I had this test taken at the beginning of October last year.
Blue Horizon because I thought 6 points might be more beneficial but it doesn’t come with a nice graph!
I never know what to do about cortisol results.
I have 2 high points. Midday and 2pm. How might this be manifested and what, if anything, can I do about it?
I take my thyroid meds at 8am and 5pm. But I don’t get much joy or energy from them. I’ve been an enigma for a long time.
on your profile you say
(I was taking 50 Levo 3 times a week and 37.5 Levo for the 4 remaining days of the week and 2 grains of NDT a day for this and the following test.)
(I was on the double dose of Beta Blockers at this point too.)
What Beta blockers and how much
Goodness I had forgotten that terrible BB event! Bloody GP. But I was not on that raised BB at the time of my cortisol test. Nor am I on it now after I realised why I was falling asleep typing and driving the car! I am back to 2.5mg of Nebivolol. I was on the higher doubled rate over Christmas and OK at first. But by the time I needed to return to work after NY I was on my knees. GP had over reacted to my raised AF HR when I'd just had 3 terrifying nosebleeds in November and he had just pronounced me suffering with PTSD and possible heart failure! Little wonder my heart was beating fast. I have white coat syndrome and my nosebleed horrors had made that worse with 3 hospital says and constant BP testing and telling me it was too high. I came home and it returned to normal a short while later. But not in his surgery.
The cortisol test was 6th October. I was on 50mcg Levo and 2 grains of Armour per day at the time of the cortisol test.
I just haven't got around to posting vitamin results. I get them tested twice a year for my visits to my private endo. I have another set due in about 4 weeks ready to see him at the end of April.
The last set of results were taken on 30th September 2024.
Vitamin D - 102 n/mol (50-250)
Folate - No result. Not sure why it wasn't included. It normally is. I will try to get it added next time. I have been supplementing with actual folate tablets since around May of last year. Prior to that my readings were 6.3-8.5 (scale approx. 3.0-xx)
Ferritin - 85.6 (30-336)
B12 - I self-inject so left it off the list least my GP freak out. I inject once or twice a week now as EOD wasn't helping my foot neuropathy.
Iron was a bit on the low side though.
Transferin saturation index - 14% (16-50%)
Serum transferrin - 3.54 (1.80-3.60)
Serum iron - 12.8 (11-30.00)
Iron very low …..despite “normal “ ferritin
Yes it was a bit. Not sure why. I use the 3 Arrows Heme iron. When I remember to take it. Trouble is I have to take it at midday to avoid everything else and at that time of day I tend to not be in a position to go swallow it, I postpone and forget. Perhaps I should take it at bedtime, but I take magnesium then.
Take magnesium earlier in evening?
Does it need to be 4 hours after thyroid hormones? And does iron need to be 4 hours after Magnesium?
And as ferritin is good, would low iron cause this?
Not getting the benefit from the thyroid hormone I mean. I'm not anaemic.
well iron was very low
Iron 12.8 (11 - 30)
Just 9.5% through range
Suggest you retest full iron panel
Test early morning, only water to drink between waking and test. Avoid high iron rich dinner night before test
If taking any iron supplements stop 3-5 days before testing
Medichecks iron panel test
medichecks.com/products/iro...
I might be able to get the GP to do it for me when I do the other tests for the endo. Because I had those heavy nosebleeds. I could tell him I feel really tired, which I do. The hospital did a full iron panel to check after one of my admissions but I don't know how to see a copy of those results. They aren't showing on my records.
Also can’t see any vitamin tests since 2019 on your profile
What vitamin supplements are you taking
What are most recent vitamin D, folate, B12, ferritin results
Saliva cortisol test results
Saliva cortisol test
Cortisol Saliva Test
Cortisol saliva test, my results.... 
Adrenal function test results - saliva
