Cortisol awakening response
You Slept Eight Hours.Why Do You StillFeel Flat?
Your morning cortisol surge is supposed to switch you on. Now you can see if it did.
12 tests. $99 on subscription, $139 one-time.
It's Not About High or Low. It's About the Shape.
Ask if your cortisol is too high without saying when, and you're asking the wrong question. The morning rise is supposed to happen. It's not a level to fix. It's a signal to read. [1]
The CAR is a shape, not a single number. It's the movement from your waking level to your level 30 minutes later. One reading is a dot. The pair is the reading.
A Rise Means Nothing Without a Floor.
A high morning number alone tells you nothing. Compare it to where you land by evening. That gap, morning peak to evening low, is your real rhythm. [2]
Four Days. Three Tests a Day. One Pattern You Can Trust.
You can't feel a hormone switch on. No wearable measures it.
Saliva can. Test the moment you wake, and again 30 minutes later.
[1]A high morning number alone means nothing.
Compare it to your evening low. That gap is your real rhythm.
[2]One morning is a mood, not a pattern.
4 days, same protocol. A pattern you can actually trust.
[3][4]Weekends lie about your rhythm.
Test Tuesday to Friday, same time you wake. Set your own reminder, we'll show you why.
[5][6]You test once. Then what?
Try one lever your app already recommends. Live with it a month. Retest.
[7]How it works, per day tested.
- Step 01
The moment you wake: log your wake time, then test.
- Step 02
30 minutes later: test again.
- Step 03
Evening, between 5 and 11pm: one more test.
One Test Week a Month. A Trend Line You Can Actually See.
Week 1 is your test week: Tuesday to Friday, three tests a day, twelve tests total. Weeks 2 to 4 are yours. Then the test week comes back.
Weekends are left out on purpose: work days and free days show different awakening responses. [5][6]
Wake time is self-reported. Set your own reminder.
The month, then every month.
- Week 1
Baseline. 4 days, 12 tests.
- Weeks 2 to 4
Try one lever your app already recommends.
No testing. [7] - Month 2, week 1
Retest. Same 4 days. See if it moved.
- Then
Repeats every month.
Your Baseline CAR Pattern
Four days, mapped. See your morning rise, your evening low, and how steady the gap stays.
Baseline CAR pattern, four days overlaid. Real app visual to be dropped in from the repo.
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This is general wellness information, not a diagnosis. The Hormometer measures cortisol. It does not treat, diagnose, or predict any condition. Talk to a healthcare provider about any health concern.
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Stop Guessing About Your Mornings.
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