Lab Results - please comment

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Hi Everyone,

I'm hypothyroid and I think my cortisol levels are extremely low.

First 2 serum cortisol levels. These were taken around 9 AM

5/31/07:

7.4 (4.3-22.4) this doc said " normal "

7/31/07:

5.2 (4.0-22.0) this doc said looks o.k who't the one treating me for

thyroid, hormones.

saliva cortisol (o.k. I did this from Labcorp not ZRT like the doc

wanted me to. Labcorp took my insurance. So I think the doc was not

used to seeing these levels and there wasn't a nice little chart that

told her anything about my results)

labcorp had norm results for these times 8AM,4PM,11Pm

8AM .29 (.18-.95)

12PM .09 (no range given)

4PM .13 (.10-.33)

Midnight .10 (11PM range .03-.19) I stayed up at night until this

point.

Well, all look very low to me. I do have hyperpigmentation on my face

and exteme fatigue. So the doc I'm with now specializes in

bioidentical hormones and is supposed to know about low cortisol, etc.

I'm not happy with her at all. She thinks my cortisol is normal??????

I think she's had enough training to be dangerous. She put me on a

compounded T4/T3 because she refused to give me Armour. So I found

another doc to give me the Armour about 3 weeks ago. I've been really

tired since starting the Armour(started 1/2 grain now on 3/4 grain). I

have not had any racing heart, etc. So I'm thinking it's due to my

adrenals. I'm taking some adrenal extracts from the doc that said

cortisol looked o.k.

from realthyroidhelp told me he thinks I could be hypopituitary

by my labs. My SHBG looks low to me and she said looks o.k. but yet

she put me on testosterone, DHEA, progesterone. Those things didn't

look that low to me. I just don't think she fully knows what she's

doing.

other labs 7/31/07

sodium 140 135-146 (highest in yrs. usually 137)

Potassium 4.2 3.5-5.3

Chloride 108 98-110

Carbon Dioxide 21 21-33

6/26/07

Sod 138 135-146

Pot 4.4 3.5-5.3

Chlor 108 98-110

Carb Diox 22 21-33

5/31/07

sodium 137 135-148

potas 4.0 3.5-5.5

Chloride 103 96-109

Carbon Dioxide 22 20-32

I've read that low carbon dioxide is a sign of adrenal fatigue and

elevated chloride, too.

IGF-I 156 126-291 (chris said " low " )

Prolactin 7.2 3.0-30.0

Estradiol 65 11-212

Sex H Binding Globulin 38 9-107

Vit D is low 24 20-100

Vit D 25-OH D2 <4

Testosterone total 22 2-45

Test free% 1.12 .50-2.00%

Test free 2.5 .1-6.4

DHEA sulfate 143 40-325

FSH 5.8 2.5-10.2

Insulin 6 <17

LH 4.4 1.9-12.5

Progesterone .9 <1.4

Estrone 86 10-138

Pregnenolone 14 10-230

estriol <.10 .1

I had been on Levoxyl for 5 months before these tests:

Thyroid Peroxidase antibodies 12 <35

Thyroglobulin Anti <20 <20

TSI thyroid stimulating Immunoglobulin 103 <=125% baseline

this is for graves??!!