Low Cortisol and Your Mental Health
Wrtten by: Olaniyi Osuntokun, MD, Double Board-Certified in Psychiatry and Neurology The Cortisol and Anxiety Loop: When It’s Not Just “In Your Head” Patients ask me all the time: Can anxiety cause low cortisol? or Does low cortisol cause anxiety? The answer is both. The relationship between your mood and your stress hormones is entirely…
