Vinesqueen or anyone....help me please!!!

Miper70 · November 10, 2006

I got my results back yesterday from the saliva testing I had done and these are the results:

Estradiol- 1.7 range 1.0-5.0

Progesterone- 60 range 100-600

Ratio- 35 range 50-200

Testosterone- 20 range 20-50

DHEAS 3.6 range 3.10

Cortisol morning- 6.3 range 3.8

Cortisol Noon 1.6 range 2-4

Cortisol Evening 0.7 range 1-2

Cortisol Night 0.4 range 0.5-1.5

It says I'm Estrogen Dominant and have Adrenal Fatigue. Is this just what it says or could it somehow play a part of something bigger like Cushings?

Well, at least now I know why I'm not losing weight.

PamRN · November 11, 2006

addison's disease is a cortisol deficiency disease. I am not a Doctor and can't diagnose you, but you could research to see if you meet the symptom's then see your doc and ask his/her opinion. Good Luck to you, I hope it's nothing serious!

Miper70 · November 14, 2006

I did the tests on my own (my Endocrinologist knew I was doing them) through ZRT labs.

vinesqueen · November 14, 2006

Hey Babe, your labs all look very low to me. (I never thought I'd be able read lab results, I'm a computer geek, not a medical geek! sheesh!

So, Addison's (adreanal insufficiency) is the opposite of Cushing. But those of us who are Cyclical Cushing's can and sometimes do have both because we either have too much cortisol, Cushing's, or not enough, Addison's.

It just depends on how far your disease has progressed, if you have this.

If you post your results on the Cushing's help site, the link is in my signature, and ask for help reading. There are folks there who really understand lab results.

Addison patients typically are very skinny, Cushies are typically fat. Buffalo hump, central obesisty (all our weight tends to be "trunk centered" as opposed to equally spread about) and bright purple stretch marks and the inability to lose weight, or worse yet, rapid weight gain, and a red moon face. Not everyone has all the symptoms of course, but those are all the hall-marks of Cushing's.

I strongly hope you spend some time on the Cushing's board, since that is one of the best places to get information on Cushing's.

PM me if you need me. You have my phone number still, right? Just remember I'm on the West Coast! (((((hugs)))))