1 A woman will not necessarily experience the same symptoms in the same way in subsequent pregnancies as with her first pregnancy. 2  Certain symptoms, like absence of menstruation and weight gain, are common to all pregnancies. 3  Other possible symptoms of early pregnancy include.  mood changes,
Chronic stress and elevated cortisol levels also increase risk for depression, mental illness, and lower life expectancy. This week, two separate studies were published in Science linking elevated cortisol levels as a potential trigger for mental illness and decreased resilienceâespecially in adolescence.
This would cause another blood test called the âBUN/creatinine ratioâ to go down. This situation can be further suspected if there are also elevated cortisol levels. Cortisol is catabolic in nature (catabolic means âbreaks things down.â In this case muscle).