Adrenal Fatigue
Just what is Adrenal Fatigue?
* Tired for no reason?
* Feel tired when faced with stress?
* Having trouble getting up in the morning?
* Need caffeine or sweet foods to give you a boost?
If your answer is yes to any one of the above questions, you could be feeling letargic because of the effects from Adrenal Fatigue. It is the latest condition affecting much of the population in the industrialized world. It is truly the 21st century physical condition. Adrenal fatigue can occur in anyone who has severe or constant physical or emotional stress in their life. It also can be a contributing factor in other ailments such as being overweight, reactions to food and the environment. Despite the fact that adrenal fatigue affects millions of people traditional medicine does not identify or treat it as a medical condition.
This condition has been known also as Hypoadrenia (reduced functioning of the adrenal glands), Non Addison's disease (extremely low adrenal activity), neurasthenia (psychological disorder characterized by chronic fatigue), adrenal fatigue, and adrenal apathy. Adrenal fatigue can wreck havoc in your life. Adrenal fatigue is produced when the adrenal gland cannot meet the demands of stress being faced by the individual. In more severe cases the adrenal is working so way below its optimum that a person is tired through out the day and can hardly function for more than a few hours a day. The adrenal function is so compromised that it affects all the systems in the body including fluid and electrolyte balance (mineral to water balance), carbohydrate , protein and fat metabolism (conversion of food to energy), heart and even libido. Whether you have an emotional crisis or physical stress like surgery, if the adrenal cannot provide the hormone production in enough quantities, you will experience some fatigue.
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.
Is adrenal fatigue rare or common?
After 9-11 the incidence of stress induced physical illnesses increased. Since the attack over 80% of North Americans have suffered from adrenal fatigue in some way. The illness varies from short-term, temporary conditions to a more severe condition that casuess loss of strength or energy to a huge degree and lasting for a long-term period.
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 are lethargic and weary very often without cause.
* Can't get out of bed in the morning even if you go to bed at a reasonable hour.
* Feeling rundown with no energy or completely swamped.
* Not able to bounce back easily from a sickness or physical/mental pressures
* Crave sweet or salty foods?
* Feeling best only in the evening?
These are some of the other health conditions that can be affected by adrenal fatigue
* Low blood sugar
* Physical distress including muscles, tissues and joints
* Insulin and pancreas impairment that results in Diabetes
* Infections that occur over and again
* Food, plant and animal sensitivities
* Chronic inflammation of the joints
* Sleep disorders
* Problems with Menopause
* Female hormone imbalance
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.