Charliebizz
Well-Known Member
All I know is that I’ve never tested under 10 on am blood cortisol unless I was on trt and man did I feel it. However for some reason test cyp effected that way more then enanthate. I feel fine on enanthate without ssri. On cyp I legit couldn’t tolerate trt at all. I would have extreme fatigue ,twitching and a host of other issues. And my cortisol dropped to a 6. I wouldn’t put as much stick in the labs if the symptoms didn’t match.What are the purported effects of TRT on cortisol? It suppresses or stimulates the adrenals?
As far as I know, the ACTH Stimulation test done at 8 am is the only valid way to assess adrenal function. Randomly checking blood cortisol at any time of the day outside of 8 in the morning or saliva tests are useless.
Most doctors are woefully ignorant about adrenal function and will only diagnose Addison’s Disease, which is a life threatening failure of the adrenals with very low to no cortisol. In fact, I was snapped at and insulted by a senior ER doctor after the 8th time in less than 2 months I brought my father into the emergency department for weakness, fatigue and dehydration and had the temerity to ask about adrenal function.