Endocrine connections to the mind (was bi polar)

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<One more question on the note of what could cause

Bi Polar (Manic Depression). Every woman in my family

did not find out about the disorder until their late 30's early 40's..

All the women have had a tubal ligation, hysterectomy or both...

 

Is there a endocrine connection here?

Anyone have any ideas or answers??>

Hi Gigi,

 

What a fascinating observation!

I certainly have no clear cut answers, but I do have an

observation of my own.

I have long been intrigued by the correlation between

adrenal gland function and ADHD.

Bipolar and ADHD are often linked, not always.

 

There is a connection to allergies as well.

Allergies always happen in the context of weak

adrenal glands.

Later in life when our sex glands start slowing down

the adrenals and thyroid are vulnerable and more

prone to exhaustion.

(Ask Michelle Gluth for her thorough work on that topic)

 

Anyhow, to come at this from a totally different

angle, I have been reading this book on natural

recovery from Parkinson's Disease. See footnote*

 

Chapter 5 goes deeply into the relationship between

the adrenaline-driven "fight-or-flight" system, vs the

dopamine-driven "rest-and-repair" system.

Actually, the author points out later on that the

sympathetic nervous system should be called

"Fight or Flight or Freeze system".

 

It describes how the mind cannot be effective when

the person is driven by adrenaline system, but

adrenalin LEVELS are low.

 

quote: <the low levels of adrenaline allow the mind

to scrabble around quickly from one thought to the next,

often getting nowhere: the mind in a pointless whirl.

This frame of mind can manifest as unfocused

rambling, confusion, or even anxiety.>

 

 

Gee, does that sound familiar?

 

<When the adrenaline system is dominant, (the dopamine

system is not in use) but adrenaline levels are extremely

low or exhausted, the mind simply doesn't know how

to be effective. Depression or panic may ensue.>

 

The mind can be <"charging ahead, dithering in confusion,

or moldering helplessly in depression">

 

snip<Fear is the motivator that activates the adrenaline

system. The mind-driven self preservation instinct, whether

raging at lightning speed in self defense or just potheringly

worried about things in general, dominates when fear is

present.>

 

I have found that a herbal formula that nourishes the

adrenal system in particular really helps me and my

officially ADD son to focus.

 

Gigi's question: could there be an endocrine connection

to bipolar?

 

Body, mind and spirit are a continuous feedback loop.

Start anywhere to affect any part.

 

It wouldn't hurt to deeply nourish and balance

(not tweak, nourish) your glandular system, and

see what happens.

 

(ask for more on that off list ienvan )

 

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Footnote

 

*The basic premise is that idiopathic Parkinson's is

the result of damage to the body's energy system.

 

It resulted from an unhealed injury to the foot combined

with a certain stoic personality type that denies the

injury.

 

The PDer, as they are fondly known, becomes a

driven type A personality functioning on adrenaline

rather than a mix of adrenaline and dopamine.

The dopamine system goes dormant.

The condition shows up as disease years later

once the adrenal glands become exhausted.

 

Download the free e-book here

http://pdrecovery.org