Good adrenal aticle

Nice article.

Any herb/supplement suggestions for adrenal fatigue?

Thanks for sharing, Astro. It's a great article. I like the diagrams.

But I think it's geared toward the average joe--but for people suffering chronic illness and people with severe adrenal exhaustion, it tells only half the story.

Adrenal health can only be restored with de-stressing and resting the body and mind enough to rebuild the adrenal's reservoir and recalibrating the adrenal functions. No magic herbs or medication or protocol exists for this except literally de-stressing for very long periods of time. I was near adrenal failure a few years ago and the only thing that saved my life was resigning from my stressful/long hours/required travel job and getting rid of my phone and being a recluse for about 6 months. I finally recovered 2 yrs later.

I'm an extreme case but most of us here are dealing with physical, physiological, and psychological stress with the lyme & co treatment. Most of us have adrenal stress.

For some who are suffering from adrenal fatigue, it's a hormonal/neurotransmitter/HPA imbalance and is corrected with getting more treatment under their belts.

For the majority of people suffering from adrenal fatigue, healing adrenals usually means life changes over a long period of time that allows adrenal reservoirs to replenish and heal:
- shutting off the phone for long periods during the day (I had to get rid of mine altogether),
- shutting down the computer for the day in the late afternoon,
- avoiding stress-inducing situations,
- avoiding stressful people and family,
- turning over responsibilities to other people--letting things go,
- dis-engaging,
- no more exciting tv drama programs, no more adrenaline-filled action films, no more murder novels,
- learning how to meditate anywhere, any time.

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Hi MS -

I've not heard of that WRT adrenals but it sure makes sense (given the release of adrenaline)!

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Happy jo--

Awesome song!!

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astro -

I completely agree. Our bodies haven't adapted to current lifestyles - maybe they never will.

I have significantly recovered but it takes one bad day to set me back in a very huge way. It's alarming and frustrating.

I certainly learned so many valuable lessons from a lifetime of mistakes. I also learned that much of my "going 300mph forbears on end" was a product of neurotransmitter imbalances that I was born with--in addition to what I created from going into a stressful profession, living in a stressful environment, and several other choices and things I really had no control over.

The ironic thing I keep shaking my head at--is that if I had not figured out that I had lyme & co, and had been forced to do all the digging and research we all have to do - I would still be struggling like mad with adrenal exhaustion. So, there is a little salvation in this ridiculous lyme sentence.

Oh yes, I've had my fill of "those people". Never again. (I just finished a letter to an awful cardiologist I saw, which breathed new energy into me). And I agree "those people" should be rounded up and thrown onto Plum Island... ;)

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Mintcookiesandcream -

Sorry to welcome you into this club although I think we have interacted in a previous thread of yours.

There are some very helpful things you can do for thyroid support - knowing how yours is truly functioning/under functioning is half the battle but we have some very knowledgable members here who can help you with that.

But here is the cold, hard truth-

there is s limit to how much you can balance thyroid w/out also healing adrenals and neurotransmitters.

With extreme cases, which yours sounds like it might be, there is only a long, slow recovery reliant upon de-stressing from inside and out. No miracle drugs, no herbal panacea. And no doctor to the rescue. It took me a dangerous couple of years to accept this reality. I fought it hard and ended up having to completely uproot my entire life...

You can also have neurotransmitter and adrenal testing done, which may tell you how you can supplement to support. But you still have to de-stress which is a day-by-day process and far more impactful for serious adrenal exhaustion than any supplementation.

Once you are able to make progress with rebuilding your adrenal reservoirs, the supplementation starts to become more impactful.

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Post Edited (Pirouette) : 6/12/2016 12:38:10 PM (GMT-6)

Yes My MD is ordering try the saliva test.