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Terp03

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Not sure if I'm suffering from Adrenal Fatigue or not, but my DHEA is sky-high and Cortisol is over range too:

Here is my 24-hour urine test - (All ranges in ug)

Estrone (E1) 5.6 (3 - 12.0)
Estradiol (E2) 1.6 (0 - 7.0)
Estriol 1.8 (1 - 16)
Total Estrogens 9.0 (4 -22)
Testosterone 84 (45 - 85)
DHT 6.6 (0 - 13)
Androstanediol 73 (48 - 578)
Androstenedione 97 (0 - 50) = HIGH
DHEA 7821 (5 - 1476) = REALLY HIGH
Androstenetriol 423 (42 - 710)
Androsterone 1912 (798 - 4705)
11b-OH Androsterone 1213 (461 - 1692)
Etiocholanolone 2324 (689 - 3252)
11b-OH Etiocholanolone 114 (134 - 1186) = LOW
Pregenanediol 135 (32 - 501)
5-Pregnenetriol 715 (28-1062)
Cotristone 287 (92 - 366)
THE 4470 (1365 - 5788)
THB 157 (32 - 238)
5a-THB 456 (135 - 588)
THA 174 (52 - 277)
Cortisol 189 (35 - 168) = HIGH
THF 2677 (942 - 2800)
5a-THF 1510 (796 - 2456)
 
Adrenal Fatigue is always characterized by low DHEA levels

But you have high Cortisol levels. which suggests that you are under high stress, or another condition

Check out this table from Dr Lam
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As you can see.. as cortisol levels climb in stage one, DHEA levels are already decreasing. So this leads me to think there is another issue at play.

Have you taken anything anabolic lately? PH's, steroids, anything?

Hows your stress levels?



Slight possibility of cushings syndrome (adrenal disease from an adrenal tumor ).. but your doctor would diagnose this if he was worried. doesnt hurt to ask though
 
Great post Dave!!
 
Had an adrenal MRI performed last week as well as a 24 hour saliva cortisol test along with some bloodtests (Free T3/T4, prolactin, others)...will get the results back this Friday and see what's going
 
Terp03 said:
Had an adrenal MRI performed last week as well as a 24 hour saliva cortisol test along with some bloodtests (Free T3/T4, prolactin, others)...will get the results back this Friday and see what's going
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Sweet, post up those results when you get them Terp.

~Trip
 
Results from 5/9/08:

Bloodwork:
Progesterone .50 (<1.4 ngML)
T4 Free 1.25 (0.8-1.8 ng/dL)
TSH 0.84 (0.40-4.50 uIU/mL)
T3 Total 119 (60-181 ng/DL)
DHEA Sulfate 212 (110-510mcg/dL)
Cortisol (AM) 1.0L (4.0-22.0 mcg/dL)*
ACTH Plasma <5L (7-50 pg/mL)*

* = After Dexamethasone Suppression Test, hence the low reading (which is good)

Salivary Cortisol: 0.70 [Not sure which vile out of the three this is referring to or if this is an average, took at 3 different times]
Reference Range:
8-10AM 0.04-0.56
4-6PM < OR = 0.15
10-11PM < OR = 0.09

Adrenal MRI = OK, no problem found
 
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