Posted by jazzdog on April 4, 2002, at 12:26:43
In reply to Re: SSRI, adrenal exhaustion » jazzdog, posted by JohnX2 on April 3, 2002, at 12:02:04
Hi John -
> This affect blunting actually lifted completly a few times on ADs and it was a bizarre feeling, different than a depression lift (i.e. different than getting a dopamine kick). I.e. a return of "a range of feeling". Do you know what I am referring to?
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. It's a feeling of being fully alive - not emotionally numb, excited, or over-reactive. I think it also has something to do with libido, though not in any 'driven' way.>
> BTW, I have seen many references to people with derealization having a common marker of hypocortisolemia. Right? Many people actually feel better after treatment with hydrocortizone, although I don't know if this can persist?
>Yes, this is sort of where I entered on this thread. Hydrocortisone did indeed help, but any prolonged treatment undermines the adrenals' ability to manufacture it on their own. This seems to be true even with low-dose hydrocortisone, though cfs patients would argue against this. My feeling is, anybody with cfs should grab a anything that makes them feel better, even if it means they have to take cortisone the rest of their lives. Anything has to be better than living with that disease. Anyway, that's why I think I'll try a combo of licorice tea, ginseng and tyrosine - they seem to boost the adrenals' ability to manufacture its own cortisone.
By the way, do you know if tyrosine can work in this way? Is it just the brain blood barrier it doesn't cross?
Good luck with your endocrinological explorations. I think you'll enjoy a whole new field of body-mind interaction. :-)yours, Jane
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