Posted on 10/01/2022 9:18:01 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A new study by researchers found that lower initial cortisol levels may serve as a predictor for retention in treatment programs for substance use disorder.
The prospective observational study examined the salivary cortisol, stress exposure, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and treatment retention of males enrolled in abstinence-based, residential alcohol and drug recovery programs.
Cortisol levels reflect a physiological response to stress. In this case, researchers found that participants who remained in the treatment program less than 90 days had significantly higher initial cortisol levels than those who remained in the program longer than 90 days. Further, a Cox proportional hazards model indicated that elevated salivary cortisol, marital/relationship status and ACEs score correlated significantly with hazards of discontinuing the program early.
"Our hope is that these findings will lead to cortisol as a biomarker that can help clinicians determine which individuals might need a more intensive therapeutic approach," said Todd H. Davies, Ph.D.
The research team currently has a larger follow-up study underway that seeks to identify the clinical significant levels of cortisol. This expanded study also includes a more representative population and examine the hormone oxytocin.
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It was a good idea to test a stress marker. I’m surprised this wasn’t done before.
Nad+ is really the thing for addiction recovery, though it MIGHT be somehow related to cortisol as well. I have cortisol regulation issues and take phosphatidylserine every night at bedtime to control it. It is probably the most effective thing you can take to control it. And you sleep like a baby.
You triggered me and thanks! I am going to buy some NMN which seems to make Nad+ in yr body. I have lots of research to do today at Amazon product reviews and the internet/YouTube
Meanwhile, David Sinclair -— who has a YouTube channel with long videos says>>>>
The daily NMN supplement habit of Professor Sinclair
Dr. David Sinclair wrote in his book, Lifespan, that he takes NMN on a daily basis. He adds NMN to his yogurt for breakfast. NMN is orally very bioavailable.
Sinclair takes 1,000 mg of NMN in one dose in the morning. This is a lot. 250 mg of NMN per day would also suffice. In fact, doses between 250 to 500 mg per day could be ideal.
https://novoslabs.com/david-sinclair-and-why-he-takes-nmn-and-not-nr/
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https://brainflow.co/2022/03/19/david-sinclairs-nmn-resveratrol-protocol-dosage-brand/
https://biomprobiotics.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-understanding-nmn-and-nad-supplements/
https://druggenius.com/nutrition/david-sinclair-supplements-what-does-he-take/
David Sinclair’s Daily Supplement Routine
In the video embedded below David talks lists out his full daily supplement protocol with exact dosages. Co-host Matthew LaPlante asks for a specific timeline of what, when, how much, and how he takes each and every supplement listed here. The video will start at the timestamp where this discussion begins.
He does not state this as a suggestion for listeners to copy but more of a starting point to discuss with their doctors.
This makes sense.
My testing with addicts revealed that failure to create a healthy self identity in childhood and teen years leads to the dependency.
With no sense of self identity or ego identity to hold values, morals, hopes and dreams, the person is locked in dependency/codependency with no vessel to hold individual will.
My research revealed childhood traumas that destabilized childhood attachment and bonding issues, thus destabilizing the foundation necessary to build a healthy self.
Sorry. This is laughable. Just medical science trying to justify its existence by putting more details on paper and attempting to qualify it as a breakthrough for so-called ‘treatment’ (read $$).
Addiction is, unfortunately, an assured result of excesses pursuant to basic biochemical survival mechanisms built into our biology. Cortisol is an effect having no relation whatsoever to the biochemical process which prompts addictive behavior.
Until there’s a major breakthrough in brain chemistry (possibly gene therapy, perhaps even psychological) addiction treatment will remain much like it is:
Largely ineffective.
Cortisol is merely a way to understand how much stress an alcoholic is still under at a given point in time while in therapy. That cortisol equates to a likely desire for alcohol, for someone who uses alcohol to treat stress, if otherwise in good care.
I think you misinterpreted the writeup.
No, I didn’t.
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