My Experience With Hydrocortisone

Hydrocortisone is the pharmaceutical version of the hormone cortisol, the so-called “stress hormone”.

Cortisol gives energy, vitality, and “punch”. Cortisol clarifies thinking, sharpens concentration, and improves cognition & memory, giving a “clear” head and a sharp mind. Furthermore, cortisol increases the availability of plasma nutrients and regulates the immune system. All of this makes physiological and evolutionary sense in times of stress and danger.

While cortisol excess has degenerative effects on every bodily tissue, cortisol deficiency makes people feel miserable, including brain fog, abysmal energy levels, “feeling like shit”, and weakness. Replacing it in a cortisol-deficient person has quick and dramatic effects. Therefore, hydrocortisone is thought to be a viable option for the (temporary) treatment of burnout states, and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Furthermore, the use of corticosteroids can help atypical depression and kinds of depression that are due to “sickness behavior”. However, hydrocortisone is powerful, and its use can be quite dangerous, degenerative, and pro-aging.

Personal experience

In my early twenties, I was battered by “adrenal fatigue”, which has little to do with the adrenals but everything with the hypothalamus (and should therefore be called “HPA-axis dysfunction”). It was brought about by undereating, intermittent fasting, and buying too much into “health” advice.

Because my symptoms matched my symptoms of cortisol deficiency, I decided to give it a try. Already on my first dose, I was brought back to life like nothing else I had tried by this time.

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