Posted by Pfinstegg on March 21, 2005, at 7:30:06
In reply to Re: Acupuncture??? » TamaraJ, posted by Sarah T. on March 21, 2005, at 2:29:24
Hi- here I am! I don't know what effects, if any, acupuncture has on lowering cortisol. When I have a little more time, I'll do a literature search. too. I have seen two articles with good data showing that massages lower 24-hour cortisol for 3-4 days.
How much higher than normal is your 24-hour cortisol? Do you have the normal pattern of high in the morning and low at midnight? (easy to do with salivary tests). It's very good that you are a DST suppressor. That means, to me, that you do not have a very overactive HPA axis which never turns off. If you are turning off your CRF-ACTH towards evening and night, you are protecting your hippocampus and allowing it to create new cells, at least during those parts of the day.
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