Posted by katekite on July 6, 2002, at 9:49:03
In reply to Re: Cortisol connection - I'm confused, posted by cybercafe on July 5, 2002, at 15:07:01
I think they test very rarely. I don't think they feel comfortable using it to try to direct psychiatric treatment. I wish they would do more research! because it would be nice to have a test to determine what classes of drugs to try, not just go on our subjective symptoms.
Pheochromocytoma is a tumor that produces surges of adrenalin and this what they are usually trying to rule out by the test. Symptoms can mimic panic attacks. Sometimes attacks will be triggerable: like by taking a stimulant. It's an incredibly rare tumor, way way rarer than panic and anxiety disorders.
My pdoc said: everyone probably ought to be tested once in their life.
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