{"id":152284,"date":"2024-03-05T14:26:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T19:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/152284"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T19:26:53","slug":"the-1-sign-of-high-cortisol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/152284","title":{"rendered":"The #1 Sign of High Cortisol"},"content":{"rendered":"
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2mrp1wgW9Z4<\/div>What is the best way to know if you have high\u00a0 cortisol what is cortisol cortisol is the main\u00a0\u00a0 stress hormone and if cortisol is too high\u00a0 there’s a lot of problems that could happen\u00a0\u00a0 in your body i’ve done a lot of videos on this\u00a0 let me go down the list to give you some ideas\u00a0\u00a000:00:17<\/a>on what happens when your cortisol is too high\u00a0 you get belly fat you lose protein in your thigh\u00a0\u00a0 muscles and your buttocks okay so you lose your\u00a0 butt and your thighs what what’s not going to\u00a0\u00a0 do your knees it’s going to make your knees very\u00a0 painful and weak especially when you’re climbing\u00a0\u00a000:00:34<\/a>stairs your blood pressure might increase first\u00a0 starting with the systolic that’s the top number\u00a0\u00a0 and then ending up with the diastolic 2.\u00a0 allergies asthma acne anxiety low tolerance\u00a0\u00a0 to stress people start really getting on your\u00a0 nerves especially slow drivers inflammation\u00a0\u00a000:00:58<\/a>why because cortisol is the main anti-inflammatory\u00a0 so if you don’t have it you fill up with\u00a0\u00a0 inflammation it could be anywhere back pain\u00a0 whatever blood sugar problems you can even\u00a0\u00a0 end up becoming a diabetic if there’s too much\u00a0 cortisol this is why when people get injected with\u00a0\u00a000:01:15<\/a>prednisone for example where they use prednisone a\u00a0 lot sometimes they can become a diabetic cravings\u00a0\u00a0 for carbs and breads okay that would be one way\u00a0 to know that you have a problem with cortisol\u00a0\u00a0 decreased libido decreased potassium\u00a0 because potassium goes through you\u00a0\u00a000:01:33<\/a>and that’s a problem because potassium is needed\u00a0 for so many things like energy relaxing you\u00a0\u00a0 balancing fluids it’s a main electrolyte etc etc\u00a0 you may tend to hold salts and that’s why you have\u00a0\u00a0 edema as well but also you will lose something\u00a0 that is involved with making acids okay and\u00a0\u00a000:01:52<\/a>hydrochloric acid so you end up with digestive\u00a0 problems because you don’t have enough acid\u00a0\u00a0 and your blood ph can go more on the alkaline side\u00a0 not the acid side that a lot of times people think\u00a0\u00a0 more alkaline and that can give you a whole\u00a0 series of additional problems but in addition to\u00a0\u00a000:02:11<\/a>all these symptoms one of the best ways to know\u00a0 you have high cortisol is the time you wake up\u00a0\u00a0 at night typically it’s going to be about two\u00a0 o’clock in the morning it could be a little bit\u00a0\u00a0 later like 2 30 a.m but between 2 and 2 30 a.m\u00a0 in the morning that’s when you become awake okay\u00a0\u00a000:02:31<\/a>now i had this problem for years and i didn’t\u00a0 know what it was it was driving me crazy it was\u00a0\u00a0 torture because i would get up in the middle of\u00a0 night and of course i had restless leg syndrome\u00a0\u00a0 too but i just wake up and i would start to\u00a0 think and analyze and solve problems and worry\u00a0\u00a000:02:46<\/a>for hours and then when i finally went to sleep\u00a0 that was around eight o’clock so the pattern\u00a0\u00a0 for high cortisol is you wake up at 2 a.m or 2\u00a0 30 a.m and then you finally can get to bed right\u00a0\u00a0 around 8 a.m when you’re supposed to wake up right\u00a0 why is that because cortisol follows a circadian\u00a0\u00a000:03:07<\/a>wave and cortisol normally is supposed to be the\u00a0 lowest at 2 a.m okay in the highest at 8 a.m in\u00a0\u00a0 the morning so everything is kind of backwards and\u00a0 so when you should be sleeping you’re most awake\u00a0\u00a0 when you should be awake you’re mostly asleep\u00a0 and then also you might have a problem with\u00a0\u00a000:03:24<\/a>midday right around let’s say um two o’clock p.m\u00a0 or three o’clock or you just want to take a nap\u00a0\u00a0 so that’s the pattern of high cortisol you\u00a0 can also do a saliva test there’s also a hair\u00a0\u00a0 analysis i don’t know if they’re still doing it\u00a0 now but that’s a really good analysis they check\u00a0\u00a000:03:41<\/a>your hair because if you test your cortisol\u00a0 with your blood you’re only looking at your\u00a0\u00a0 cortisol at one time of the day as compared to the\u00a0 hair which gives you an overall average of what’s\u00a0\u00a0 going on with cortisol or a saliva test which is\u00a0 good which you’re measuring like every four hours\u00a0\u00a000:03:55<\/a>through a whole period of time to find out what’s\u00a0 happening on this pattern so the question is what\u00a0\u00a0 do you do about it if you have symptoms\u00a0 of high cortisol well you got to find out\u00a0\u00a0 what or who is causing your stress do something\u00a0 to improve that okay walking long walks in nature\u00a0\u00a000:04:15<\/a>very very important physical work is a little\u00a0 better than exercise even exercise is really good\u00a0\u00a0 but physical work to the point where you’re\u00a0 you can get tired because it also doesn’t\u00a0\u00a0 just deplete you of the excess energy the nervous\u00a0 energy but it gets your attention off problems b1\u00a0\u00a000:04:33<\/a>essential nutritional yeast is one of the\u00a0 best sources and lots of it vitamin d3\u00a0\u00a0 vital okay and another reason why vitamin d\u00a0 is good is because cortisol tends to block the\u00a0\u00a0 storage of vitamin d as well as the ability to\u00a0 use vitamin d people with high cortisol usually\u00a0\u00a000:04:53<\/a>are always deficient in vitamin d and vitamin\u00a0 d is also good for depression and vitamin d\u00a0\u00a0 acts like cortisol in the body with all the side\u00a0 effects so it’s not necessarily going to give\u00a0\u00a0 you more cortisol it’ll help you regulate\u00a0 or balance cortisol that you already have\u00a0\u00a000:05:10<\/a>potassium magnesium are the two minerals\u00a0 that are physiological tranquilizers they’re\u00a0\u00a0 key minerals that help relax the nervous system\u00a0 and usually if you have high cortisol you’re\u00a0\u00a0 going to be deficient in both of these so taking\u00a0 those either an electrolyte or in food is very\u00a0\u00a000:05:25<\/a>important and then apple cider vinegar why because\u00a0 you have alkalosis and we need to acidify the body\u00a0\u00a0 so then you can start absorbing the minerals\u00a0 and breaking down protein very very important\u00a0\u00a0 i have a lot more videos on cortisol i’ll put\u00a0 the links down below but thanks for watching\u00a0\u00a0
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