cortisol levels- how people look with them

Posted by pfinstegg on October 5, 2002, at 11:10:35

In reply to Re: To Glenn and pfinstegg, posted by denise528 on October 5, 2002, at 10:42:43

Hi...I initially had the same problem with both my medical doctor and endocrinologist. They were expecting me to look "Cushingoid" (red-faced, high blood pressure, thin, easily bruised skin, thin arms and legs and a thick body), but I looked just the same as I always had- normal. At first, they didn't want to do the tests, but I pressured them into it, by showing them articles from the web- and from psychobabble. They were very abnormal, as I have described previously.
I think it is hard for doctors to be pushed into diagnosing something for which they don't have a good treatment. But, on this thread alone, people are describing the options that are beginning to open up.
To know for yourself, you need, as a minimum, an 8 Am cortisol level, a dexamethasone suppression test (taking 1 mg. of dexamethasone the night before at 11 PM, and then taking another cortisol level the following morning at 8) Normal cortisol level are up to 22 ng/ml, and a normal suppression test should be 5 ng. or lower. If these are not normal, you follow up with a 24-hour urinary cortisol.
If you can get this done, be sure to let us know.
Pfinstegg

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