Considering how common poor sleep is in people with chronic fatigue, it is actually shocking that most studies still find
perfectly normal cortisol levels in the vast majority of people with chronic fatigue / burnout.
• Roughly 20 - 30 % of the overall population of those with chronic fatigue syndrome have low cortisol • Roughly 10 - 15 % of people with chronic fatigue syndrome have high cortisol • Roughly 65 % or more of people with chronic fatigue syndrome have
perfectly normal cortisol levels.
People with severe chronic fatigue may have high, low, or
perfectly normal cortisol levels.
Not exact matches
(Even in these studies, most of them indicate that
cortisol levels at all other times of day are
perfectly normal, and that total
cortisol output over 24 hours is also
normal).