Dr. Andy Galpin

Yep. Okay, great. Number one, I'm okay calling it cortisol dysfunction for the sake of kind of like learning, but it's not just that because your cortisol can be fine. And this is one thing to pay attention to is if you're like, well, I got my blood drawn or I did this cortisol test and it was fine. Great. There's many other physiological mechanisms that go into stress management.

Yep. Okay, great. Number one, I'm okay calling it cortisol dysfunction for the sake of kind of like learning, but it's not just that because your cortisol can be fine. And this is one thing to pay attention to is if you're like, well, I got my blood drawn or I did this cortisol test and it was fine. Great. There's many other physiological mechanisms that go into stress management.

Yep. Okay, great. Number one, I'm okay calling it cortisol dysfunction for the sake of kind of like learning, but it's not just that because your cortisol can be fine. And this is one thing to pay attention to is if you're like, well, I got my blood drawn or I did this cortisol test and it was fine. Great. There's many other physiological mechanisms that go into stress management.

Cortisol is just one of them. So just because your cortisol is bad, that doesn't mean this is you. And just because your cortisol is good, that doesn't mean you're free from this. either. So what are the symptoms? Things like reduced motivation to train, no more progress. You're not making any more progress in the gym. Another way that we will classically see this is delayed onset to sleep.

Cortisol is just one of them. So just because your cortisol is bad, that doesn't mean this is you. And just because your cortisol is good, that doesn't mean you're free from this. either. So what are the symptoms? Things like reduced motivation to train, no more progress. You're not making any more progress in the gym. Another way that we will classically see this is delayed onset to sleep.

Cortisol is just one of them. So just because your cortisol is bad, that doesn't mean this is you. And just because your cortisol is good, that doesn't mean you're free from this. either. So what are the symptoms? Things like reduced motivation to train, no more progress. You're not making any more progress in the gym. Another way that we will classically see this is delayed onset to sleep.

It takes me a long time to fall asleep at night. And when I fall asleep, I'm great or I'm okay, or I'm terrible. It doesn't matter, but it takes me a while to fall asleep. Awesome. What about in the wake of the middle of the night? If you get woken up in the night, do you have a really hard time falling back to sleep? Oh yeah. Never going to happen.

It takes me a long time to fall asleep at night. And when I fall asleep, I'm great or I'm okay, or I'm terrible. It doesn't matter, but it takes me a while to fall asleep. Awesome. What about in the wake of the middle of the night? If you get woken up in the night, do you have a really hard time falling back to sleep? Oh yeah. Never going to happen.

It takes me a long time to fall asleep at night. And when I fall asleep, I'm great or I'm okay, or I'm terrible. It doesn't matter, but it takes me a while to fall asleep. Awesome. What about in the wake of the middle of the night? If you get woken up in the night, do you have a really hard time falling back to sleep? Oh yeah. Never going to happen.

Hmm, great, another common thing we see pop up in people. Maybe they fall asleep really fast because they're exhausted, because they've been running on level nine all day, but if they wake up at all in the middle of the night, they'll never go back to sleep. If you look at their heart rate at night, if you look at some down regulation, we have a thing that we use in my sleep company,

Hmm, great, another common thing we see pop up in people. Maybe they fall asleep really fast because they're exhausted, because they've been running on level nine all day, but if they wake up at all in the middle of the night, they'll never go back to sleep. If you look at their heart rate at night, if you look at some down regulation, we have a thing that we use in my sleep company,

Hmm, great, another common thing we see pop up in people. Maybe they fall asleep really fast because they're exhausted, because they've been running on level nine all day, but if they wake up at all in the middle of the night, they'll never go back to sleep. If you look at their heart rate at night, if you look at some down regulation, we have a thing that we use in my sleep company,

called a wind down index. And you'll see that number is just awful with these people, right? So you'll start to see some signs and symptoms like that. So sleep is a great way to go about it. Another one is, again, the big lack of progress. Like I'm training super hard.

called a wind down index. And you'll see that number is just awful with these people, right? So you'll start to see some signs and symptoms like that. So sleep is a great way to go about it. Another one is, again, the big lack of progress. Like I'm training super hard.

called a wind down index. And you'll see that number is just awful with these people, right? So you'll start to see some signs and symptoms like that. So sleep is a great way to go about it. Another one is, again, the big lack of progress. Like I'm training super hard.

I'm not making progress. Okay, great. And then the other more classic ones like libido, like follow through, like I'm just like not getting stuff done that I used to like, I feel like I'm delaying and procrastinating projects. I never used to do that before. I'd say those are generally like the four or five things that are probably most likely to tip with people.

I'm not making progress. Okay, great. And then the other more classic ones like libido, like follow through, like I'm just like not getting stuff done that I used to like, I feel like I'm delaying and procrastinating projects. I never used to do that before. I'd say those are generally like the four or five things that are probably most likely to tip with people.

I'm not making progress. Okay, great. And then the other more classic ones like libido, like follow through, like I'm just like not getting stuff done that I used to like, I feel like I'm delaying and procrastinating projects. I never used to do that before. I'd say those are generally like the four or five things that are probably most likely to tip with people.

Or the last one that is less common will happen is just kind of like the feeling of like, I always feel anxious. Like I feel like my heart's like going, I don't even know why. I'm like not even stressed at work right now or whatever. But your system is just so waxed all the time. It never calms back down.

Or the last one that is less common will happen is just kind of like the feeling of like, I always feel anxious. Like I feel like my heart's like going, I don't even know why. I'm like not even stressed at work right now or whatever. But your system is just so waxed all the time. It never calms back down.