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Originally Posted by MattMVS7
Now for someone who has chronic depression, if there are moments when he/she feels fine, doesn't that mean that the glucocorticoids have been stopped? Or can it be possible for them to still be going on, still circulating through the brain even during those moments this person feels fine even if this person doesn't have cushing disease?
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Im sure there are ---you dont have to have cushings to have high cortisol levels (that was just example)---that comes from prolonged stress not being treated . Stress and depression sometimes is a visious circle. Many changes have been seen in the brain with with a severe episode of depression and the same affects on the brain have been seen with prolonged stress. Its not the little bit of stress that hurts our brains --its prolonged stress. Thats why aside from anti dep meds, they stress the importance of exercise,sleep,diet,behavioral therapy all these things are known to reduce stress.