The primary hormone involved in stress response is called cortisol.
Cortisol has many important functions in the body including:
Cortisol levels are meant to return to baseline after a stressor has resolved. Occasionally the stress becomes too high and too frequent for the body to adapt properly. This can result in chronic stress, which is not a state our body is meant to maintain. Symptoms of cortisol dysregulation can include:
Through reviewing your symptoms and lab values our practitioners strive to work with you to come up with an individualized treatment plan to return your body to a more stress-adaptive state. Please contact us to get started.
