{"id":11139,"date":"2023-10-20T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/?p=11139"},"modified":"2024-08-09T10:31:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:31:39","slug":"seriphos-lowers-high-cortisol-prevent-waking-in-the-night-and-nighttime-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/seriphos-lowers-high-cortisol-prevent-waking-in-the-night-and-nighttime-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Seriphos lowers high cortisol: prevent waking in the night and nighttime anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Seriphos is my favorite nutrient for lowering high nighttime cortisol in order to reduce night waking and nighttime anxiety. I\u2019ve used it with success in the past and have just needed it again:<\/p>\n

After coming back from Hawaii (I was there for just under 2 weeks), I was still waking a few times each night. Sometimes I would be awake for 2-3 hours! I’m a hot mess when I don’t get sleep through the night. With just 1 Seriphos before bed for 9 days I was sleeping through the night again. It was glorious!<\/p>\n

High cortisol can be a temporary issue after international travel i.e. caused by jetlag and out of balance circadian rhythm. I will admit that I have a number of confounding factors – like my loss and grief (my darling mom has just passed away), being sprayed with insecticide on landing in Australia (which I suspect caused severe vertigo the day after I got back), and high blood pressure (and likely higher cortisol too) after drinking too much licorice tea for my voice loss. Whatever the causes of my high cortisol, Seriphos really helped me sleep through the night.<\/p>\n

I ran out of Seriphos 2 nights ago and I was awake for 3 hours last night. I\u2019ll be adding it back to my nighttime protocol as soon as my order arrives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seriphos is made by Interplexus and is a phosphorylated serine product. It is similar to the more recognized phosphatidylserine which is also used and known for lowering high cortisol \u2013 clinically and in the research.\u00a0 However, clinically, I have found Seriphos to be more effective and work more quickly.<\/p>\n

UPDATE Feb 2024: I did end up tweaking my Seriphos dose a few times. After a few weeks I decided to trial 2 per night – this worked well. Then a few weeks later I trialed 3 per night – but after a few days I realized that even though it worked well for sleep it made me too tired the next day. For this reason I went back down to 2 Seriphos at bedtime.<\/p>\n

UPDATE August 2024: I’m now using just 1 Seriphos at night and have added ox bile supplementation<\/a> and a bright light panel in the morning<\/a> because of bile issues. More on this below.<\/p>\n

Seriphos for high cortisol due to trauma, loss of beloved cat and more<\/h2>\n

When I posted this on Facebook, I had a number of folks share how Seriphos has also helped them.<\/p>\n

Kathy shared this: \u201cI take two Seriphos at night for high cortisol that causes insomnia. It works well for me and helps me to relax. I have a significant trauma background that keeps me in fight or flight, so Seriphos is a must have at night. I do take a break from time to time if I am going through a less stressful time.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Hopefully Kathy is also working on the trauma, doing trauma work and even incorporating other nutritional approaches which help so much with recovery – like zinc, vitamin D, a B complex, GABA and tryptophan etc. Taking a break from time to time is a good plan – I share more about this below.<\/p>\n

Kim shared this: \u201cSeriphos is a life saver – I started it when I was having cortisol\/adrenaline issues a few years ago and have continued using it. I don\u2019t ever want to be without Seriphos. A little over a month ago I unexpectedly lost my youngest cat. She was emaciated when I rescued her over 4 years ago and we turned around health issues. I feel so sad that she was dealt such a bad hand but we got her a loving home. My animals are everything to me and the grief is so difficult. She was a character and I love her so much.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

She uses one capsule in the evening but also uses a capsule during the day if she feels off. Hopefully Kim is also doing trauma work and other nutritional support too.<\/p>\n

Janie shared this: \u201cI have used it, years ago when my cortisol was off the charts, morning and at night. I was awake every night until 2am, unable to sleep. Seriphos certainly helped.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

She used 1 Seriphos per day for about 3 months.<\/p>\n

Patricia said: \u201cPlease remember that there is Original Seriphos and the next gen Seriphos. I was one of thousands of people who had used original Seriphos for sleep and then they changed their formulation without telling us and then so very many of us were wide awake at night until we realized that they had changed the formulation.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

This happened in 2016\/2017 and I blogged about that whole fiasco here –\u00a0 Seriphos Original Formula is back: the best product for anxiety and insomnia caused by high cortisol<\/a>. You can read many other success stories on the blog and in the comments.<\/p>\n

Address the causes of your high cortisol: jetlag, grief, toxins, licorice intake<\/h2>\n

As you can see from my example there can be a number of causes of high cortisol and you always want to address these causes while using Seriphos so you can eventually stop using it:<\/p>\n