Cortisol

[Matt3013]

Hi all,

I’ve been reading that elevated and prolonged stress can cause an imbalance with cortisol levels which can lead to

- Headaches

- brain fog

- Anxiety

- Depression

Etc etc....

So stress causes the body to release this hormone and by doing so is overloading us with cortisol causing the above..

Does anyone know of or use any supplements to help reduce cortisol?

Thanks

Matt

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Check out dr berg on YouTube, he has lots of really interesting videos

[Calm_mama]

If I may chime in, I recommend a different approach! Let your cortisol levels be! Understand that high cortisol levels are part of the human experience for everyone from time to time. Cortisol levels in the context of anxiety do not matter. It's normal to have high cortisol levels at periods in our lives. Think of people who have lived through extremely difficult circumstances: survivors of all kinds of horrors throughout history and all over the globe. Once the nervous system settles down (and you have the power to support that process) the cortisol levels naturally go down as well. I recommend living alongside your high cortisol levels and accept them - and everything else that anxiety brings for the time being, while practicing a new approach- accept, accept, accept everything about anxiety. This is the key to recovery. On my profile I have a list of my favorite recovery resources. I hope you will check them out

Think of this: A 40 year old type A high powered executive male goes to see his doc, who says, "hmmm you had that one heart attack a few years ago. Now we've got your blood pressure, your cholesterol, and your glucose all in check. Your weight is good, you're exercising, your diet is excellent... the one thing we need to worry about here is your stress level. You're working too hard and clearly are kind of an anxious fellow. Let's get those stress levels down.". The man has a family to feed, older parents to care for, a medical history so he needs to keep his insurance, and an anxiety center in his mind prone to being "awake and on the alert". He's already doing meditation, yoga, getting enough sleep etc. His job makes him happy, although it is high stress. What good is the doctor's advice? the doc is saying, "we better worry about your stress levels. If we worry about them, you'll do something about them. If I make you a little fearful of these stress levels, you'll do something about it". I cannot think of worse advice for a person with a highly active anxiety center. The doc should let it be. The patient should accept that he's doing his best in this thing called life and that stress is a part of it. Yes, balance as much as possible, but mostly accept, accept accept that stress is part of life. Paradoxically, that nonchalant attitude towards stress is what will lower stress levels more than anything.

Does this make sense? Nonchalance towards something like cortisol levels is what will bring them down- and settle down all of anxiety There is no medication for high cortisol levels. Unless of course you have Cushing's. Which you don't. Just treatment with your own mind through education, and cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance. All of which you can get with the resources I list Oh and a good therapist can help with these things of course! Let your cortisol levels be! If high cortisol levels were life threatening I'd be dead as a doornail right now. Cortisol will settle down naturally in time with the right approach

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Yes, magnesium.

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