How To Get Over Chronic Fatigue or Adrenal Syndrome

Adrenal Syndrome is a health concern that means your body is less able to cope with stress. According to Hans Selye, when the body is met by something that stresses it, it undergoes three stages of adaption to it. The first is the alarm phase. The second it the resistance phase and the third is the exhaustion phase.

The Adrenal Gland Is Where It’s All At

When the body is met with a stressor, its reactive mechanism to this stress lies in the adrenal glands. The alarm is raised and there is an increase in hormonal activity. If the exposure is repeated again and again, the glands adapt to this continuous stress by increasing in function and size. This cannot continue indefinitely however. The glands become exhausted and adaption cannot be maintained.

When doctors see patients with adrenal syndrome they may be in stage one, but more likely in stage three. In the former there is usually an obvious connection between symptoms and cause. But a patient who appears in stage three may not have any clear cut cause for the condition.

For instance, the doctor may be presented with a patient who appears to have various allergies. They may have been in the second, resistance phase for a number of years. By the time they slip into stage three, no reasons can be found for why the patient is ill.

Symptoms of Adrenal Syndrome

Symptoms of chronic fatigue are considerable in number because the adrenals are involved in so many body processes. These can include exhaustion and fatigue, sensitivities to chemicals and the environment, mental health problems, bad circulation, digestive disturbances and more.

Treatment of Adrenal Syndrome

Treatment of this condition should work on several fronts. First of all, reduction of stress and secondly, support for the adrenals themselves. The latter must involve cutting back on refined carbs and sugar and gradual withdrawal of caffeine, alcohol and tobacco that act as stimulants.

Nutritional Support

Vitamin C complex and the B vitamin group are important nutrional support factors. Supplements that contain raw spleen and adrenal factors from bovine sources can also offer valuable support by providing RNA and DNA factors.

Comprehensive coverage of this condition can be found in Dr Poesnecker’s book Chronic Fatigue Unmasked.