Posted by bleauberry on June 28, 2018, at 14:03:34
In reply to Who here feels better at night?, posted by Prefect on June 27, 2018, at 21:04:44
If you research adrenal fatigue you may find that you fit into that description. What you are feeling are the changes in cortisol levels, which spark pretty much everything else mood related, up or down. Adrenal fatigue can be a result of too much stress, bad grocery choices, or unsuspected Lyme disease.
When I was on psychiatric meds, the daily patterns were more pronounced.
I don't think I experienced 'normalcy' in all of this until about 2 years into lyme treatment with mostly herbs and rotation of antibiotics. I tried every adrenal trick in the book, of which there are many. Nothing really worked until I got rid of the actual underlying problem causing it all.
But anyway, that's what it looks like to me. You could rule that in or rule it out with a simple test. You can get a saliva cortisol test that you do at home - you take 4 different samples in a 24 hour period - and then you see your results on a chart compared to a normal chart.
Based on your descriptions, I would be willing to bet that your entire cortisol curve is low, but that it ticks upward in the evening and you feel better when that happens.
Cortisol has daily patterns of ups and downs which is normal. When that pattern gets out of whack we feel weird stuff.
> My days begin in horror, and after lunch I start feeling better, and by night time, after 9 I feel good. I find it strange, but it's like clockwork, I feel better at night.
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> The other thing that makes me feel good is a big greasy meal.
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> Anyone else share this pattern?
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