Pupil Test for Aldosterone Deficiency in Adrenal Fatigue

The Pupil test and primarily tests your levels of aldosterone, another adrenal hormone. You need to be in a darkened room with a mirror. From the side (not the front), shine a bright light like a flashlight or penlight towards your pupils and hold it for about a minute. Carefully observe the pupil. With healthy adrenals (and specifically, healthy levels of aldosterone), your pupils will constrict, and will stay small the entire time you shine the light from the side. In adrenal fatigue, the pupil will get small, but within 30 seconds, it will soon enlarge again or obviously flutter in it's attempt to stay constricted. Why does this occur? Because adrenal insufficiency can also result in low aldosterone, which causes a lack of proper amounts of sodium and an abundance of potassium. This imbalance causes the sphincter muscles of your eye to be weak and to dilate in response to light.

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[LunnBass]

Mine hardly went small then started pulsating bigger...

i have EVERY low cortisol symptom.

[tubofbologna]

mine are always small....is that bad?

[linamello2011]

Great video

[smith8577]

Your suppose to do this test in the dark, that is what adrenal gland book tells me... try that and see what happens...

[veshno1]

lol thats the most unreliable test ever... since pupils are supposed to dilate and flutter because it changes with every thought you have...

for example you are on the beach... your pupil will be small, when you see a beautiful girl they will dilate, when you think about ´certain things´ will dilate more, but then you think about your fat girlfriend they will get smaller again.. and then some fat guy in a thong comes along they will get really small...

[allexx123]

@sp3cialfx28 I bet that an eye doctor could tell you

[cliftonite187]

it's because of light being blocked and then shined back into your eyes man

[jeru333]

do you have low blood pressure?

[sp3cialfx28]

How is this related to anxiety and what is the cause/treatment? I noticed this during panic attacks. I went through a nightmare of panic attacks 6 years ago, ended up getting divorced, couldn't hold a job because of anxiety/panic. Today I take clonazepam and have been for the past 4 years. I notice when I feel anxious my pupils will flutter rapidly, it freaked me out at first. I asked my eye doctor and she didnt even know what it is, neither did my regular doctor or psychologist......

[389Lee]

I have brain freeze...I realize what you are doing...you say excactly what you are doing in the title!