Cortisol Spike at Night
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I recently did a saliva cortisol test throughout a day, and my cortisol was above reference in the morning, even morso at mid-day. Then it went to normal in evening, but the late night test (11 PM) was way high! It was 0.56 mcg/dL, about 5 times higher than the upper reference limit (normal is considered below 0.1-0.15). Do cortisol tests like this typically point towards Cushing's Disease or are there other possibilites?
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nevertoomuch rob82148
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Repeat the test for several more days and then calculate the average curve. This will give you a more reliable result.
rob82148 nevertoomuch
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Unfortunately I can't, because I did it through a doctor, and it costed a lot of money. I went back to the doctor for the lab followup never said anything about Cushings or tumors so I just never brought it up. Apparently I have low estradiol, testosterone, sub-par vitamin D and free T4, on top of the high cortisol. I feel like a lot of my symptoms are coming from the cortisol, but I really don't feel like I can reduce it no matter what I do.
jen123456 rob82148
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can you sleep? usually if corisol is spiking you can't sleep....at least that is what i've been told.
rob82148 jen123456
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