Hi!
First of all: I am from Germany, so sorry about my English, I hope you will understand me.
I don't suffer from classic ME/CFS but problably some related condition (detox problems, intolerance of drugs and alcohol, pain in muscles and tendons, insomnia and exhaustion).
My main problem is early morning awakening. It started during a very stressful period and has become chronic over the last 2 years. Usually falling asleep is no problem for me. It's more about waking too ealry although I am still tired and am not being able getting back to sleep.
My saliva cortisol in the morning is in the normal to high range (normal is 2-10, mine is 7), the rest of the day it's way too low and I am suffering from severe exhaustion. I guess my cortisol is raising too early in the morning waking me up and, compared with the other values of the day, it's comparatively "high".
I tried different supplements when I went to bed like GABA, Tryptophan, several herbs...but they don't seem to work when I wake up about 5 h later.
Then I took some GABA or Lactium (a milk protein wich acts on the GABA receptors) and it helped me to get back to sleep for another 2 or 3 hours. BUT: it also seems to lower my already low cortisol to a point where I feel much more exhausted than usual.
So do you know about some supplements/herbs which habe some kind of "short term impact" on cortisol, for about 2 or 3 hours so that I could lower my ealry morning cortisol but don't affect the already low daytime and evening cortisol too much?
As my morning cortisol is still in the normal range I guess that "Seriphos" would be too aggressive and left me with very low cortisol? Or what about half the dose of Seriphos? Any suggestions?
Sorry for my mistakes!
Hope
First of all: I am from Germany, so sorry about my English, I hope you will understand me.
I don't suffer from classic ME/CFS but problably some related condition (detox problems, intolerance of drugs and alcohol, pain in muscles and tendons, insomnia and exhaustion).
My main problem is early morning awakening. It started during a very stressful period and has become chronic over the last 2 years. Usually falling asleep is no problem for me. It's more about waking too ealry although I am still tired and am not being able getting back to sleep.
My saliva cortisol in the morning is in the normal to high range (normal is 2-10, mine is 7), the rest of the day it's way too low and I am suffering from severe exhaustion. I guess my cortisol is raising too early in the morning waking me up and, compared with the other values of the day, it's comparatively "high".
I tried different supplements when I went to bed like GABA, Tryptophan, several herbs...but they don't seem to work when I wake up about 5 h later.
Then I took some GABA or Lactium (a milk protein wich acts on the GABA receptors) and it helped me to get back to sleep for another 2 or 3 hours. BUT: it also seems to lower my already low cortisol to a point where I feel much more exhausted than usual.
So do you know about some supplements/herbs which habe some kind of "short term impact" on cortisol, for about 2 or 3 hours so that I could lower my ealry morning cortisol but don't affect the already low daytime and evening cortisol too much?
As my morning cortisol is still in the normal range I guess that "Seriphos" would be too aggressive and left me with very low cortisol? Or what about half the dose of Seriphos? Any suggestions?
Sorry for my mistakes!
Hope
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