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Adrenal Fatigue - Signs and Symptoms

10/2/2015

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A person may be experiencing adrenal fatigue if they regularly notice one or more of the following:

  • Feeling tired for no reason
  • Having trouble getting up in the morning, even after going to bed at a reasonable hour
  • Feeling rundown or overwhelmed and unable to cope with stress
  • Having difficulty bouncing back from stress or illness
  • Craving salty and sweet snacks
  • Feeling more awake, alert and energetic after 6PM than the rest of the day¹
  • Low stamina, slow to recover from exercise, slow to recover from injury
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Poor digestion
  • Tendency to gain weight with difficulty losing it
  • Low immune function
  • Food or environmental allergies
  • Premenstrual syndrome or difficulties that develop during menopause
  • Consistent low blood pressure and/or light-headedness
  • Extreme sensitivity to cold
  • Lowered libido³
  • Waking up in the middle of the night for no reason and the inability to go back to sleep.

Some other sign and symptoms include:
  • Increased effort to perform daily tasks
  • Dry and thin skin
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Low body temperature
  • Nervousness
  • Palpitation
  • Unexplained hair loss
  • Alternating constipation and diarrhoea
  • Dyspepsia²
  • Loss of body hair
None of the signs and symptoms alone indicates adrenal fatigue, but when taken as part of a detailed assessment can point to it.

  As adrenal fatigue worsens, a person may experience frequent respiratory infections, allergies, rhinitis, asthma, and frequent sinus problems and colds. Adrenal fatigue is often mis-diagnosed as fibromyalgia, chronic and fatigue syndrome. The development of adrenal fatigue often leads to adult onset diabetes, auto-immune disorders and drug-dependence.⁵


References

 1.       What is Adrenal Fatigue (n.d.). Retrieved on 14th December, 2012 from http://www.adrenalfatigue.org/what-is-adrenal-fatigue
2.       Comprehensive Adrenal Fatigue article. Lam, M. (n.d.) Retrieved on 14th December, 2012 from http://www.drlam.com/articles/adrenal_fatigue.asp
3.       Adrenal Fatigue/Adrenal Exhaustion. Shomon, M (Dec 2003). Retrieved on 14th December, 2012 from http://thyroid.about.com/cs/endocrinology/a/adrenalfatigue.htm
4.       Cortisol and DHEA: The Major Hormone Balance. McEvoy, M. (Jun 2011). Retrieved on 14th December, 2012 from http://metabolichealing.com/key-integrated-functions-of-your-body/hormone-and-endocrine/cortisol-and-dhea-the-major-hormone-balance/
5.       Adrenal Fatigue. Klein, D. (n.d.) Retrieved on 14th December, 2012 from http://www.suffernomore.com/Pain/AdrenalFatigue.htm
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