Posted by lvrlife111 on January 26, 2004, at 4:40:37
In reply to Mifepristole (RU-486) lowers cortisol?, posted by Ame Sans Vie on February 2, 2003, at 21:04:29
> I just thought I'd ask what everyone else had heard about this, as I just saw it mentioned in the magazine 'Psychology Today' as I was perusing it in Barnes & Noble. It was listed in a long chart of anti-depressant drugs and seemed oddly out of place (an abortifacient being psychologyically useful...?)
> MichaelHi Michael et al,
I have had lifelong chronic depression with no treatment. It became worse after a 10-month heightened stress period. Debilitating! Soon thereafter
I had the unfortunate occasion to have to take RU-486 for a condom breakage; however within the first 6 hours of taking it I had a body-wide feeling of peace I hadn't known in I don't know how many years.I assumed then that my depression must be due to hormone imbalance, since mifepristole is a hormone.
I am fascinated and shocked to read this topic on your posting board after doing a search on how to lower cortisol in the brain.I am convinced reducing or flushing cortisol from my brain is partially the answer to the malaise. Therefore I would like to find out more.
Sincerely,
leslie(Scott's comment however seemed worrisome.. that it may cause greater systemic release of cortisol as a result of blocking the hippocampus' cortisol receptors.)
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