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Stress Hormones & Fatigue: Cortisol & DHEA
Stress is just a part of modern life. Bills are due, your boss is grumpy, the kids need new shoes, noise is everywhere, and you're not getting the regular exercise you need. Not surprisingly, the body responds to these stresses by producing more of the adrenal hormones cortisol and DHEA, allowing us to adapt to the stress and "deal with it."
Unfortunately, when the stress gets to be too much, we can't "deal with it" appropriately. If the body becomes overwhelmed, it can be less able to produce the amount of cortisol and DHEA it needs to maintain balance. With less cortisol and DHEA the body is less able to handle the stresses, and the most common reaction is to become fatigued, often seriously so, forcing the body to take the time to rest and rejuvenate.
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References:
- Melamed S, Bruhis S. The effects of chronic industrial noise exposure on urinary cortisol, fatigue and irritability: a controlled field experiment. J Occup Environ Med 1996;38(3):252-6.
- Demitrack MA. Chronic fatigue syndrome: a disease of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis? [editorial] Ann Med 1994;26(1):1-5.
- Demitrack MA, Dale JK, Straus SE, Laue L, Listwak SJ, Kruesi MJ, et al. Evidence for impaired activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. J Clin Endocrin Metab 1991;73:1224-1234.
- Jefferies WM. Mild adrenocorticol deficiency, chronic allergies, autoimmune disorders and the chronic fatigue syndrome: a continuation of the cortisone story. Med Hypotheses 1994;42(3):183-9.
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