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<blockquote data-quote="ta406" data-source="post: 91337" data-attributes="member: 1022"><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #333333">Hi Dr. McClain,</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #333333">I have a question regarding cortisol. I have had a saliva test that shows that my cortisol levels are high. Especially at night which I believe causes me to wake up in the early a.m. hours and its next to impossible to fall back asleep. I am 5' 9", 210lbs, 13% body fat My diet is clean and weight train 4x a week. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #333333"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #333333">I am on trt. I get frequent blood work and try to maintain my testosterone and estrogen levels at healthy levels. I donate blood every few months, both because my RBC slowly increases and because my dad needed a few blood transfusions to keep him alive after an </span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #333333">illness so I understand how important donating is. I have had my thyroid checked and my doc said everything looked good. I have tried, meditation, mindfulness and more natural supplements and combinations of supplements than I can count. Nothing really seams to work. I was recently reading that low doses of </span></span><span style="color: #333333">Propranolol may help to combat this. Do you think this is something worth exploring or would you happen to have any other suggestions? Thanks</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ta406, post: 91337, member: 1022"] [COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#333333]Hi Dr. McClain,[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#333333]I have a question regarding cortisol. I have had a saliva test that shows that my cortisol levels are high. Especially at night which I believe causes me to wake up in the early a.m. hours and its next to impossible to fall back asleep. I am 5' 9", 210lbs, 13% body fat My diet is clean and weight train 4x a week. I am on trt. I get frequent blood work and try to maintain my testosterone and estrogen levels at healthy levels. I donate blood every few months, both because my RBC slowly increases and because my dad needed a few blood transfusions to keep him alive after an [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#333333]illness so I understand how important donating is. I have had my thyroid checked and my doc said everything looked good. I have tried, meditation, mindfulness and more natural supplements and combinations of supplements than I can count. Nothing really seams to work. I was recently reading that low doses of [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333]Propranolol may help to combat this. Do you think this is something worth exploring or would you happen to have any other suggestions? Thanks[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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