Your mood, your sleep, your energy — they’re all shaped by the invisible dance of hormones and stress chemistry inside your body. At BalanSoul, we use salivary cortisol & hormone testing to capture that dance in real time. By measuring your stress hormones at four key points across the day, we can see whether your cortisol is rising like rocket fuel in the morning and settling down by night — or whether the rhythm has gone flat, flipped, or chaotic.
When cortisol is too high or too low at the wrong times, it can disrupt sleep, sap energy, and amplify anxiety or depression. And when hormones drift off balance, the neurotransmitters that shape mood and resilience — serotonin, dopamine, melatonin — shift with them.
This page will walk you through why these patterns matter for mental health, and how testing can reveal the hidden drivers of anxiety, depression, fatigue, or insomnia. More importantly, it shows how BalanSoul translates lab numbers into a roadmap for rebalancing your biochemistry — helping you feel calmer, sleep better, and regain the energy and stability you’ve been missing.
At BalanSoul, we see cortisol as the fuel that runs your system — like petrol in a car or rocket fuel in an engine. In the morning, it should surge like a shot of natural caffeine, sparking energy and focus. By night, it should taper so your body can rest and melatonin can rise.
When this rhythm drifts out of sync, mental health often follows. Many people with anxiety, depression, or burnout show cortisol curves that are flattened, blunted, or flipped. Instead of fuelling energy at the right time, cortisol works against them — leaving them drained in the morning, restless in the evening, or trapped in a “wired but tired” state.
This is where BalanSoul’s approach is unique. We don’t just measure cortisol as “high” or “low” — we map its behaviour across four points in the day. That map shows whether your cortisol is in step with your biology or out of rhythm. With that insight, we design a personalised plan to restore its natural rise-and-fall pattern — so you wake with energy, unwind at night, and feel steady in between.
👉 At BalanSoul, restoring cortisol rhythms is often the turning point that helps clients regain energy, mood stability, and restorative sleep — in ways medication alone cannot achieve.
At BalanSoul, we see hormones as the orchestra conductors of your biochemistry. When they’re in tune, everything plays together smoothly — mood, sleep, energy, and focus. But when they drift off-key, the entire symphony of neurotransmitters shifts with them.
In women, estrogen — particularly estradiol (E2) — is a powerful example. Around menopause, E2 declines. Estradiol helps convert tryptophan into serotonin, the neurotransmitter that lifts mood and steadies sleep. As E2 falls, serotonin production weakens, and with it comes irritability, low mood, and insomnia. And because serotonin is the raw material for melatonin, lower estrogen often means less melatonin at night.
At BalanSoul, we see this pattern weekly in saliva profiles of women in perimenopause and menopause: low estradiol, lower melatonin, and disrupted sleep feeding into mood changes.
In men, testosterone plays a parallel role. During andropause, testosterone gradually declines, and with it, the drive, resilience, and focus it once supported. Neurotransmitters shift too — leaving many men feeling flat, unmotivated, or depressed.
👉 Hormone testing matters at BalanSoul because it reveals these hidden biochemical shifts. With that roadmap, we can guide hormones back into harmony, so neurotransmitters — and your life — can follow suit.
👉 At BalanSoul, this is why we pair cortisol mapping with sex hormone analysis — together they give the clearest picture of mood and resilience.
| Panel | Price | Best for | Cortisol x4 | DHEA S | Female Hormones | Male Hormones | Ratios | Add ons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 Basic | $118 | Budget friendly overview all genders | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | DHEA Cortisol | Melatonin Sleep profile |
| 1010 Female | $263 | Mood sleep cycle perimenopause postmenopause | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | Melatonin Sleep profile |
| 1011 Male | $193 | Energy mood libido stress testosterone balance | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | Melatonin Sleep profile |
Optional add-on: Melatonin (sleep timing)
Adrenocortex Stress Profile — Basic (1001)
Adrenocortex Stress Profile — Female Basic (1010)
Adrenocortex Stress Profile — Male Basic (1011)
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2️⃣ Collect
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4️⃣ Return
💡 Important: Follow the timing instructions closely — accurate cortisol mapping depends on samples being taken at the correct times of day.
Optional add-on: Melatonin
👉 At BalanSoul, we recommend extended panels whenever possible. They provide the insight needed to create precision strategies for mood, sleep, and energy restoration.
💡 There’s no obligation — just clarity about your next best step.
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