How Would You Know If You Had Adrenal Fatigue?
What is Adrenal fatigue?
* Feeling fatigued?
* Feel exhausted when confronted with difficult situations?
* Having trouble getting started each morning?
* Need coffee, tea or sugary treats to keep going during the day?
If your response was, “yes, I got that!” to any of the above, you could be feeling the effects of Adrenal Fatigue which has been called the twenty-first century physical ailment. Adrenal fatigue can happen in any individual who has very painful physical strain or hard to endure conditions in their life including such things as too physical a job, difficulties handling debts, relationship problems and so on. People diagnosed with other ailments may find it is a contributing factor. Millions of people show some indicators of adrenal fatigue, but up till now, the conventional method of medicine still does not recognize it as a physical problem.
There are other references to the subject of fatigued adrenals and it has been referred to as Non Addison’s Disease, adrenal apathy, and other such names that mean the same thing. This problem can make your life extremely difficult. Adrenal Fatigue occurs when the adrenal gland cannot keep up with the requests of the body because of stress factors in one’s life. The level of stress being faced by the individual determines the demand placed on the adrenal glands to produce more hormones. When the demand is constant and extreme, like in today’s society where people can experience stress demands every few minutes, results in the fatigue and symptoms listed above. In such cases, the adrenal becomes so jeopardized that it impinges upon the other body functions which include balances in the body such as mineral to water, ability to convert food into energy, properly functioning heart and a persons libido. In more severe cases the adrenal glands can be so exhausted and working so far below optimum a person can feel tired all day and hardly able to function for more than a few hours at a time.
What kind of people get adrenal fatigue?
Nearly everyone, at some time in their life, will experience adrenal fatigue. It can be brought on by a sickness, emergencies in life or demanding problems, all of which can even deplete the adrenal resources of a person that has no physical problems. There are certain factors that can make you prone to adrenal fatigue. Some items that can be causes of adrenal fatigue can include a persons choice of a way of life such as cigarettes, taking drugs, not getting enough rest, a job with too much stress, not eating well or recurrent body problems including infections, allergies and so on.
How common is adrenal fatigue?
Since 9-11 occurred in the US, over 80% of North Americans suffer from adrenal fatigue sometime in their life. Sometimes it is temporary or it could last for a long period of time and could be very debilitating.
How can you tell if you have Adrenal fatigue? If you suffer from the following symptoms frequently, then you may be suffering from Adrenal fatigue:
* If you very often feel tired for no apparent reason.
* Find it difficult to awaken even though you got plenty of sleep.
* Feeling rundown or overwhelmed.
* Can’t bounce back from illness or stress?
* Crave sweet or salty foods?
* Feeling at your highest level of energy and alertness later in the day?
Adrenal fatigue related other health conditions
* Low blood sugar
* Muscle pains
* Diabetes
* Infections that occur over and again
* Allergies
* Chronic inflammation of the joints
* Problems sleeping
* Difficult Menopause
* Faulty coordination of the balance of female hormones
Adrenal fatigue is an important health problem and should be handled. It could be diagnosed and handled with nutritional and occasionally bioidentical hormones (no synthetic or animal-derived hormones) are needed to fully recover from adrenal fatigue.
