Posted by Green Willow on April 5, 2005, at 14:24:56
In reply to Thanks for the info, dude » Elroy, posted by Chris O on February 18, 2005, at 21:12:57
Chris,
I am curious to know if your ins. paid for the saliva cortisol test that you got, and if so, if you know how it was coded. Just curious, I just took the test and the office is refusing to submit to ins., but they did not tell me that at the time they ordered the test.
Thanks, Green Willow
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> Anyway, dude, thanks for the info. I'll definely check out the Braverman book. It looks, right now, like I should have some type of benzo lying around...because...the panic is always there, waiting to pop up. For me, it's always been there. My mom has it, many people in my family have it...I come from panic/rumination/and worry, so...I don't know...pharmas are beginning to look like the only way to go for me.
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> Oh yeah, I did a saliva cortisol test with a naturopath last year; it said my DHEA was high at 12.2 (range 3-10) and my cortisol was high at 2.0 (range from .5-1.5). So, he recommended ashwagandha which I tried to take but which did absolutely nothing...if anything, made me more anxious. Every doctor I've seen seems to think the urine cortisol thing is bogus. I kind of felt like the saliva cortisol was bogus too...because it was all geared toward selling me hormones, the company who made it.
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> Alright, so, again, thanks, and I wish you luck. I'm sure I'll back here as I explore, not sure where I'm going from here.
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> Chris
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