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We know the exact symptoms and fat distribution patterns of excess cortisol
You don’t need a pituitary tumor to experience these symptoms. Excess cortisol is a standard feature of hypothyroidism
If you’re balding and/or have skinny arms and a fat face, you better lock tf in
We know the exact symptoms and fat distribution patterns of excess cortisol You don’t need a pituit...
We know the exact symptoms and fat distribution patterns of excess cortisol You don’t need a pituit...
How to reduce cortisol?
Check to see if you’re hypothyroid, first and foremost.
If you’re a cortigroid, chances are that your heart beats rapidly in response to the slightest exertion (like going above 100BPM when you get out of bed) — partly due to chronic RAAS activation
Diagnostic challenges
Running on stress hormones may increase your body temperature, so it’s not necessarily a reliable indicator
Also, elevated cortisol can suppress TSH, which could result in a misdiagnosis
So your best bet is to look for secondary symptoms of hypothyroidism
Secondary symptoms of hypothyroidism:
~Weak, rapid heartbeat OR slow labored heartbeat
~Cold hands and feet OR overheating
~Stuffy nose
~Frequent aspiration
~Reactive fatigue after eating
~Bloating
~Infrequent bowel movements
Labs
~Low HDL/high LDL
~High estrogen and prolactin
What to do about hypothyroidism?
Bring cortisol down immediately. Don’t starve yourself. Don’t overfill yourself. Probably better to avoid fatty foods and eat easily digestible things like fruits, honey, juice, sugars
Keep micronutrients and minerals in check with OJ and organs
When to take hormones:
If there’s no obvious lifestyle/circumstantial reason for elevated cortisol, such as
•Unreliable access to food
•Excess physical exertion
•Nutrient deficiencies
•Poor light environment
•Injury/sickness etc.
Then it’s time to take exogenous hormones
Thyroid and Progesterone
T4 is easy to get almost everywhere in the world. Start with 25mcg and see how you feel!
Make sure it doesn’t give you tachycardia (unlikely). In fact, if you’re running on cortisol, thyroid should LOWER your heart rate and relax you
If T4 has no effect on you, then you might want to try T3.
Estrogen can prevent the activation of T4, so until that’s fixed you will need T3.
Maybe take 5mcg T3 and see if your symptoms are at least partially relieved within the hour. An obvious one is that it makes you sleepy.
Progesterone as a temporary panacea
If, let’s say, thyroid doesn’t work for you, either because it makes you hyperthyroid or because you cannot source T3
Your next bet is progesterone. It’ll immediately antagonize estrogen, lower cortisol, and give you a good night’s sleep
Neither men or women should take progesterone everyday (with the exception of post-menopausal women)
It’s a cyclical (in women), or temporary (in men) intervention to give you immediately relief
Progesterone sensitizes you to T4-only and even a single dose has lasting effects
Correcting cortigroid behavior
If you’re a lifelong cortigroid, chances are that you’ve picked up some bad habits over the years
Laziness in some aspects of life, overexertion in others. Addictions. Delusions. Bipolar
Hypothyroidism can mask itself as a DSM-tier mental illness
Lethargy or Mania
Under conditions of chronic cortisol elevation you can only choose between two states of being
You’re mostly lethargic and unproductive, but if you force yourself to be alert, it’ll trigger an adrenaline cascade, leading to inappropriate/disproportional energy
Manic Hypothyroidism
>You overcome immense resistance in order to work/exercise, but you’re too wired to sleep afterwards
This is why cortigroids avoid meaningful exertion, because it turns on the tap of adrenaline and it’s difficult to control/stop the flow of energy (mania)
Bringing yourself back to good health will not eliminate bad habits, but it will make the process of eliminating them easier
You still have to actively work on yourself and keep testing your agency, see what more you can do
In a healthy state, activity shouldn’t feel forced
An eg. of bad habits borne out of poor health:
If you have some degree of erectile dysfunction, you’ll probably require visual aides, or sometimes other extreme measures, to get cocky up
Cortigroids will even jerk a halfchub just to break the ennui of serotonin torpor
Fixable.
Logos of Cortisol
Chronically elevated cortisol is typically associated with periods of stress, darkness, war, famine, and grief
The logic of cortisol fat is to maintain energy stores for the vital organs, cervical spine, and brain at the expense of limbs, hair, genitals etc.
Disease of Hopelessness
Hope can reverse chronic illness, even in poor conditions — It’s not so much about darkness or PUFA as it is about hopelessness
That’s why prayer saves, especially newbies whose prayers are more readily fruited
Health is the anticipation of good news ♥️

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