Q: Five years ago I did Diagnos-techs free cortisol with 4 spit bottles; morning was depressed; noon, afternoon, and midnight were normal. Now, my cortisol saliva shows 8am is low and 11:59 is 4.2. What do you think about these results?
A: It looks like your morning cortisol saliva went even lower. You did Diagnos-techs for the first test and then you did Quest Diagnostics. So, these are two different labs and I don’t know if we’re comparing apples to oranges at this point. If you want to do accurate testing for your adrenals, I would recommend the ZRT lab test. That one seems to be the most accurate with the hundreds of clients that I’ve had take that test. The other thing to consider is, if you don’t change anything about your adrenals, they’re likely not going to get better on their own. Chances are, your adrenals are going to continue to get worse and worse. So, that is not surprising to me to see that your cortisol is getting lower and lower.