Posted by SLS on April 4, 2006, at 21:32:11
In reply to What kinds of tests for this?, posted by blueberry on April 4, 2006, at 20:57:51
Hi.
Didn't you once say that you were hypocortisolemic?
I don't know enough about endocrinology to be able to suggest an explanation. What cortisol tests have you had performed? Ever had a DST (dexamethasone suppression test)? ACTH? CRH?
If one were to be focused on psychiatric illnesses only, it seems to me that your pattern follows a classic endogenous depression. This would be treated using a tricyclic antidepressant.
If you are hypocortisolemic, perhaps you have reached a point of adrenal exhaustion as a result of the chronic HPA axis hyperactivity that endogenous depression can produce. It would be unusual, though. Hypocortisolemia is more common in atypical depression.
- Scott
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