Posted by 4WD on February 2, 2006, at 21:36:39
In reply to Re: Panic solution, posted by blueberry on February 2, 2006, at 5:39:51
> I forgot to mention this.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Just a thought. I don't know why practitioners don't start here first...cortisol levels.That's a really good point. OTOH, sometimes cortisol levels can be high as a result of anxiety instead of vice versa. And again, it may be a chicken or the egg kind of question. My cortisol is way high but everything else checks out normal. And adrenal gland support vitamins prescribed by my acupunturist made me feel much worse.
Marsha
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