While testing with the last endo that told me metabolic syndrome X, I had a 24 hr UFC of 139.7 with a high end of the range being 50. He said the reason it was so high was because of the syndrome X and my weight.
Needless to say, I moved on.
Based on anything that I have read, high cortisol is not present with syndrome X. I'm not a doc I just read a lot. And speaking of reading a lot, another endo told me to quit reading because I couldn't understand it anyway.
Let me hush . . . . .
Amy
Cathy - I just pulled this up and read a little. It states that this all could be a chain reaction of some sorts. Just like you said - the endocrine system is all tied together and when one part fails, others may fail also. It also states that in metabolic syndrome X, cortisol levels are not increased.