Posted by JonB on June 1, 2001, at 11:44:52
In reply to Re: Targeting cortisol for depression?, posted by Bill L on February 14, 2001, at 7:27:12
I haven't been tested but I seem to have all of the symptoms of high cortisol. For some further background on this I recommend reading about this new CRF antagonist being developed by Neurocrine at;
http://www.neurocrine.com/clinical/clinical_anxiety.html
Another interesting article on how this problem develops can be found at;
http://psychiatry.medscape.com/Medscape/psychiatry/TreatmentUpdate/2000/tu03/public/toc-tu03.html
Specifically the section on "Neurobiological Alterations That Result From Early Life Trauma".
I understand what you all are saying here and have learned that I need to ensure that I never allow stress to knock me over the edge and get my cortisol going. This has caused some neurotic adaptations to develop over the years but in recent years I've had several frightening "run-in's" with stressors that have resulted in my developing several bouts of major depression. Trying some interesting meds like SAM-e, Serzone, St John's Wort and Neurotin in various combinatio
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