Tired of being tired?  Day after day?  For as long as you can remember? 

You’ve been to the doctor and your thyroid checks out fine.  It’s not that you’re anemic.  In fact, everything is “normal. ”   You just don’t feel good. 

It may be that your adrenal glands, those tiny little hormone factories that help you deal with stress, are getting worn down, pooped-out, just plain, well… tired.  In his book, Adrenal Fatigue, James L. Wilson cogently details this vastly underdiagnosed disease. 

But if it’s so common, why is it so frequently missed?  Great question!

Conventional medicine basically embraces the notion that there are but two problems that can befall the adrenals.  Either their hormone production is excessive (Cushing’s Disease), or nil (Addison’s Disease).  The problem with this understanding is quite simple:    Bad things happen long before the we get to  Addison’s Disease.   Pathology long precedes complete adrenal exhaustion, and that pathology is “Adrenal Fatigue.” 

Interestingly, as practitioners of “Alternative” or “Complimentary” — I personally prefer “Functional” – Medicine have  embraced the reality of Adrenal Fatigue for some time, we’re now beginning to see some movement in the ranks of conventinal endocrinology.  While not openly speaking of ”Adrenal Fatigue,” terms such as “Relative Adrenal Insufficiency” are beginning to appear in the conventional scientific literature.  A shift, an emerging acceptance, is in the works.

The good news is this:  Adrenal Fatigue can be fixed… without prescription medication.  Diet, specific herbs called adaptogens, and other supplements can rejuvenate the adrenals and help restore a sense of vigor, vitality, youthfulness, and well-being.

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