Posted by blueberry on February 2, 2006, at 5:39:51
In reply to Panic solution, posted by kavaman on January 31, 2006, at 15:24:38
I forgot to mention this.
Have you had cortisol and dhea levels checked? It could be something as simple as your adrenal glands acting weird, which would affect all kinds of things like anxiety, panic, free floating fear, and it would have kind of a pattern at different times of the day.
The tests are not expensive. If cortisol levels are too high, they can easily be lowered with Serophos. If they are too low, they can be raised with licorice root, or ginsengs, or pregnanalone, or hydrocortisone.
Since all of the psych med things you've tried have had "quirky" results, my doctor says that points in the direction of adrenal gland malfunction. And if you think about it, overamped adrenal glands would certainly cause panic attacks and that brain medications would be way off target.
Just a thought. I don't know why practitioners don't start here first...cortisol levels.
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