Hormone Dysregulation

Correcting thyroid, sex hormone, or adrenal dysregulation helps restore energy, mood, and metabolic function, accelerating overall recovery from mycotoxicity. Mycotoxins can directly impair hormone synthesis across all major endocrine axes — sex hormones, thyroid hormones, and adrenal hormones — with downstream effects on fertility, energy, and mood. The article describes hormone dysregulation and immune dysfunction as directly and bidirectionally related. Declining estrogen during perimenopause and menopause is linked in the article to intestinal barrier changes, reduced microbiome diversity, and immune dysregulation. The article says hormone replacement can address low hormone levels without addressing the upstream reason for the decline. HPA axis dysregulation from mycotoxicity manifests as sweet cravings, sleep disturbances, mood disturbances, and exacerbated anxiety. An Adrenal Stress Index provides a five-point cortisol curve to assess whether a patient is spending excessive time in a fight-or-flight state that impairs healing.