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Hello everyone,
I ordered the 24 hour cortisol/DHEA saliva test, which I have started to do today. As I had lowish testosterone values my doctor put me on HCG therapy, which I started two months ago. I have daily injections and had my last one yesterday but haven't taken the injection today.
I was wondering if HCG messes the results of the Adrenal stress profile and wether it is better to have the test like this (two months of daily HCG therapy but no injections during the day of taking the saliva samples) or stop the injections for a few days or maybe a week and then have the adrenal stress profile? In my country the test is fairly expensive so it'd be nice to get it as correct as possible at one try.
I need to decide tomorrow wether or not I'll return my samples and thus pay for the test so it would be wonderful if I could get some opinions before that. Thank you very much!Advertisement
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Since I got no replies and didn't know what to do I decided to postpone taking the test. Now I'd like to ask if anyone knows how long it takes for the body the get back to "normal" after stopping daily HCG injections? I mean is one full week without HCG injections enough to "reset" the endocrine system and thus have an accurate cortisol/DHEA saliva test reading? Or should I make it two weeks just in case?
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This is a reply to # 2,125,478Yeah I just assumed everybody would be familiar with this but I guess your right :) So I'm talking about Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, which I've been using as an alternative to testosterone replacement therapy.
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This is a reply to # 2,125,519not something that comes up regularly, if ever, on the AF forum :)
Surely you'd be better talking to an MD to see if the therapy has an effect on cortisol levels.- Re: HCG messes Adrenal stress profil... studiotea
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MoreThis is a reply to # 2,125,522Thank you! I don't think my doctor really knew that for sure, actually I don't know if anyone knows what the therapy does to cortisol levels. My doctor just told me it may be better to have the Adrenal stress profile while on HCG, but I started to wonder if that is the best possible way to go. I mean, I still don't know for how long I will be on HCG, possibly long term but it's also possible that I'll discontinue the treatment and try something else. I just know that I've had my symptoms long before trying HCG so I thought it might be better to have the test without the effect of HCG. I just don't know if it's enough to wait until there is no HCG in my body anymore (a week should be good enough for that) or if it takes time for my body to adjust living without injected HCG. In that case it might take some weeks to get hormone and thus cortisone levels back to the way they were before starting HCG.
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I believe any pharmaeitucal we put inside out bodies has direct effect on our endocrine systems. Something as simple as Vitamin C, sugar, or a cigarette does, so heavy duty hormones will definitely imo, this is partly why ASI tests are inaccurate, they can change from day to day. I did a test once, one test on a day i spent at home - LOW cortisol, the next day I did excercise and shopping - High cortisol. Its more about the hormone balancing rather than cortisol being the sole culprit...to much emphasis on it, but its a good starting block to getting sorted.
I know my endocrinologist wanted me off Isocort and glandulars for six months before doing ACTH stimulation tests, I dont know if you have to be that drastic, but you are taking hormones, and they cant definitely disturb the homeostatus of the body for a long timeAdvertisement
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This is a reply to # 2,125,542Thank you very much for all the info and your thoughts! Yeah it would be good if you could have the test done on many different days, but unfortunately that is not the only possible destination for my money :)
If HCG works with your body it just boosts your own system so I was thinking that maybe the body would normalise pretty soon after stopping the injections, but now that you said it I realise it may take at least some weeks. I think I'll have the test done in about a week anyway, because I'm planning to start the candida/ parasite diet and cleanses, which I'm sure will have a big impact on cortisol values. The diet will be so frustrating (I've tried it once before) I think I'd rather start it as soon as possible so in a few weeks the worst cravings should be over :)
I also have low ferritin (20-26) and taking 2-3 iron supplements daily has made me feel a bit better. However, I've read that iron feeds candida so I guess I'll need to stop taking the supplements for some time if I try to rid myself of the possible candida. Thanks again for your thoughts! - Re: HCG messes Adrenal stress profil... studiotea
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I know this comes a bit late (sorry) but thank you again!
I've now been without HCG shots for five days and was planning to have the cortisol/DHEA test next Monday, so there'd be 11 days without HCG. I wonder if that's enough? Does anyone happen to know how long it takes for LH and the endocrine system to get back to normal again?
I just got my test results, my testosterone was now mid range (for the first time for years) but LH was practically zero, which is normal with HCG injections. I can now tell my testosterone getting low so I don't know if it's back to my normal low or if this is even lower than usual due to my own LH not catching up yet.Advertisement
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This is a reply to # 2,125,155Did you ever figure out if the hcg affected your adrenal test? I'm in the same situation. Have been taking hcg 500iu 2x a week for a few weeks but I'm pretty sure I have adrenal exhaustion and have for awhile. I was going to get tested but don't want to waste the money if hcg will affect the test. Thanks in advance.
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