Really exciting news: Next semester there is going to be an official neuroendocrinology seminar class at my University! This is exactly the field I want to go in to, so I am giddy and delighted.
The more I read and the more people's stories I hear, the more I realize that irregular mood disorders (such as bipolar I and II, cyclothymia, and ultra-radian cycling) are very closely connected with behavioral disorders (especially eating disorders). This is not news. The part that is news is this: Thyroid hormones in the brain interact extensively with chemicals that regulate mood, and thyroid irregularities are very common in both people with irregular mood.
From what I can discern, the there are two important factors in regulating these hormone and subsequently overcoming the behavioral disorders:
First is keeping an extremely regular lifestyle. This means keeping the same workout routine each week (or even better each day), sleeping the same hours every night, eating the same type and quantity of balanced food each day, and proactively working to keep stress at bay.
The second is with medication. I highly advocate that all people suffering ED's get their thyroid checked. Thyroid hormones, specifically T3, seem to be really important to mood regulation, hunger cues and mood. Natural replacements such as Armour or T3 replacements such as Cytomel are good thoughts.
This is just a shot based on what has worked for me and a few other stories I have heard. I have no idea how many people with ED would actually benefit from this, but it seems to be a common denomenator of several cases.
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Actually, I closed the comments on that particular entry to try and stop Tom Bunnell from commenting on it, but as he is a plague that never seems to want to go away, he has decided to instead bombard my other entries. *sigh* (I hate to sound mean or rude, but I've asked this guy repeatedly not to comment on my blog but he simply does not listen.)
Anyway, you can comment on the entry if you would like. If you want to write it on the same post as you wrote the last comment, I'll get it. :)
I'm glancing through some of your old entries and thinking about how much we seem to have in common, except you perhaps a bit more on the ED end of the rope and me on the Bipolar end of the rope. But we both struggle with both. You're studying to be a neuroscientist and fascinated with abnormal behaviours and other things, and I'm a psych nurse. Go figure.!
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