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Can cortisol injections affect tsh test?

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Dr. Andrew Lipton answered

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Cortisol: No cortisol will not affect tsh, it will affect acth levels.

Answered 9/29/2016

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My 9am cortisol was 8.6. A short synacthen test stimulated it to 24.5 so I think it ruled out Addinsons? What about secondary adrenal insufficiency? How low is cortisol in that? My FSH, LH, prolactin, testosterone are normal, TSH was 0.9, SHBG 27?

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High TSH (7.12) accompanied by low cortisol (1.0). T4 and T3 (liothyronine) normal. What causes this? Mom had thyroid cancer. What tests should be done?

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30yrmale.Weak,sweaty,tingling,orthoHypo every 3-4hrs.GTT,treadmill test,CT/ultrasound normal.RFT,sugar,tSH,cortisol,B12,VitD,esr normal.Whats going on?

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At 8am my acth was 80 (7 - 63 pg/ml), my TSH was 5.6 (0.4 - 4 uiu/ml), my cortisol was 535 (138 - 690 nmol/l) could this be related to my mood swings?

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Stress can increase tsh, but how high cortisol causes low TSH where as stress causes high cortisol production.?

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