HPA Axis – huh?
• Muscle Relaxants • Narcotics • Progressive? • Rashes • Sexual, Physical, Emotional Abuse • Sleep • Stress • Symptoms • Temperature • Viruses My doctor (friends, S.O., family) say that this is all in my head (AIYH) and if I just started exercising (cleaning the house, getting more active, getting out of the house), I would be better. Unfortunately, they’re wrong. While acknowledging that it is important to keep as active as possible (so you don’t become immobile), CFS/FMS actually is a disorder of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis of the brain and we have documented low blood levels of many important amino acids, as well as elevations of other factors that make us feel more pain. Additionally, our muscles don’t function as they do for normal folks. For a full explanation of the blood and cerebral spinal fluid abnormalities, click on the Abnormalities Page. My doctor has placed me on an anti-depressant and I’m not depressed! Long ago, in treating depressed patients, it was
