Det som er spennende her at spyttprøven er ikke bare for cushings, men også for lavt cortisol.

Limer innnoe fra thyroid.about.com forumet som viser at lavt cortisol er ikke så sjeldent:
From: carol45ailie Jun-19 5:46 am
To: jimnmnj (jimnmnj1) 2 of 4

68184.2 in reply to 68184.1


Hello,

I am pretty familiar with adrenal issues since I have two daughters who are hypoadrenal. I used to believe in the adrenal fatigue diagnosis...now I am not so sure.. I do believe we can stress our adrenals and with the right rest and eating practices etc we can feel better though...

I think one needs to do proper testing of the adrenals. You should do a serum am reading..an ATCH stimulation test to see if the adrenals are responding...and I know there are other tests.

Adrenal issues are seroius.

I have a daughter who is 21 now , but was 17 when she "crashed"...It was almost impossible to get help...She had every syptom of hyperthyroid, but since her labs didn't show that no one believed me. She also had other weird symptoms...that I now know were from low cortisol....being hyperthyroid is a nightmare if you are low adrenal..and believe me..my daughter suffered!

I took her to a NP who did his meridian thing on her ( I thought it was wacky at the time..but he was right on with everything) and it showed her adrenals where "shot"...he gave her adrenal supplements..it didn't help...she did okay for a while...tired..etc..but she was functioning. I think the thyroid finally burned out and then she was exhausted..

She did a 24 hour saliva cortisol and it showed she was 2 on a scale of 1-8...that's pretty low. She also had had an ATCH challenge test that showed her cortisol levels didn't raise like they should when stimulated...her serum cortisol was also low.. In spite of all of that..doctors didn't want to give her cortisol...she was really sick...she could hardly keep her eyes open..she woke up with horrible headaches..she was "puffy"...it goes on and on.

Anyway...a doctor finally let her have some cortisol...it made her feel much better...not perfect, but better. She also has the thyroid issues so it gets confusing as to what is what.

I had hoped she would eventually be able to get off the cortisol but the opposite has happened..she has had to increase it. We have tried several times to lower it , but shefeels awful when we do....has a hard time breathing...acidy stomach..etc..

She takes 20mg SR cortisol...when she is stressed she takes more. She also uses a lot of salt! She looks great... Now we are trying to deal with her thyroid...she is feeling achy and extremely tired again..probably time to raise the thyroid! ARgh..

So, just to know...adrenal issues are not something to be taken lightly.....and most doctors are inept at dealing with them.

I also have a younger daughter who is on 10mg of cortisol.. She can miss a dose and not suffer...she could go off and be fine perhaps..but..she is soo low also..We think she has suffered from having celiacs and not being diagnosed until this past summer...she is improving...gaining weight...etc...so, it might take awhile to recover..

Sorry I went on and on...just know that you need to educate yourself about adrenals..the doctors are pretty clueless...and you will need to be aggressive to get help...

Good luck!
Carol
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