The Adrenal Stress Panel Plus precisely measures three key hormones: cortisol, DHEA-S (Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate), and prolactin. This comprehensive panel is designed to provide a nuanced overview of your adrenal function and how your body responds to various stressors, offering critical insights into your overall adrenal health and potential imbalances in stress-related hormone patterns.

Collecting your sample for the Adrenal Stress Panel Plus is a simple and convenient at-home process. You'll receive a kit with clear instructions for a finger-prick blood sample collection. This method ensures ease of use while providing a robust sample analyzed by our CLIA-certified laboratory, guaranteeing reliable and accurate results for your stress hormone assessment.

Individuals experiencing persistent fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, sleep disturbances, or unexplained weight changes, all symptoms commonly associated with adrenal imbalance or 'adrenal fatigue' context, should consider this test. It's particularly beneficial for those seeking to understand their stress response more deeply, including the unique role of prolactin in stress, and gain insights into their overall adrenal function to inform potential lifestyle interventions.

After your sample is received by our CLIA-certified laboratory, results for the Adrenal Stress Panel Plus are typically available within 2-5 business days. Your comprehensive results will be delivered digitally through a secure online portal, ensuring prompt access to your personal adrenal hormone profile for quick review and further discussion with a healthcare professional.

Prolactin is a vital addition to this panel because it plays a significant, though often overlooked, role in the body's comprehensive stress response and adrenal health. Elevated prolactin levels can be indicative of chronic stress and can influence other endocrine pathways, offering a more complete picture alongside cortisol and DHEA-S of your physiological response to stressors, a nuanced detail often missed by competitors.

Our Adrenal Stress Panel Plus utilizes a finger-prick blood sample analyzed by a CLIA-certified laboratory, adhering to rigorous quality control standards to ensure high accuracy and reliability. While at-home collection offers convenience, the laboratory analysis maintains the same precision as traditional venipuncture, providing dependable data for assessing your stress hormones and adrenal function.

The price includes the complete at-home sample collection kit, detailed instructions, prepaid return shipping to our CLIA-certified laboratory, and the comprehensive analysis of your cortisol, DHEA-S, and prolactin levels. It also covers the digital delivery of your results, providing a full service from collection to interpretation for understanding your adrenal and stress hormone profile.

Your results will include clear reference ranges for cortisol, DHEA-S, and prolactin, indicating whether your levels fall within typical parameters. We recommend reviewing your detailed digital report with a healthcare professional who can provide personalized guidance, factoring in your unique symptoms, medical history, and potential medication or supplement interactions, to develop an appropriate path forward for optimizing your adrenal health.