High Cortosol

[bullshark99]

Had extensive BW done, almost fell over, everything was spot on with one exception, cortosol. LabCorp scale was 6.2-19.4, mine come in 23.7. Not terribly high but above top range. Other than the obvious, stress and reduction of caffiene, energy drinks, are their any proven OTC supplements to reduce this?

regards,

[BallSak]

Bull, I'm unsure of otc meds but just make sure to get it down to a healthy level. I was too stressed for too long and now I deal with low cortisol cuz my adrenals are burnt out. Its not fun, trust me.

May want to research into kava kava or gaba. They may help, but not for sure.

[kelkel]

Vitamin C.

[thisAngelBites]

Are you having trouble sleeping? Or sleeping well but still fatigued? Or getting lots of colds? I'm wondering if you have symptoms of high cortisol, or if you just had a random high cortisol, like maybe you rushed around a lot getting to your blood draw?

[bullshark99]

I consider myself a bit of a vampire, that would be YES to trouble sleeping but that's always been the case. Very lite sleeper, have not set an alarm in 25 yrs, can wake up on time regardless of when I need to rise or when I retire. Funny thing, have not been sick in several yrs, seem to have a very good immune system. Then again, I am pretty much a "freak" when it comes to keeping my hands clean and not going to my eyes,nose or ears.
My guess is it was random but ????? Other than advised above, my clinic tried selling me some combination of something but I think they are just focusing on "sales".

[thisAngelBites]

I agree that it's possible it's just an anomalous result. On the other hand, the rise in cortisol is usually what makes us wake up in the morning, and it might be the case that all your light sleep is a result of generally elevated cortisol levels, or some sort of disordered rhthym of cortisol (where the normal diurnal pattern is high in the morning and low at night).

If you wanted to try and experiment and reduce your cortisol levels at night to see how that affected your sleep, you could try taking some phosphatidylserine at bedtime and see how it goes. There are many mixes of supplements that contain things called adaptogens that are meant to try and optimise adrenal function so that it produces cortisol when it should, and not, when it shouldn't, but this phosphatidylserine stuff will lower your cortisol and you might be able to learn something from your response to it.

[bullshark99]

Thank you for your feedback Angel, I will be getting bloods done mid April, if still elevated perhaps I will give this a try.

[scotty51312]

Vitamin C.

^^this. In large doses 2-4 grams spread out through the day, with the highest dose being before bed

[thisAngelBites]

Some people find vitamin c at bedtime stimulating, so be aware of that. The general rule is that minerals are calming and that vitamins are stimulating, but it varies a lot from person to person, so you have to try to find out out how it affects you.

[wellshii]

Phosphatidlyserine
Tried posting some links on the studies but didnt let me due to low number of post.Just good Phosphatidlyserine and cortisol and it'll come up.Seems to lower prolactin as well,another plus

[zillagod]

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