seaglin

What is cortisol and does it have anything to do with PCOS? My dr tested me for this and I was just curious as to what it is and what I might look for. I didn't get to ask about it yet.....but I will probably ask when I get my results back......Please anyone know??

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Anyone?? Please!!

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As far as i know cortisol is a hormone produced when you get stressed and can contribute to weight gain around the middle. sorry i don't know what you might look for and i'm not sure if it's linked to PCOS - but i suppose if you have high cortisol levels then you'll store more weight around your wasit which isnt good for PCOS symptoms.... - hope you get some answers from you dr!

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Eva37

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Yes, thats how I understand cortisol too. It's the 'flight or fright ' hormone.

My cortisol is high - so I have locah - late onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia as well as pcos.

Eva

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Meyalleleth

I don't know much more about cortisol than that...
But check this out... http://www.labtestsonline.org/unders...ol/glance.html
..It's not VERY helpful, but it's something. My dr keeps telling me not to get stressed.. that stress is bad and keeps me from losing weight (not just cuz i wanna eat either)... so.. I wonder...

LadyBlue

Often when a doctor suspects a woman has PCOS her symptoms are similar to a condition called Cushings disease, which is abnormally high cortisol levels caused by a pituitary tumor. They give us a blood or urine test to rule out cushings when diagnosing PCOS.

I also think there is some reference somewhere to PCOS sometimes being associated with a little bit higher than average cortisol level, but I cannot remember where I read that or what it was about.

My blood cortisol is 19 with 21 or so being the mark where they know for sure that there is a problem. My doc checks it again once in a while.

Hope this helps
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Well my cortisol was 29.....and like LadyBlue said, 21 is the end of the normal range.......sooooo, i guess i will call dr and see what is next.

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Probably a scan of some kind is next, or waiting and testing again in a while. Let us know how it goes. Sorry yours is so high.

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CysterChrista

Just like adrenaline is the short term stress hormone, cortisol is the long term stress hormone. Here's how I look at it. Your body is not designed to worry about all the societal stuff we worry about now. It's designed to worry about food, shelter, and procreation. If you're not getting enough food and shelter it's not going to allow you to procreate, because you might not be healthy enough to raise a baby. Our biology doesn't know about modern life. It knows you're worried, and so must be starving, or something serious like that. Cortisol is produced during times of worry, which is why we gain weight more when we are worried and stressed. It not only stimulates appetite, making nearly impossible to not eat when food is so accessible in our society, but it also stimulates fat production so that what you do eat gets stored as fat. That way, your body thinks, if the food runs out you'll at least have some fat stores to fall back on. Which brings be back to PCOS and babies. The hormone imbalances are meant, I believe, to be a good thing, so you don't kill yourself having a baby if you are already starving on your own, or something like that. Biology just hasn't caught up to how society works--we're always stressed, we can't exercise or sleep enough, and we eat all the wrong stuff. So we're stuck with hormone imbalances that make it difficult to have babies even though staying alive isn't really the issue anymore.

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seaglin

Thanks for the responses, I have an appt to see my dr on Tuesday, though i might try to move it to Monday. I am also awaiting my Proinsulin C results. They were supposed to call me Friday but I never received the call. So I will update you all on what the dr says is next.

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This thread might help you out:
The Truth About Cortisol, Stress and Body Fat

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Heather, Thank you for the link. And by the way YOU LOOK GREAT!!!!!

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seaglin

Well, I am off to the dr this afternoon and she will FINALLY be able to answer my questions and explain my blood test results. hmmmmmmmmm, I might finally have an answer to all my questions!!!!!!! YAY!!!

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wanted to bump this up.....i have been questioning whether i have pcos, or maybe cushings, maybe both .....wanted to know what u found out

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