Hey lineup,
Thanks so much for you help! I also had high cortisol the first year of my illness, was super wired and blood pressure higher than normal, then crashed. Noone figured out what infection I had, even EBV was negative,but they found I was previously infected with toxo, but it was not active at the moment. I had the weirdest symptoms at onset of infection and in the years before that. I actually was unable to tolerate salt until about 2013,but thanks for the tip, I will try taking more of it now.
I took a look at your blog, very interesting stuff re parasites. I have not ever tested for them. Thanks so much for your help!