24 Hour Urine Cortisol Test

[ZonaDave]

Yep you need to get your serotonin levels check to check for the tumor ( tumor cells produce and release exaggerated levels of serotonin).. also have to check the catecholamines( dopamine , norepinephrine and epinephrine ) like you are having done..

I also had a saliva test done on my cortisol.. The lab that did it freaked out and said they never saw a range that high, so they retested.. same thing ..very high levels on the 2nd cortisol test.. So i did a 24 hour test and my cortisol was fine ..

I also had a MRI on my pituitary ( checked out fine) .. and did a ultra scan of my adrenal gland ( also was fine.. no tumors ).. So i dont know why my saliva cortisol test came back so crazy when there was nothing going on ( the cortisol saliva test was done at a reputable lab also )..

Are you using a supplement with phosphatidylserine ( to lower cortisol)??

Best of luck on everything and please keep us posted..


Merc.

when my saliva test came back really high my doc said it might have been contaminated by blood. appearently it doesn't take much blood to throw the test off.

were all 4 test points high? all mine were high so the urine test confirmed this average. i'm not sure what would have happened if only one test point was high with the saliva test and the rest were normal. the urine might average that out and appear to be normal.

i was taking phosphatidylserine from a suppliment store but my doc gave me something else which i'm sure has phosphatidylserine in it. i take one tab before bed. so far it's been helping me sleep but it could take awhile before my cortisol level drops.

after a few more tests we'll have to try MRI and ultra scan.

[Merc.]

when my saliva test came back really high my doc said it might have been contaminated by blood. appearently it doesn't take much blood to throw the test off.

were all 4 test points high? all mine were high so the urine test confirmed this average. i'm not sure what would have happened if only one test point was high with the saliva test and the rest were normal. the urine might average that out and appear to be normal.

i was taking phosphatidylserine from a suppliment store but my doc gave me something else which i'm sure has phosphatidylserine in it. i take one tab before bed. so far it's been helping me sleep but it could take awhile before my cortisol level drops.

after a few more tests we'll have to try MRI and ultra scan.

Yea , all 4 of my test ( morn, noon , 5pm and again at 10 pm ) came back extremely high ... It was WAY above the reference range ... But i took two -24 - hour test and everything was fine ..





Merc.

[ZonaDave]

Yea , all 4 of my test ( morn, noon , 5pm and again at 10 pm ) came back extremely high ... It was WAY above the reference range ... But i took two -24 - hour test and everything was fine ..





Merc.

are you still having symptoms of high cortisol?