Tired? Stressed out????? …it may be  ADRENAL FATIGUE. Adrenal Fatigue is a decrease in the ability of the adrenal glands to perform their normal functions, and the majority of Americans suffer from it to some degree. The stressful lives that we all lead in this day and age, requiring multi-tasking and constantly “going” cause us to burn out our adrenal glands.  Fatigue is undoubtedly the main symptom but it also presents in many ways that we attribute to “getting older.”  Almost all of our patients come in with a multitude of symptoms and have been told that “all your blood work was normal.”  The majority of those patients were then placed on a variety of medications including anti-depressants, sleeping medications and anti-anxiety meds. This often only makes the problem worse. Fix the cause, don’t throw unnecessary medications at it and produce more side effects!

The symptoms of adrenal fatigue include depressed moods, inability to enjoy one’s self or life in general, decreased sex drive, inability to lose weight “no matter what I do” (especially around the midsection), cravings for carbohydrates/sugars, worsening allergies, and insomnia. Almost every patient will also present with foggy memory and/or loss of the ability to concentrate and to focus.

Adrenal Fatigue has clearly been associated with hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, anxiety and depression. One of the most common scenarios we see are those patients who have been treated for thyroid issues and are not seeing improvements despite increasing the dosage of their thyroid medications. Fortunately adrenal fatigue is easily treatable and patients are able to have a much improved quality of life.   Contact us to learn more!