Help with adrenals please

[Tanyaking]

Is there anyone in the group who is knowledgeable about treating high cortisol levels ? Is ashwaganda a good adaptagen too lower the highs ? . Thank you.

[humanbean]

Some people do well with Ashwaghanda. (I didn't, it made me nauseous, but I think I'm in the minority.) I do well with Holy Basil. I started on a high dose, then slowly reduced over several weeks/months. I still take a small maintenance dose to try and stop it (my cortisol) rising again.

Other things that people try and that work for some are rhodiola rosea and Seriphos. I did well with rhodiola for a couple of years, but then suddenly, for no reason I could discover I stopped being able to tolerate it any more. I wish I could still take it. I didn't do well on Seriphos - but at the time I tried it I was very ill with a severe non-thyroidal problem, which probably means I didn't give it a fair trial.

How high are your cortisol results? I couldn't find a post with the numbers.

[Tanyaking in reply to humanbean]

I’ll post the results,thank you for replying.x