Posted by Elroy on August 23, 2006, at 7:50:07
In reply to Re: Can someone post a true hands down meds saved, posted by invisibleman15010 on August 22, 2006, at 18:46:55
> The stress then fall into major anxiety sounds very familiar. What is Pseudo Cushing's? I know Xanax helped me. NO med has really helped me at all with depression symptons. But, the benzos, now klonopin does provide me with relief from anxiety and the depression seems to lift a little. I feel almost normal.But it does not last. Glad you got good help. You are a lucky man.
> eIt is a form of Cushing;s Disease. There is actual Cushing's Disease where the body produces excessive cortisol due to a pituitary tumor. Then there's Cushing's Syndrome which is caused by either an adrenal gland tumor or an ACTH-secreting small-cell cancer. Then there's Exogenous Cushing's where a doctor has prescribed excessively strong levels of artificial cortisol (prednisone, etc.)... and then there's Pseudo Cushing's where the body produces highly excessive cortisol for any one of a number of reasons. Excessive obesity. AIDS. Active stage HIV. Acute, chronic alcoholism. And either chronic and/or acute depreession or anxiety.
In the latter case, endocrinologists call it Pseudo Cushing's, while neuropsychiatrists simply refer to it as a psychological disorder accompanied by excessive secretion of cortisol. Interestingly, while Endos are doing much research on "regular" Cushing's, they pretty much ignore Pseudo Cushing's - while the neuropsychiatrists are doing some quite serios research on psychological disorders accompanied by excessive secretion of cortisol (which is in fact MY version of PC).
An interesting article - from NIH Hospital - on that aspects of PC (psychological disorders accompanied by excessive secretion of cortisol) can be found at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2002/nichd-09.htm
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