when you said " i will talk to my doc", hopefully you don't mean your medical doctor. cause most MD's don't believe in adrenal fatigue and saliva test. when i did that to my MD, he did not even bother to look at the test result and look at me like i did something stupid. he told me to go see a psychiatrist.

instead, go to a naturopathic doctor or to dr. lam ("ask dr. lam" forum).

Unfortunately mdaman is basically right. Hardly anyone knows about adrenal fatigue, and doctors mostly don't believe in it.
I can tell you right now that you have pretty bad adrenal fatigue. Don't be fooled by the so-called "normal" ranges of the lab. A good morning cortisol would be about 18-20. Your total cortisol burden is 18.8, very low total. I know as I have been through this. My morning level was 11 and total was 22, but I had stage five adrenal fatigue. They say if you are stage six you can't afford any major stressor, such as being in a car accident, because the stress could kill you--because of your pre-existing adrenal fatigue. So stage five is not as bad as stage six but its getting bad.
You need adrenal support and the over the counter stuff, such as licorice or even isocort won't work because of how low your cortisol is. I suggest you go to realthyroidhelp.com and post and get advice there. They can give you a link to groups which focus on adrenals. There are two good ones that I know of. Val is moderator of one, she is female and has been to hell and back with her adrenals. I can tell you that its possible to buy HC, hydrocortisone, without a doctor's prescription(but it comes from England), but its best to be under a good doctor's care. The catch is you need a doctor who believes and understands what you have and how to treat it. Endocrinologists are usually the worse at this. Ifyou can make it in person to Monterey, Ca. a great doctor for this is there, his website is http://www.definitivepsychiatry.com
Don't be fooled by his being a psychiatrist, he is great for adrenal/thyroid and hormonal issues.
If you want you can write to me offlist.

You can get Isocort on the net, non prescription, and it may help after several weeks. I would certainly see a doctor first. Sometimes if blood testing doesn't show the problem, then urine testing will. That is what happened with me. I found the doctor's prescription strength hydrocortisone to definitely work better than Isocort, even though it wasn't, supposedly, that much stronger.

If you are female I would not mess with DHEA. It can have masculinizing effects, definitely. There are other ways to build up your DHEA without taking it specifically.

...I feel that to people to interpret (or clearly misinterpret, in my opinion) and insist you have some kind of an "extreme" problem AND suggest that you take very toxic, body altering chemicals before you've even TRIED to heal your self safely & naturally, is totally appalling.

And this certainly does NOT comply with the Curezone creed of "educating instead of medicating".

Toxic chemical poisons such as hydrocortisone are extremely addicting (go to google and type in hydrocortisone, withdrawal) and read the stories...and very damaging to the liver.

Substance like Isocort, artificially alter the body chemistry much more safely...but none of these addresses the REASON your adrenals are in distress.

The first time I 'stumbled into' adrenal distress (and I DO mean distress!, my pupils were unresponsive to light and my hair was falling out in handfuls), it was because I'd been using Lugol's Iodine to detox and totally stressed out my kidneys (the adrenals sit directly atop the kidneys), that was coupled with drinking 1/2-1 pot of coffee daily, and a major 'life stresser'.

I stopped the Iodine and did a kidney cleanse and a two week juice fast plus extra Superfood(to give my body TONS of nutrition and the energy it usually uses digesting, which is 60% of the body's energy daily), assisting my body to heal & restore itself. And since adrenal distress is found to make it difficult to absorb & assimilate nutrition, I did a bit of digestive/colon cleansing & restoring for 7-10 days. I stopped drinking coffee, did my absolute best to 'ditch & ignore' "the stresser", adjusted my sleep habits, made SURE to get outside barefoot daily (sunlight is a great healer, and the earth is an 'electrical ground' that pulls EMFs and 'toxic energy' to it)...and took a tablespoon of organic Ashwagandha powder daily. Within a few days, I felt 50% better (and my hair stopped falling out), after two weeks I was at 75%.

Ashwagandha is an adaptogenic herb - it assists the body to balance and regulate...rather than forcing the body to do something it's obviously not in any state to do.

# The term adaptogen is used by herbalists to refer to a natural herb product that is proposed to increase the body's resistance to stress, trauma ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptogenic

# adaptogen - Any natural herbal substance (such as ginseng) that is supposed to help the body adapt to stress, and to exert a normalizing effect upon body ...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adaptogen

# Helps the body to adapt to stress and supports normal function. Amen to that!
http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/definitions.htm


# adaptogens - A substance that invigorates or strengthens body systems in response to stress that can provoke illness if unchecked. ...
http://www.sangsters.com/terms.shtml


# adaptogen - is a term that applies to herbs that maintain health by increasing the body's ability to adapt to environmental and internal stress. ...
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7474.html


# adaptogen - A substance that helps the body to "adapt" to a new stress or strain by stimulating the body's own defensive mechanism.
http://www.woodlandherbs.co.uk/acatalog/glossary.html


# Defined in the 1940s as a substance found in plants that induce "a heightened state of resistance". This state allows the individual experiencing it to adapt to physical, chemical and biological stresses. It also boosts recovery time and is non-toxic to the individual. ...
naturalhealthcare.ca/medical_terms.phtml

# Helping the human organism adapt to stressful conditions.
http://www.planetbotanic.ca/glossary.htm


# adaptogen - Agents (usually from plants such as ginseng) that help or adapt the body or protect it from stress.
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp


# adaptogen - That which helps to boost, balance, and normalize functions in the body.
http://www.naturesanswer.com/Glossary.aspx


# adaptogen - a substance with qualities which increase resistance and resilience to stress, enabling the body to adapt around the problem and to avoid reaching ...
http://www.femalethiink.com/htdocs/health/resource_center/health_glossary.aspx


# adaptogens - Herbs that help us adapt to stress by supporting the adrenal glands, the endocrine system, and the whole person. Examples are ginseng root, sarsaparilla, licorice root, and ashwagandha.
http://www.motherherbs.com/herb-glossary.html


# adaptogen - a non-toxic product that speeds recovery and protects against biological, chemical and physical stresses
all-quest.com/Definitionsts.aspx

The problem isn't that your levels are off...that's a SYMPTOM of the real problem. If you want to heal yourself, learn WHY your levels are off and address the reason your adrenals are stressed.

Unlike other posters that seem to already know everything about you (lol), I have no idea WHAT your diet & lifestyle are like. Diet & lifestyle changes alone may be more than enough to heal your distressed adrenals.

If you'd like more information about truly Natural Healing & Herbal Solutions, I've just got my own forum. You can find it here: //www.curezone.org/forums/f.asp?f=970


(my forum was awarded to me and opened before I was ready, so I may not be as quick to reply as I'd like). And please, don't feel pressured to post...I just wanted to let you know it was available after the 'gloom & doom' prediction/s you received).

Healthiest of blessings -

Unyquity