Health / Re: Hormonal problems
« on: October 02, 2010, 01:59:44 am »How long has it been since you said you overtrained from exercising? Ive had that problem too and could not workout for nearly 2 months from overtraining (simply no desire to lift heavy weights). If you have elevated cortisol still from that, it could be a huge factor in your diagnosis. I don't know the full story, but I recommend some sort of adaptogenic herb. Also how would you rate your drive to exercise? Do you feel as fresh as you did before?
Rhiodiola Rosea - very good for the adrenals, and the entire HPA axis, which is often devastated from overtraining
-stimulating in low dose, sedative in high dose
Ashwagandha - another adaptogen for restoring the HPS axis, but a gentler less stimulating one
Reishi
Ginseng - supposed to be a stimulating tonic herb to balance hormones
Tribulus - boosts the testosterone more than any other herb, almost, but could be too stimulating, I've had roid rage on it and I don't know if that's helpful if your HPA axis is down.
Make sure to get in the right fats. I eat plenty of cheese now because I feel really amazing when I do. When I eat less saturated fat and too much plant fats I do not feel nearly as good.
If you go to a local herb shop, you can probably get a decent amount of any of those herbs. I got an ounce of cut up rhodiola root for 4 bucks and it lasted about 2 weeks for making tea everyday.
I'd recommend mindandmuscle.com/forum - they could give you more details on how to solve your problem based on the chemistry of everything, but they're not into healing through diet, so they'll recommend drugs.