I hope all is well and you received your urine neurotransmitter and hormone metabolite test kit with no issues.
The first thing I recommend is not rushing into providing the sample. Just open the kit, leave the paper cards that get exposed to the urine in the zip lock plastic bag that they come in and get organized. Let it sit for a couple of days, learn the instructions and what to avoid eating prior to taking the samples. If the instructions are not followed correctly the data we get is useless because we wont be able to trust the results.
Watching this instructional video on how to provide the urine sample is a must prior to providing the sample. You can click on this link and scroll down to urine collection video. It’s called 'urine collection video" and is the 3rd one down. Ignore the salvia and blood collection videos above it because for now they are not relevant. it’s easy to follow video.
A couple of things about the video:
The video is saying that the better of the two methods is to hold the sample cards and urinate on them. DO NOT USE THIS METHOD. The video is wrong. This is not the better of the two options.
Instead use the urinate in the cup method. Use a glass cup. Clean the cup with soap and warm water. Make sure you go over the top with making sure that you wash all the soap out of the inside of the cup after cleaning it. Use clean paper towels to dry the inside of the cup down. Then urinate in the cup all the way to the near top. Dip the paper card into the cup exactly how the video shows you to do it but dip it all the way to the last black line. Directly up to the last black line and take it out of the cup. The video will show you how the card flips open and how to let it dry. Follow the instructions in the video exactly how it’s saying to let the card dry. There is four cards which means 4 samples through out the course of the day. Each time clean out the glass cup with warm water and soap and dry with clean paper towel before urinating it again for the next sample. If you have any questions about how to handle the paper cards after they are saturated in the urine and how to let the cards dry before folding them closed please let me know. I can answer all questions in vivid detail so we don’t F this up.
I will also post the written instructions that explain what not to eat prior to providing the sample. You will also have a copy of these instructions that come with the kit. I figure this is enough to digest for now and like I said don’t rush to get it done. We are better off waiting a couple of more days before we have the results and getting it right. The rush is getting the kit in the mail to get it back to ZRT after it’s completed and packaged up. Not providing the sample. No rush for this. The pre paid shipping label is a 2-3 day delivery back to ZRT so they get it timely before the sample goes bad. And ZRT tests it as soon as they get it