Find Out Which Hormone Pattern Is Behind How You Feel

The Hormone Health Quiz is a free 22-question self-assessment designed to help you recognize which of five common hormonal patterns may be contributing to how you feel. It takes approximately three minutes to complete and provides immediate, personalized results.

This is not a diagnostic tool. It is a pattern-recognition framework built from the same clinical intake process Dr. Aren Nilsson uses at Delphi Wellness when evaluating new patients. The questions were selected from a larger 71-symptom assessment and refined for the symptoms with the highest diagnostic specificity and patient recognition.

The quiz evaluates five distinct hormonal systems. Each pattern represents a cluster of symptoms that, when they appear together, point toward a specific area of hormonal health worth investigating.

The Thyroid Pattern involves persistent fatigue, cold intolerance, difficulty losing weight, hair thinning, and mental fog. Standard lab testing often misses thyroid dysfunction because conventional panels measure only TSH, a pituitary signal, rather than the full picture of thyroid hormone production and conversion. Five of the six recognized thyroid patterns produce normal TSH values while the person continues to experience symptoms.

The Cortisol and Stress Pattern reflects a disrupted cortisol rhythm. Cortisol is meant to be highest in the morning and lowest at night. When chronic stress, poor sleep, or prolonged demand breaks that rhythm, symptoms like racing thoughts at bedtime, 3 AM wakeups, afternoon energy crashes, and reduced stress tolerance appear. Comprehensive cortisol testing requires a four-point salivary test that most conventional providers do not order.

The Metabolic Pattern centers on insulin resistance, a condition that can develop for a decade or more before fasting glucose moves outside normal range. Post-meal crashes, intense carbohydrate cravings, stubborn midsection weight, and hunger shortly after eating are the hallmarks. Fasting insulin, not just fasting glucose, is the key measurement.

The Low Testosterone Pattern (assessed for men) goes beyond libido. Testosterone governs energy, muscle maintenance, mood stability, and motivation. A gradual decline over years is often attributed to aging when it is actually a treatable hormonal pattern. Free testosterone, the fraction available to cells, is the critical measurement that standard panels frequently omit.

The Female Hormone Pattern (assessed for women) involves the balance between estrogen and progesterone. Progesterone deficiency is the most common imbalance before perimenopause, driving anxiety, breast tenderness, heavy periods, and mood cycling. Estrogen deficiency becomes more prominent during perimenopause and menopause, producing hot flashes, sleep disruption, and changes in cognitive function. These patterns frequently overlap and deserve individual attention.

Individual symptoms like fatigue or weight gain are nonspecific. They can point to many different causes. But when specific symptoms cluster together, they form recognizable patterns that point toward particular hormonal systems. This is how functional and integrative practitioners approach hormone health: by looking at the whole picture rather than isolated lab values.

The quiz maps your responses across all five systems simultaneously. Your results show not just whether a single pattern is present, but how all five systems score relative to each other. In many cases, the interaction between two patterns (for example, cortisol suppressing thyroid function, or insulin resistance lowering testosterone) is more clinically significant than either pattern alone.

After answering all 22 questions, you receive an immediate breakdown of your results. Your primary hormone pattern is identified, along with a score for each of the five systems assessed. If your top two patterns score within close range, the quiz flags this overlap and explains how those patterns may interact.

You also receive a free copy of the 60-Day Hormone Health Audit PDF, a comprehensive guide that expands on each pattern with deeper explanations, lab markers to discuss with your provider, and practical steps you can begin on your own.

If your results suggest a pattern worth investigating further, you have the option to schedule a complimentary 30-minute discovery call with Dr. Nilsson. This is not a sales call. It is a conversation about your results, your health history, and whether a clinical evaluation would be appropriate for your situation.