#1 Anxiety
A large portion of my patients are not only tired, but they are “wired” as well. This type of anxiety is a top symptom of Adrenal Fatigue. When we talk about feeling “wired,” I mean feeling hypervigilant, adrenalized, stuck in fight-or-flight, or overwhelmed because anxiety can make everything feel that much harder to do.
This “wired” state is pervasive with Adrenal Fatigue. It is also the most unpleasant, debilitating state associated with this condition, causing anxiety, tremors, racing and ruminating thoughts, worry, and fear.
#2 Chronic Fatigue
Fatigue in Adrenal Fatigue patients is more than "just tired."
For most people, fatigue is difficult to quantify and describe. We've all been "tired" before, but we rest, catch up on sleep, take better care of ourselves, and rebound.
When you have Adrenal Fatigue, that is not the case. There is no rebound. Your body has been pushed too hard for too long, and it's telling you that it cannot function this way anymore. You're exhausted.
#3 Brain Fog
Brain fog is one of the most common, frustrating, and scariest symptoms that accompanies Adrenal Fatigue. To call it simply “brain fog” dramatically diminishes the debilitating effects that cognitive dysfunction creates in your life.
What many don't realize is the effects of chronic stress over time lead to brain damage, which may be incorrectly explained away as brain “fog.”
The symptom that we call “brain fog” actually incorporates numerous cognitive deficits. These include poor working memory, learning, and recall. It also causes short-term memory loss, decreased executive function, and disorganized thinking.
#4 Weight Gain
Over one-third of my Adrenal Fatigue patients state that their weight is one of their primary concerns.
Healing Adrenal Fatigue effectively and regulating cortisol and stress are critical factors in weight maintenance.
If you experience long-term chronic stress, your stress response system gets stuck in fight-or-flight physiology and becomes "broken." This broken physiology, known as Adrenal Fatigue, causes a chain of reactions that lead to insulin resistance, weight gain, and possibly even Type 2 Diabetes.
#5 Insomnia
Sleep is essential to well-being, healing, and repair. The mechanisms that control our sleep are complex. Chronic stress disrupts all of these intricate events that must occur so you can get that shut-eye.
Especially in combination with other symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue, these sleep disturbances can become completely consuming and anxiety-provoking. Lack of quality sleep prevents you from living your everyday life.
The paradox of this condition is that sleep disorders occur because of Adrenal Fatigue, and sleep disorders worsen Adrenal Fatigue. Without the necessary healing and repair that occurs while we sleep, it is hard to break this harmful cycle… but it is possible.
#6 Bodywide Pain
Adrenal Fatigue causes inflammation, which causes pain. Chronic inflammation also acts as an additional biochemical stress, perpetuating the entire body’s dysfunction and causing it to over-perceive its environment. This process is called “Central Sensitization.”
Central Sensitization is the phenomenon of an upregulated nervous system and a trigger-happy limbic system. It causes the body to be on high alert, all the time. This effect is easiest to observe in the sensory nerves.
This over-perception creates hypersensitivity to touch and physical sensations: Fibromyalgia or bodywide, transient, chronic pain. Once the Adrenal Fatigue is healed, the chronic pain dissipates.
What Is Adrenal Fatigue?
Simply put, Adrenal Fatigue means your stress response system is "broken." That dysfunction causes debilitating bodywide symptoms discussed above.
Adrenal Fatigue starts in the limbic system of the brain and has negative, long-term effects on the HPA Axis, your Autonomic Nervous System, and subsequently, every system and organ within the body.
Suffering for Years or Decades
Most people suffer from Adrenal Fatigue's effects for a long time before they receive proper care and heal the broken stress response system.
Mainstream medicine does not treat this condition properly; they treat only your symptoms without healing all your broken stress response system.
There Is Hope
Like my patients, you probably have no greater desire than to be able to return to a fulfilling, active, and productive life.
I have helped over 6,000 patients nationwide reverse Adrenal Fatigue and free themselves from these symptoms for life. I will help you do the same.
