Posted by Doomed on July 10, 2002, at 0:00:57
In reply to SSRI's, 5-HT supplement shown to increase cortisol, posted by Shawn. T. on July 9, 2002, at 18:09:15
I really don't understand all of that technical jargon. I thought cortisol was good because it helped regulate a stress respone thereby protecting the body and bad because it meant there was a stress response? There are treatments for Addison's disease (low cortisol) and Cushing’s syndrome (high cortisol) and I haven't heard of these being beneficial for anxiety and depression not caused by the disorders themselves. Maybe you were referring to just helping with drug side effects? Since drug companies are working on CRF antagonists further upstream of the cortisol they must think that the this intial response may be responsible for some of the misery anyway.
>The fish oil DHEA has been shown to lower cortisol levels by the way (the last link)
I think you've confused docosahexaenoic acid [DHA] found in fish oil with dehydroepiandrosterone [DHEA] a natural hormone produced by the adrenal glands. DHEA is inexpensive and can be purchased without a prescription just like fish oil.
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