Guest guest Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Hi everybody! I'm in OKC and have been without electricity and water since Monday morning. It is amazing how we take things like the microwave, coffee pot, tv, computer & bathing for granted! I received my saliva test results from Diagnos-Techs yesterday. They are: Free Cortisol Rhythm Result Ref Values 7-8 am 16 Normal 13-24 11-noon 35 Elevated 5-10 4-5 pm 15 Elevated 3-8 11-midnight 2 Normal 1-4 Cortisol Burden: 68 23-42 DHEA 2 Depressed Adults(M/F): 3-10 Estrone 61 Estradiol 6 Progesterone 264 Free Testosterone 11 My last TSH .42 Low .47-5.01 T-4 .68 .61-1.12 Free T-4 1.17 .73-1.95 Free T-3 3.7 2.3-4.2 Cholesterol 146 120-200 Triglyceride 47 40-160 HDL 82.8 (H) 40-60 LDL 53.8 0.0-99 Doctor has me on 1 grain Armour a.m. & 1 grain Armour at noon. Also 10mg HC a.m. & 10mg 2p.m. (I started that the day after saliva test). I had changed my HC dose to 7.5mg 1m, 7.5mg 2pm, 5mg 7pm. This has been a really hard week, little sleep, a lot of work being without electricity & water. I am feeling very shakey & exhausted. I have been waking up between 3 and 5 am for at least the last 8-10 months & have to eat before I can go back to sleep. Also I can't sleep w/o taking ambien cr at night. I don't know exactly what these test results mean. Do I have too much cortisol & shouldn't take HC or what? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Debby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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