Hello,
I’ve been experiencing numerous symptoms since August of 2014 and after much testing and research on this forum I have a current diagnosis of Adrenal Fatigue (Low Cortisol) after having a 4 point cortisol test performed.
Leading up to my crash I realize now that I had a lot of physical and mental stressors in my life. Around that time I started a new job (mentally stressful), got engaged and was training/performed a Spartan race. I look back and realized that my training/eating/lifestyle habits weren’t ideal for my hectic lifestyle. I could run 10k in under 50 minutes and now I can’t even think about running long distances.
Current symptoms:
Fatigue
Low blood pressure
Brain Fog/Concentration Issues
Low body temperature
Cold extremities and low sensitivity to the cold.
Feel worse after high exertion.
Don’t feel rested after 8-9 hrs of sleep
Some Anxiety/Perfectionism
I wanted to get some additional opinions based on the tests I have had so far:
Cortisol test:
Morning – 15.06 nmol/L
Noon – 1.59 nmol/L
Evening – 2.02 nmol/L
Night – 0.96 nmol/L
DHEA: 311.13 pg/ml
Bloodwork - August 2014:
Sodium: 141 mmol/L
Potassium: 4.2 mmol/L
Chloride: 104 mmol/L
Total CO2: 26 mmol/L
Anion GAP: 11
Glucose Random: 4.0 mmol/L
Urea: 4.1 mmol/L
Creatinine: 75 umol/L
Calcium: 2.38 mmol/L
Phosphorus: 1.30 mmol/L
Magnesium: .89 mmol/L
ALT: 15 U/L
AST: 22 U/L
GGT: 19 U/L
TSH: 1.18 mIU/L
T4 free: 17.5 pmol/L
Vitamin D: 84.4 nmol/L
Cortisol: 320 nmol/L at 15:00
CBC:
WBC: 7.64 x10 (9) / L
RBC: 4.75 x10 (12) / L
Hgb: 142 g/L
Hct: .440
MCV: 92.6 fL
MCH: 29.9 pg
MCHC: 323 g/L
PLT: 281 x10 (9) / L
MPV: 9.6 fL
Automated Diff:
Neut: 67.8
Lymph: 22.5
Mono: 7.6
Eos: 1.0
Baso: 0.7
Immature Grans: 0.4
Neut: 5.18 x10 (9) / L
Lymph: 1.72 x10 (9) / L
Mono: 0.58 x10 (9) / L
Eos: .08 x10 (9) / L
Baso: .05 x10 (9) / L
Immature Grans: .03 x10 (9) / L
Vitamin B12: 512 pmol/L
Ferritin: 92 ug/L
Iron: 20.64 umol/L
Total Iron binding capacity: 53.34 umol/L
Blood test – Dec 2014:
Sodium: 141 mmol/L
Potassium: 3.9 mmol/L
Chloride: 106 mmol/L
Total CO2: 26 mmol/L
Anion GAP: 9
Glucose AC: 4.9
Creatinine: 90 umol/L
Albumin: 39 g/L
Triglycerides .70 mmol/L
Cholesterol: 3.86 mmol/L
HDL-Cholesterol: 0.72 mmol/L
LDL-Cholesterol: 2.83 mmol/L
Non-HDL Cholesterol: 3.14 mmol/L
Non HDL Cholesterol: 3.14 mmol/L
Cholesterol/HDL Ratio: 5
Testosterone: 15.8 nmol/L
Bioavailable Testosterone: 2.30 nmol/L
Sex Hormone Binding 46 nmol/L
CBC:
WBC: 4.52 x10 (9) / L
RBC: 4.51 x10 (12) / L
Hgb: 133 g/L
Hct: .413
MCV: 91.6 fL
MCH: 29.5 pg
MCHC: 322 g/L
PLT: 270 x10 (9) / L
MPV: 9.5 fL
Automated Diff:
Neut: 51.8
Lymph: 33.0
Mono: 9.7
Eos: 4.0
Baso: 1.3
Immature Grans: 0.2
Neut: 2.34 x10 (9) / L
Lymph: 1.49 x10 (9) / L
Mono: 0.58 x10 (9) / L
Eos: 0.18 x10 (9) / L
Baso: 0.06 x10 (9) / L
Immature Grans: 0.01 x10 (9) / L
Body Temp test:
Jan 5
-Temp at 7:30 - 96.9F
- Temp at 10:30 - 97.7F
- Temp at 1:30 - 98.6F
- Temp at 4:30 - 98.1F
- Average: 98.1F
Jan 6
- Temp at 7:30 - 97.2F
- Temp at 10:30 - 97.7F
- Temp at 1:30 - 97.9F
- Temp at 4:30 - 97.7F
- Average: 97.8F
Jan 7
- Temp at 7:30 - 97.2F
- Temp at 10:30 - 97.7F
- Temp at 1:30 - 97.9F
- Temp at 4:30 - 97.7
- Average: 97.7
Jan 8
- Temp at 7:30 - 97.2F
- Temp at 10:30 - 97.2F
- Temp at 1:30 - 98.3F
- Temp at 4:30 - 98.3F
- Average: 97.9
Jan 9
- Temp at 7:30 - 97.2F
- Temp at 10:30 - 97.9F
- Temp at 1:30 - 97.7F
- Temp at 4:30 - 98.5F
- Average: 98.0F
Jan 12
- Temp at 10:30 - 97.2F
- Temp at 1:30 - 98.1F
- Temp at 4:30 - 98.7F
- Average: 98F
Jan 13
- Temp at 10:30 - 97.2F
- Temp at 1:30 - 98.1F
- Temp at 4:30 - 98.2F
- Average: 97.3F
Jan 14
- Temp at 10:30 - 97.6F
- Temp at 1:30 - 98.1F
- Temp at 4:30 - 98.3F
- Average: 98F
Jan 15
- Temp at 10:30 - 98.1F
- Temp at 1:30 - 98.1F
- Temp at 4:30 - 97.9F
- Average: 98F
Jan 16
- Temp at 10:30 - 97.9F
- Temp at 1:30 - 97.9F
- Temp at 4:30 - 98.0F
- Average: 97.9F
Candida test:
I also had a stool test for Candida just to rule that out as a potential cause. No yeast growth in my stool sample.
Daily Regime:
Eating a more Paleo type diet lot of fruits/vegetables/whole foods
Cut out alcohol
Sleeping at least 8 hrs
Drinking water with Himalayan sea salt
High Quality Probiotic – 50 billion
2000mg Vitamin C capsules, going to be swapping to AOR Ascorbic acid powder.
500 mg of Mag Oxalate
Thorne Cortrex
2000 ui Vitamin D
2 ML of Licorice Root Extract
Omega 3
I find the Licorice Root extract works really well for giving me more energy and bringing up my body temperature but I have recently read that it can bring down my Testosterone which is already quite low for my age. I would like to find a replacement.
I’m currently of thinking adding in:
CANPrev - ADRENAL-PRO:
L-Tyrosine
200mg
Pantothenic acid (B5, calcium d-pantothenate)
125mg
Ashwagandha extract 1.5% withanolides
100mg
Schisandra extract 1.6% schisandrins
75mg
Siberian ginseng extract 0.8% eleutherosides
75mg
Rhodiola extract 3.6% rosavins
50mg
Astragulus extract 0.3% astragalosides
38mg
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine HCL)
15mg
I have also ordered a portable infrared sauna to assist with my circulation/immune system/body temp.
I am interested in hearing any additional suggestions or recommendations. Thanks a lot!
