Best wishes