Posted by Pfinstegg on October 22, 2002, at 0:27:37
In reply to Re: links to cortisol/stress reviews, posted by Shawn. T. on October 21, 2002, at 22:24:14
Thanks for the great references- I'm copying them out. I wasn't aware of how MUCH tianeptine those tree shrews were given in order to protect their brains from the cortisol. It's great to have scientifically able people who can evaluate the design of these experiments with a critical eye. What you say makes the human doses seem pretty insignificant- still, so far I feel confident that the tianeptine is helpful. I just saw the endocrinologist (it took 2 months to get an appointment), but now that I am there, he is planning to do a 24-hour urinary cortisol and a combined CRF-DST suppression test every two months, to see if what I am doing now- 37.5 mg tianeptine, 4 gms. Omega 3, and relational psychotherapy- will have any effect on the cortisol over the next few months. If it doesn't, he is thinking over the pros and cons of using mefipristone or ketanozodole- how long to give them, and at what doses.
Whether the levels improve or not, I promise to post the results..after going on about cortisol at such length here, I would really be letting you down if I didn't..
Pfinstegg
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