cortisol

I'm going to be getting ACTH and the 4x a day saliva cortisol test done ASAP. I really hope this might shed light on some problems, and hopefully help, but we'll see. I don't want to post a whole story, but I've dealt with depression, fatigue, anxiety, etc. most of my life and recently feel...

Whey protein never fails to amaze and surprise me for its long list of potential benefits. One unexpected benefit of whey may be that of a mood elevator and antidepressant. This effect of whey is actually not a new finding. I wrote about that in an article on how whey may assist weight loss in...

Send to Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 Dec;235(12):3415-3422. doi: 10.1007/s00213-018-5050-1. Epub 2018 Oct 3. The effects of six-day SSRI administration on diurnal cortisol secretion in healthy volunteers Ronaldson A1, Carvalho LA2, Kostich K3, Lazzarino AI3, Urbanova L3, Steptoe A3...

Wondering if this is a cortisol issue 22 yrs old, TRT + HCG for about 7 months Background: suffered from all symptoms of low test except for issues with weight. I was tested 6 months prior to starting trt at serum 490ng/dL (low for my age but not devastating) tested again a month before...

Hello everyone. Recently, I have been trying to figure out why despite taking 200 mg/ml test in 1 ML dosages split twice a week, I still feel like shit a lot of times. On top of regular psychological issues, Im trying to figure out what I could be doing to get to the fabled golden zone that...

We know the chain is HCG-->pregnenolone--->progesterone---->17-hydroxyprogesterone, which converts to cortisol. Is this why it is common to have issues with HCG? Seems people on the forum are moving away from HCG.

Hi everybody! Stefan here - longtime reader and fan of this forum and web site. I've got some real puzzling libido/testosterone issues and have reached an impasse about what to do next. I'm 33 years old, married, have kids and would like more. Body fat somewhere between 15% and 20%. Main...

Hi there, I introduced myself in this thread. Here is the result of my cortisol test. Assuming the lab has not screwed up the samples, they are in this order: 1-Ten minutes after spontaneusly waking up around 3 am. (Yes my slep is that screwed up.) 2-After coming home from a long hike, 1 pm...

Dr. Saya just put me on Test Cyp + HCG and Pregnenolone/DHEA cream (my first consultation). But I forgot to ask him during the consultation if I should start Test / HCG first to feel it out, symptoms wise, before introducing another variable (pregnenolone cream - for low noon cortisol...

My morning temps have been low for a long time. Usually around 96.2F. Afternoon and evening temps don’t even go above 97.6F. I’ve had an immense amount of brain fog for 3 years now. Is thyroid and low cortisol usually the reasons for low basal temps, or is there other reasons I should know...

Symptoms: - difficultly getting going each morning - crash between the hours of 1-4PM every day - perk up in the evenings Suspect some sort of adrenal dysfunction. DHEA-S: 424.5 ug/dL (102.6 - 416.3) Progesterone: 2.62 ng/mL (<1.40) 40 y.o. male, 6'1", 200#, 15 mg Clomid ED. 5000IU D-3...

“Late-night salivary cortisol measurement has recently gained widespread acceptance as a non-invasive, reliable and easy-to-perform test in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome,” Hande Mefkure Ozkaya, MD, of the department of endocrinology and metabolism at Cerrahpasa Medical School, University...

By James Wilson, DC, ND, PhD Cortisol is responsible for many life-sustaining functions. Although cortisol is secreted by the zona fasciculata in the adrenal glands, it is regulated primarily by the brain. The amount of cortisol circulating at any particular moment is regulated by a complex...

One capsule of fish oil daily lowers cortisol levels A modest dose of one gram of fish oil per day lowers cortisol levels, write Italian researchers in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. http://www.ergo-log.com/one-capsule-of-fish-oil-daily-lowers-cortisol-levels.html

Abstract Background— There is a popular belief that chronic stress causes heart disease through psychoneuroendocrine mechanisms. We have examined whether an elevated circulating cortisol-to-testosterone ratio increases the risk of ischemic heart disease. Methods and Results— We undertook a...

I have adrenal fatigue. I have panic attacks at night. My doctor told to me I have panic attack at night because my cortisol is low at night. I think he is right because cortisol = water retention. and I noticed I lose water when i had panic attack. btw, I have always water retention and my...

I get a lot of emails from men on testosterone replacement therapy (and/or HCG) that feel they have water retention (some with ankle swelling) and they are puzzled that their estradiol is low or below 35 micrograms/ml. They may have tried anastrozole treatment without any success in decreasing...

Fatigue is can be very frustrating for many people since it can have several causes. There's the normal tiredness we feel at the end of every day, the tiredness that comes from being a hard-working person. But sometimes that fatigue goes beyond just the "norm". It pervades your muscles, fogs up...

BOSTON &#8211; A random morning serum cortisol above 11.1 mcg/dL safely rules out adrenal insufficiency in both inpatients and outpatients, according to a review of 3,300 adrenal insufficiency work-ups at the Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes. The finding could help eliminate the...

I recently had some 8 am blood work done. My cortisol came back fairly high at 21.5(ref range 3.1-22.4 ug/dl. Has anyone else had a high cortisol reading? I haven't started trt yet. I've read where trt can lower cortisol.

My salivary cortisol results are as follows: 200ng/dL 6am 200ng/dL 11am <50ng/dL 5pm <50ng/dL 10pm I'm curious if these level are adequate for a normal response to stress. I am having a difficult time coping with stress.

Sugar sweetened beverages suppress cortisol,stress responses in brain. Tyron MS, et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015&#894;doi:10.1210/jc.2014*4353.April 16, 2015 The hormone cortisol and stress responses were suppressed with the consumption of sugar* sweetenedbeverages, according to recent...

I have done a scan for adrenal glands, and doc said everything looks perfect, no need to worry about any tumor or something like that..also a dexamethasone suppression test and thyroid as well, I would appreciate your thoughts on the following please : Thyroid : FT4 - 20.87 pmol/L (10.6 -...

Adrenal fatigue is a collection of signs and symptoms called a functional somatic syndrome where there are imbalances that cause the reserve present in the adrenal gland to be depleted below the necessary level. When evaluating healthy adults, some studies have found that 40 percent of people...

Adrenal fatigue is a collection of signs and symptoms called a functional somatic syndrome where there are imbalances that cause the reserve present in the adrenal gland to be depleted below the necessary level. When evaluating healthy adults, some studies have found that 40 percent of people 60...

Your opinion on this one please : ''What effect does testosterone (therapy) have on cortisol? Does it raise or lower cortisol levels? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is not as easy to find as we might like. There is a study that looked at giving men testosterone enanthate, which...

More testosterone, less cortisol after training with phosphatidylserine Phosphatidylserine improves the body's hormonal response to training. Men given a daily dose of 600 mg for ten days in a row produced more testosterone and less cortisol than men who didn't take phosphatidylserine after...

“Our results suggest a link between disrupted cortisol regulation and loss of muscle mass and strength, as the underlying pathophysiology of frailty,”Hamimatunnisa Johar, a PhD student at Helmholtz Zentrum München, said in a press release. “In a clinical setting assessment of frailty can be...

I am happy when I find good patient materials made by reliable sources. Rocky Mountain Analytical put together this simple table about testosterone, estradiol, cortisol, and DHEA. I am glad they agree with me about monitoring and calculating testosterone to estradiol ratios. Download this...

Has anyone used the Synacthen test to get diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency (low cortisol output)? The short Synacthen [tetracosactrin i.e. synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) ] test is routinely used to diagnose adrenal insufficiency, both primary and secondary (i.e. due to...

Source (click here) "Disturbed sleep resulted in a 27 percent average decrease in insulin secretion after eating, and higher glucose levels over a longer period of time, sometimes high enough to make the subject prediabetic. In addition, there was an average 8 percent decrease in resting...