saliva hormone test

who rec I do a hormone saliva test during my next cycle to pinpoint any areas that I may have deficiencies. I am wondering if this worth it. I've had the standard blood work of the different hormones but they never tested at different times during my cycle. I'm wondering is this really medically significant. I initially was taking clomid to ovulate and now have stopped and am having regular cycles on my own but no pregnancies.

Took new saliva test and went to new hormone specialist. She changed me to cream (bio-identical also) plus added 4 adrenal food supplements. I have taken the same blood pressure med for 17 years and kept my levels normal. After using the hormone cream and adrenal supplements for three weeks, my blood pressure soared. My doctor took me off the supplements, but my blood pressure was still dangerously high. She doubled my present BP med plus added another med before it would come back down.

Many of your symptoms look like those of hypothyroidism. I am not sure if saliva test is as accurate as blood test, in any case it would have been helpful if the reference range from the lab for each reading were also given. Since you have mentioned about digestive issues, the first step you could do is to consult a physician or a gastro enterologist to find out if you have any issues with your digestive tract.

I just noticed that on the quest lab slip there is a saliva cortisol test ( lab code 10291 ) i always dismissed this as hocus pokus, but now quest has it on their lab slip?

The only test I despise is the dex suppression test as the docs use it as a test of exclusion when it should be a test of source logically. But no test is perfect. I failed all suppression tests (still do) and so most docs will dismiss just on that. I asked about the tan as ectopic rumors pump out high amounts of ACTH. It is that hormone that causes the tan as the first fifteen molecules of the ACTH is the same as melanin. I have high ACTH due to my tumor so I have a tan and age spots.

I am a 25 year old female, I had a saliva hormone kit evaluated with testosterone, DHEA, estradiol, and progesterone, also progesterone/estradiol ratio done. The results came back as this, Estradiol- normal Progesterone- Low; 47.2 (range of 127-446) Ratio of Progesterone to estradiol - 33.0 Low; (range of 200-600) Testosterone- 83.5 High; (range of 6.0-49) DHEA- 366.7 High- (range of 106-300) I can tell that i have way higher 'male hormones' than the women's hormones but, why?

m still wondering why the hell I have one sore breast WITH shooting pains. Perhaps too much estrogen. I turn my saliva test in when AF starts so hopefully I'll have some answers soon!

more bumpy boobs, VERY bloated/ bigger stomach, stomach cramps, missed/ late preiods, increased saliva, very tired (although not so much this week) as well as some dizziness and backache. However, i did a pregnancy test yesterday and it said negative... I was wondering how likely it is i'm pregnant? Taking into consideration i would be about 12 weeks gone by now. Please help! I'm 18 & a little bit scared. Thanks.

You might ask for a saliva cortisol test. A saliva test is more sensitive to abnormalities than a blood test, I believe. My son's adrenal stress showed up on a saliva test at least one year before it was seen in a blood test. He was in pretty bad shape by then. Unfortunately, his doctor didn't act on the saliva results, as the test was done through a nutritionist, and not by him. (My son had a pituitary craniopharyngioma). Everyone is a biochemical individual.

hello im sure they should do a saliva test not blood test for hormone levels as blood test are inaccurate as when your body expels hormones that it has too much it has to transport them via your blood stream to your liver i think to be expelled. where as when you have a saliva test you do not get the waste transported so you get an accurate level on if its high or low. also look into natural progesterone. as i have had a thyroid problem they wanted to put me on hormone replacement.

AFter the saliva test I went back on 30 mg of progesterone a day. I just got my saliva test results which were evaluated by a compounding pharmacist who said we need to bring my progesterone levels up. He said my estrogen is also low but I was hesitant about going on estrogen so he added some testosterone which he said will get converted to estrogen partly. Anyway, that was Monday and I did not have a copy of the test results in front of me when we were discussing it.

Is there a home hormone test to check for menopause or peri-menopause, I can purchase without going to the doctor?

I am also hypothyroid and 26 y/o. I think being hypothyroid makes it more difficult to conceive due to hormonal issues. I'm starting a saliva hormone test at home on the 17th b/c a doctor finally realized that my thyroid medication may not be doing it's job effectively due to an imbalance of hormones. We're thinking at the very least an estrogen dominance problem. If you cannot get pregnant, you may want to talk to your doctor about doing a saliva test at home.

I had a complete hysterectomy back in December, no meds have been given to me since then. I had already menapaused at 36 an 9 yrs later I had the hysterectomy. I have become agitated very easily, anxious, and depressed. I believe it has something to do with my hormones or lack of them. I went to a Dr.

She said that it would be very worthwhile to have saliva testing of hormone levels. She said that saliva testing is more sensitive and picks up imbalances that often are not detected in the blood. That way I would at least know if a hormone imbalance is possibly a part of the cause of the short circuiting of the Autonomic System. She said there could even be some other toxicity from food or environment.

I have had panic disorder for many years, but it has gotten worse the past few months. I am in the process of doing a 28 day saliva test for my adrenal and hormones. The company that sent the test kit to me then evaluates the results and formulates a transdermal cream that is unique to your tests to bring your hormones back into balance. They start with the adrenal balancing since if your adrenals are out of balance (cortisol and DHEA), your sex hormones will be out of balance.

Sure - There are a few adrenal tests - You may want to look into a 24hr cortisol test done with saliva. I don't know if your insurance will pick up the tab - most don't - but the test is pretty accurate. There is the urine test and traditional blood lab too. Serum cortisol and ACTH testing can determine some cortisol issues. Those are covered by most plans. How did you mange to get on HC treatment and not know if really there was an issue? That's pretty odd?

He told me that everything that I wrote down regarding my symptoms, was dead on from my test results. A saliva test is the only test that is sensitive enough to pick up these hormones. All my previous blood tests came back as normal, because these hormones don't circulate in the blood stream enough to be detected. Maybe a women doctor would be more open to hormone testing. I also noticed on this board some people had done the test on their own through a mail order kit.

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