overactive adrenals and insomnia--article

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http://www.mercola.com/2001/aug/29/insomnia.htm

" Overactive Adrenals Leads to Insomnia

Scientists have found increased blood levels of stress hormones in people

with chronic insomnia, suggesting that these individuals suffer from

sustained, round-the-clock activation of the body's system for responding to

stress. "

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article continues at Dr. Mercola's website on the above link.

Since insomnia is common with rheumatic diseases, it makes me think that

perhaps our bodies' efforts to control inflammation trigger the release of

the hormones as well. Liz G.