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If you stay up late and sleep late, can this raise or affect your cortisol levels? i am a night owl, usually sleep from 3am-11am.
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Circadian rhythm: your cortisol levels rise upon awakening an decrease prior to sleep.increasing as the day goes on and decreasing as sleep approaches.
Answered 5/11/2019
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