Posted by bulldog2 on April 27, 2010, at 18:01:22
In reply to Re: Prednisone and Immediate AD Response » bulldog2, posted by SLS on April 27, 2010, at 15:53:01
> > Adrenal fatigue happens in two stages. In the first stage your cortisol levels would be high as stress causes your body to produce more cortisol. In the final stage your cortisol levels would be low as your adrenals are now exhaused. Whatever stage of adrenal fatigue your body is in the extra hydrocortisone would relieve the burden.
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> Good explanation.
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> Thanks.
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> - ScottScott
One more point. When your body is preoccupied with making cortisol the adrenals cannot make suffucient amount of other hormones that it usually makes. When you throw in exogenous cortisone it cannot recognize the source but knows the body has enough cortisol and can now make other hormones the body needs.
Now not eveyone turns out to be suffering from adrenal fatigue and do not feel better when given extra hydrocortisone. So they have to look elsewhere for the source of their depression.
I don't know if you've seen studies that autopsies of depressed people revealed many cases of adrenal hypertrophy.
I would believe that enlarged adrenals would point to damaged adrenals that probably will never be totally repaired to their original state. I doubt that cbt or alt medicine can fix a problem such as this. It would seem this is a condition similar to diabetes that would require lifelong intervention. I don't know if current antidepressants can do the job. Possibly damaged adrenals causing depression will require lifelong hormonal balancing. The current antidepressant merry go round that p-docs engage in needs to be replaced with a meaningful system of medical detective work that will find the source of the disease and the best response available.
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