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Weight Loss/Maintenance

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Scout

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Thu Jun 20, 2013, 02:10 PM Jun 2013

Cushings Syndrome? [View all]

i've just had two different cortisol tests come back with high readings (well, 3 tests actually--2 blood and 1 saliva) and the endocrinologist wants to do further testing to confirm or rule out Cushings Syndrome.

does anyone here have that? what has your experience been? i started with the endocrinologist because i've had difficulty losing weight. i have lost 50 pounds but it's been a long hard slog, and even taking diet pills doesn't help much. i'm working with my primary care physician, who sent me to the endocrinologist.

i'm going to see a DO who is also a naturopathic physician next month, i understand they do hormonal testing at a "deeper" or at least different level than than the mainstream endocrinologists will do. so, perhaps i will learn more there too.

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Cushings Syndrome? [View all] Scout Jun 2013 OP
I suspect that I may have Cushings, onestepforward Jun 2013 #1
Adrenal, not Cushings. no_hypocrisy Jun 2013 #2
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