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Re: Ardrenal/Cortisol Levels high, what helps? » john1022

Posted by Larry Hoover on December 30, 2003, at 11:08:51

In reply to Ardrenal/Cortisol Levels high, what helps?, posted by john1022 on December 19, 2003, at 16:25:12

> Hello,
>
> I just got the results back of the saliva test I had done to check my adrenal function and cortisol levels.
>
> They came back as high in the morning, noon and night.
>
> The doctor recommended Ashwaganda at 1 tsp a day as a start. She also mentioned spreading meals out to 5 times a day (with smaller meals) instead of 3 meals a day.
>
> I was just wondering if Larry or anyone else had any information on other ways along with these that I can lower these levels.
>
> What implications can high cortisol levels have?
>
> Thank you very much. Happy holidays

Two herbs are especially helpful, St. John's wort and ginkgo biloba. Aswaghanda is another option, but I had a paradoxical reaction to it, so maybe I'm biased.

High cortisol is a contributor to what you might think of as stress burn out. Your body can't maintain its stress reaction indefinitely. You will sag into collapse, and the symptoms may be later identified as chronic fatigue, or atypical depression, or perhaps others, depending on what symptoms of adrenal collapse are more predominant in your case.

If you can get your evening cortisol down, you will gradually start to feel better.

Lar

 

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