Posted by katekite on June 8, 2002, at 10:49:15
In reply to Re: high (Chloe), posted by johnj on June 8, 2002, at 1:28:16
Thanks.
That was a very good point about having it retested. I have a neurology appointment june 20 and a endocrinology appt july 1 so one of them hopefully will figure it out. And a abdominal CT scan for next thursday.
I think it's really interesting if my psychological issues were related to high cortisol.
Talking to my pdoc thurs, he said they used to routinely test inpatients (late 70s) for high cortisol as some very small percentage ended up having cushing's syndrome. They eventually stopped doing it because 1. the percentage was small, and 2. the tests were not that good. The interesting thing is now these days they have much better tests that are apparently able to differentiate high cortisol as a result of mental illness, from mental illness as a result of high cortisol. Both occur. The tests are basically blood and urine tests, they are cumbersome but not very invasive. My pdoc says he thinks my cortisol is too high to be explained by mental illness. But I am not going to be sure until that's backed up with a few tests.
I will post back with what happens. It could be someone else out there has a similar scenario.
One of the things I find interesting is just how robust a response I had to neurontin. I felt 5-10 years younger on it. It makes me wonder if it affects cortisol -- but pubmed lists no research published relating gabapentin to cortisol. Either there is none (unlikely) or there's no good impressive result. Probably a bit premature to start wondering if med responses can indirectly indicate a suspicion for high cortisol.
If it does turn out high cortisol that was curable all along caused my recent psychiatric problems, you can bet I will be on a mission to prevent others from having to go through that.
Thanks for your responses and input.
kate
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