Day: April 6, 2018

🎤 Interview Archive: Mary O’Connor (MaryO) interviewed Robin Smith (staticnrg)

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Mary O’Connor, Cushings-Help.com founder interviewed Robin Smith (staticnrg). Robin had Cushing’s for over 20 years, at least. Of course, no one figured it out or even put two and two together until her new PCP whom Robin found in 2004 said “endocrine”. She didn’t figure it out, either, but at least Robin had a piece of the puzzle and Robin found www.cushings-help.com. Robin immediately went into denial and left for several months until Robin got so sick Robin knew she had to…

Listen to the interview at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cushingshelp/2008/02/15/symptoms-and-diagnosis-part-2-cushings-message-board-members

⁉️ Myths and Facts about Cushing’s: YOU are the problem and the reason…

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Myth: YOU are the problem and the reason for your cortisol levels. Having issues with too much or too little cortisol, the stress hormone, means that YOU are stressing too much or are too anxious. “YOU could control your levels if you would JUST calm down!”
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Fact: YOU are NOT the problem! The dysfunction in your body is the problem. It is true that cortisol is your stress hormone or fight or flight hormone. This hormone helps your body compensate for and deal with trauma or stress, both physical and emotional. So, yes, your body does have a reaction to stress.
However, for people with Cushing’s, that hormone goes haywire. Too much cortisol leads to Cushing’s symptoms and having too little cortisol leads to Adrenal Insufficiency. Normally, our bodies’ response to stress is to pump out 10X the amount of your baseline cortisol to cope. If it is not able to do this, it will go into shock and can lead to death unless the emergency protocol is followed with an emergency injection of steroid. No amount of coping skills can “control” one’s physiological response to stress.