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  1. In desperate need of advice/help

    After the high cortisol test my doc gave me a dexamethasone suppression test to see if I had Cushing's disease or a possible pit tumor. So I took the dex last Thurs. night and felt absolutely terrible when I went to get the blood drawn Thurs. morning. Like terrible to the point where I could...

  2. In desperate need of advice/help

    My doc did do a 5-HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID 24 hour test. Reference range was 0.0 to 10.0 mg/24h, mine was 6.0 mg/24h. My 24 hour free cortisol reference range was anything less than 60.0 ug/d. My result was 93.8 ug/d. I know stress can be a cause of high cortisol as well as hyperthyroidism. I...

  3. In desperate need of advice/help

    Thanks Matrix I got your pm but still can't reply to it b/c of my post count. If you could pm me back a good time to contact you that would be appreciated as my schedule is kind of crazy. Just as an update my 24 hour cortisol test came back high. This morning I had to take a dexamethasone...

  4. In desperate need of advice/help

    Ok thanks a lot Matrix.

  5. In desperate need of advice/help

    Can't PM you b/c of my post count Matrix. But I am located in the Morgantown, West Virginia area. Thanks so much for your help/advice.

  6. In desperate need of advice/help

    Thanks for the input guys. Matrix I looked at your getting to the core thread and am trying to get my doc to order as many of those tests as possible but its a struggle. I did do a 24 hour urine cortisol test and my cortisol level was very high. I have an appointment with a sleep doc tomorrow...

  7. In desperate need of advice/help

    Hi guys, Long time AM lurker here looking for any useful advice as I am at wits end. I am a 29 year old graduate student and over the past several months have felt generally terrible much of the time unlike any other period in my life. Symptoms include, among other things, chronic insomnia...
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