I got my saliva hormones tested and it shows I have high cortisol levels all day and low melatonin levels at night. It also showed some other things but my friend who is knowledgeable on hormones told me the saliva results aren’t that relevant for other things and I’ll need a blood test for those.

Anyway he’s saying the high cortisol could mean I have low free testosterone (not total, which within range but a little on the low side). And if that’s true that could be causing some of my issues with depression and anhedonia. Not to mention the anxiety from the high cortisol (or vice versa) worsens things on its own I’d imagine. 


So my next step is to test my free testosterone and tell my Dr. Has anyone else found this and the cause?

For some background I started struggling with worsening anxiety these past few years and more recently anhedonia and depression have been the prevailing problems with anxiety taking more of a backseat.