A short spoken segment from Ashok Gupta explaining why many people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) feel worse in the morning. He attributes morning low energy to imbalanced melatonin and low waking cortisol—often due to a downgraded hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis—which reduces the stimulating, energizing effect of cortisol.
You know, there's so many different things going on. Your melatonin levels, your cortisol levels. So many people with CFS have low waking cortisol. That basically means that their system just isn't ready for the day. There's not enough cortisol, the stress hormone, to get them stimulated. Because, remember, cortisol is not just a negative thing, it's a positive thing. It gives us energy. And that's often because of a downgrade of the HPA axis. Now, I'm getting a bit technical here, but that's the hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis is downgraded. So if that's the case, just take your time to.
