The only thing that scares me about ZRT is that they ask so many questions about your symptoms. It’s almost like they are generating a result from symptoms alone, and not actually running the test. I guess we’ll see after I cross check with my doctor
Great information. Do not forget: Do NOT eat, drink, smoke or brush your teeth the morning before the collection. Any more questions should be directed to your physician.
I think it's ridiculous that I wasn't sent even the simplest of instructions with my kit. I would prefer to read complete instructions that I can refer to again while I'm doing the kit - WRITTEN. I'm trying to find out if I should skip any of my adrenal or thyroid supps/meds when I do the 24-hr cortisol test.
+jhssuthrnmama Testing with Adrenal meds skews the results. There are ways to find out if you need to change your doses of Adrenal meds. check out stopthethyroidmadness.com and the two books they have with the same name are great too. Also I highly recommend the FTPO Facebook Adrenal and Thyroid groups for questions like these. If you happen to still not be optimal with your Adrenal and Thyroid issues I hope this helps. If I remember right people say they usually do their morning dose right after they do the first saliva sample and do the second dose after the noon sample if they split dose.
If this test was accurate, why so mamy questions? All you should need to know is my sex and the time of day. My doctor should be able to discuss the rest with me. I don't get it.
How is a blood test going to show you cortisol level fluctuations throughout the day? Also how is a cortisol level going to be accurate in a clinical setting when white coat syndrome and fear of needles come into play that naturally elevate stress hormones?
The only thing that scares me about ZRT is that they ask so many questions about your symptoms. It’s almost like they are generating a result from symptoms alone, and not actually running the test. I guess we’ll see after I cross check with my doctor
Great information. Do not forget: Do NOT eat, drink, smoke or brush your teeth the morning before the collection. Any more questions should be directed to your physician.
I think it's ridiculous that I wasn't sent even the simplest of instructions with my kit. I would prefer to read complete instructions that I can refer to again while I'm doing the kit - WRITTEN. I'm trying to find out if I should skip any of my adrenal or thyroid supps/meds when I do the 24-hr cortisol test.
+jhssuthrnmama Testing with Adrenal meds skews the results. There are ways to find out if you need to change your doses of Adrenal meds.
check out stopthethyroidmadness.com and the two books they have with the same name are great too.
Also I highly recommend the FTPO Facebook Adrenal and Thyroid groups for questions like these.
If you happen to still not be optimal with your Adrenal and Thyroid issues I hope this helps.
If I remember right people say they usually do their morning dose right after they do the first saliva sample and do the second dose after the noon sample if they split dose.
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How many hours should you wait before taking each sample?
If this test was accurate, why so mamy questions? All you should need to know is my sex and the time of day. My doctor should be able to discuss the rest with me. I don't get it.
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...or you may just as well walk in to a lab and take the blood test and be done with it.
OR, a blood test isn't nearly the same thing as a saliva test.
Here is a reason that SALIVA is MUCH more accurate than blood ruclips.net/video/PaAlmSf93JI/видео.html
How is a blood test going to show you cortisol level fluctuations throughout the day? Also how is a cortisol level going to be accurate in a clinical setting when white coat syndrome and fear of needles come into play that naturally elevate stress hormones?