Posted by glenn on April 8, 2003, at 11:40:48
Seeing as the issue of cortisol has reared its head again I just thought I would post my view that those of us with high or low cortisol get a raw deal.
It seems to me that we get shoved into a category which is not necessarily very accurate, ie depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue and then prescribed medications which do not really get to the nub of the problem chemically speaking.
I appreciate there is not yet a specific medication for cortisol problems and that ads, benzos etc may do something for some of our symptoms but we are always at risk it seems to me of being labelled a neurotic, trd or some other unhelpful label.
How many of you have had a doc suggest you have your cortisol levels checked, then if you have a problem ( after having ruled out cushings and addisons of course) were told that you have hypercortisolaemia or some similar name?
I don't think it is necessarily just a form of depression or anxiety, sure there are similarities but then again there are with lyme disease, anaemia etc, but you get properly directed treatment for them (hopefully)
Just look at all the hassle people with cfs had trying to get their condition recognised, and gulf war veterans!
This might change with ru-486 and the crf antagonists but it seems to me that as it has been recognised by some researchers that cortisol can be a cause and not just an effect of an illness it ought to have its own place and treatment stratagem.Please fee free to comment
Glenn
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