Contraceptive pill affect saliva cortisol testing?

[GreenTealSeal_]

hello, just resharing again as someone must know the answer to this!

I’ve tried googling but can’t find a clear answer

[humanbean]

These might be helpful :

stopthethyroidmadness.com/s...

rt3-adrenals.org/does_it_af...

I've never checked but I suspect both links have a lot of the same info.

Edit : One thing I find annoying about both lists is that they don't say whether the things they list increase cortisol or reduce it, so you'll have to do your own research on what the likely result is.

[GreenTealSeal_ in reply to humanbean]

Thanks HB!

Will check these out from the few bits I have managed to find on Google, it seems that the pill increases total cortisol levels but free cortisol should be unaffected (possibly) 🤔which I find concerning as my am saliva cortisol on the pill was low before!