Posted by sregan on November 20, 2006, at 9:07:24
In reply to Re: A new experience - happiness!, posted by aeon on November 20, 2006, at 4:56:45
> I too am very interested in Glucocorticoids - the reason I veered away from them is because it seems that you just cannot have variability - I mean people talk about being low in cortisol or high etc, but if that happens to any great extent you become really, physically sick (cushings, addisons etc) and they can easily test for it, not to mention all the other signs that show up.
There are ailments like Adrenal Fatigue (a variant of CFS) that have documented stages of failure: http://www.chronicfatigue.org/ASI%201%20.html without being recognised by the docs. I suspect it's part of the same HPA/Hippocampal issue some folks with depression have dealt with.
I was very excited when I read about the "miracle" cures happening with RU486.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2000/november8/ru486-1108.htmlI believe a couple of people here have tried but haven't heard any miracle stories yet.
For me the Glucorticoid theories were a way to get past the neurotransmitter methodology that I believed to be secondary to something else. Sounds like you've come to the same conclusion.
> Interestingly prostaglandins actually control to some extent the fluctuations in daily cortisol response - the link between the immune system , the hormonal system and the nervous.
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> I hope you do find time to research prostaglandins - i think you'll find it really interesting.Most defintely. I did a little last night and noticed a few papers citing prostaglandins and nitric oxide which has been something else I've been looking into lately.
Shawn
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