On a "spot check" at some point through the day, they appear to be in normal range? That wouldn't be unexpected at all. Checking at specific...
So you are saying that people who develop ME/CFS initially have high cortisol, but then, due to deficiencies in the substances needed to make it,...
I have tried to find the article again, but I can not find it. It was definitly not some fringe doctor, but an established professor at one of the...
Just an n=1 anecdote but I had my cortisol tested to eliminate Addisons during diagnosis and my cortisol profile morning midday and late afternoon...
Is it always low cortisol that is associated with ME/CFS? Or is high cortisol a known feature in some cases too?
I have been reading a bit into the three cortisol studies that have been done in the 90’s. I would like to discuss the ideas that come out of a...
There is no doubt it needs study and experimentation for ME. Wondering what kinds of mistakes psychologists can make to foul up the treatment of...
I am extremely happy with this paper. I really like the comparison with the acute phase and chronic phase of ICU patients. I think in this group...
The history of ME/CFS is rather well described. However, the article is very speculative and I am especially concerned with the claims that are...
TC explains the 'biology' of CFS. From TC & Mary Burgess book 'Overcoming chronic fatigue'
Just so Prof Crawley isn’t feeling left out, in some of her press interviews she suggests that with CFS biomedical problems associated with the...
I think the question must be is cortisol lower in me/cfs than in other chronic illness. I think the last reference I heard was that OMF found...
Excellent summing up. All manner of things I was going to quote regarding the absurdities of TC's approach to science, but then gave up! Just...
Thanks for all those interesting insights @Joan Crawford. The lack of intellectual rigour is quite remarkable. The evidence for cortisol in...
Webcast Persistent (Medically Unexplained) Physical Symptoms: A Scientist Practitioner Approach Monday 8th June 10.00 – 15.30 Trudie Chalder,...
Has anyone else here done cortisol or catecholamines tests? A few years I did catecholamine tests (check for adrenaline, noradrenaline (I...
Me too. I've taken hydrocortisone before (I have asthma too) and while it gave me a little lift, it made me more wired, more likely to crash, and...
I avoid corticosteroids as the plague
Having just tried corticosteroids, I am wary of research suggesting that low cortisol might be causing ME symptoms. My reaction to a relatively...
Surely, in all these years of pwME being dismissed, disbelieved, and ignored, somebody, somewhere, patient or medical doctor, must have tested...
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