Posted by Cecilia on September 17, 2005, at 1:19:09
In reply to Re: CRF Antagonists More Questions » Racer, posted by SLS on September 15, 2005, at 20:20:14
I`ve never had my cortisol level checked but I always assumed it was probably high because I`m depressed, stressed and overweight. It`s interesting that you said that cortisol levels tend to be low in people with atypical depression because both cortisol and atypical depression cause weight gain-you`d think they`d be high. I have atypical depression and my sleep and circadian rhythms are completely out of whack. I have extreme difficulty getting to sleep and extreme extreme difficulty waking up. No matter how much sleep I`ve had I wake up with overwhelming exhaustion and emotional pain. I have bizarre unpleasant dreams but no matter how bad they are I still want to sink back into them rather than wake up. I`ve been this way as long as I can remember but the older I get the worse it seems to be. But even if my cortisol levels were off I`m not clear what they could do. If they were low I certainly wouldn`t want to take steroids that would cause me to gain more weight and if they were high I really haven`t heard about anything to lower them that`s effective and not extremely toxic. And what if they`re low when they should be high and vise versa? Cecilia
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