Do high or low cortisol levels cause / aggravate panic/anxiety/stress attacks?
I have a feeling my panic/anxiety and high levels of stress are caused by cortisol. However, I am unsure whether it is too much or too little cortisol that causes the anxiety/panic/stress problems. I encourage you to look into the benefits of adding Magnesium to your diet. I am speaking strictly from personal experience. I had horrible horrible Anxiety Attacks with my Anxiety Disorder. As a matter of fact, people in the ER know me by name-it is so embarrassing when you know that logically you are not having a heart attack but emotionally you know you are certainly going to die! Magnesium has helped me tremendously. I still have anxiety but the attacks are infrequent. Men should take at least 400 mg of Magnesium per day and women about half of that. The body expels excess so there is no chance of overload.
