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Cortisol results - help needed please

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Hi guys, I was hoping for some help interpreting my cortisol test results.

Looking at the results it looks like my adrenals are normalising? Recent bloods also showed sodium, potassium, and magnesium levels are in the high or normal range, so it looks like no more mineral dumping is going on, and I have reduced my salt intake considerably. Things like olives and Parma ham now taste salty to me, whereas before they did not.

My creatinine is low – but I have very loss muscle mass, so that explains it – and so is my DHEA, which I've started to supplement at 25mg.

I reduced my prednisone intake and stopped it completely yesterday. Should I now stop Adrenavive? I'm down to 2 per day.

The tests were done after I had stopped all meds and supplements for over 2 weeks, so this is how my adrenals are without support of any kind.

Melatonin was also low, so I started on 5-HTP, 50mg.

Thanks for the advice I know will be forthcoming.

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