SimulateTheHunt
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11155790/
first post for a lurker coming out from behind the curtain....
I'm Interested in the takeaway from the above summary. It's something I have been suspecting when observing my partners Rheumatoid arthritis. Its been severe for years, controlled with Enbrel (TNF / Etanercept) therapy. It completely disappeared during recent pregnancy and stopped using all medication only to return worse than ever 3 months postpartum. She has the usual associated afflictions,
- lifelong hypothyroid treated with an overdose of T4, moving to T3 now
- severe depression, comes and goes, recently greatly improved with dietary / lifestyle changes / pregnancy
- chronic iron deficiency anemia, poorly supplemented, improved with heme based supplements. Has markers of autoimmune gastritis - poor absorption etc
Interest is in the relationship between chronic stress and severe early life trauma and a dysregulated HPA response.
She has a blunted non reaction to many stressors up to a point where there is a paralyzing over response. She has some of the low cortisol classics like, blurred vision on exercise, low blood pressure, difficulty waking in the morning, total exhaustion.
Given we have corrected the major life stressors as best we can, what do we think is the best approach to resetting ones HPA system?
is hormonally testing for DHEA / cortisol relevant here? how would we correct it in anycase?
Currently breastfeeding also.
Much love to the community.
first post for a lurker coming out from behind the curtain....
I'm Interested in the takeaway from the above summary. It's something I have been suspecting when observing my partners Rheumatoid arthritis. Its been severe for years, controlled with Enbrel (TNF / Etanercept) therapy. It completely disappeared during recent pregnancy and stopped using all medication only to return worse than ever 3 months postpartum. She has the usual associated afflictions,
- lifelong hypothyroid treated with an overdose of T4, moving to T3 now
- severe depression, comes and goes, recently greatly improved with dietary / lifestyle changes / pregnancy
- chronic iron deficiency anemia, poorly supplemented, improved with heme based supplements. Has markers of autoimmune gastritis - poor absorption etc
Interest is in the relationship between chronic stress and severe early life trauma and a dysregulated HPA response.
She has a blunted non reaction to many stressors up to a point where there is a paralyzing over response. She has some of the low cortisol classics like, blurred vision on exercise, low blood pressure, difficulty waking in the morning, total exhaustion.
Given we have corrected the major life stressors as best we can, what do we think is the best approach to resetting ones HPA system?
is hormonally testing for DHEA / cortisol relevant here? how would we correct it in anycase?
Currently breastfeeding also.
Much love to the community.