Posted by Edgefield on April 5, 2003, at 18:58:35
In reply to Re: cortisol is the consequence of my problems, posted by Frog on April 5, 2003, at 2:21:02
Thanks for this information. So I need to check with my endocrinologist to find out if the dyfunction is organic or functional.....
God Bless
Edgefield
> > Of course I have no real proof,
> > but you kind of get this feeling.
> >
> > My only breakthrough mania happens
> > durring stressfull times (school
> > exams) My brain must be just squirting
> > the stuff out.
> >
> > Does anyone know when that cortisol
> > antagonist is coming out ??
> >
> >
> > Linkadge
>
> For myself, I suffer from a major depression . Few months ago , I was advised to see an endocrinologist to get a full analysis of my metabolism to see if there was something wrong with it. Result showed that everything was fine except one thing : my cortisol rate was really high during a whole day (analysis was based on 24hr urine cortisol test)
>
> He prescribed me another test(I had to take a special pill named "dectancyl" before that test ) to see if the problem was organic or functional , result showed that problem of cortisol being really high was due to surrenal gland dysfunction and not organic dysfunction.
>
> He told me that high cortisol is representative of high stress and in my case it is a consequence . So he said it was useless to try meds that could lower my cortisol rate since it is the cause of my problem which needs to be fixed first, and the cause of my problem is major depression...
>
> So , cortisol test (either 24h urine or blood) will show if high cortisol rate is due to functional or organic dysfunction of surrenal gland. If dysfunction is organic ,there are some drug that can fix that easily , if dysfunction is functional , it is not that easy...
>
> Frog
>
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