Adrenal Fatigue

Info From “Adrenal Fatigue – The 21st. Centruy Stress Syndrome “ By James L. Wilson, ND, DC, Ph.D.

Signs & Symptoms of Adrenal Fatiuge - These are warnings that something needs to change if you want to feel well again.

1. Difficulty getting up in the Morning . - Three alarms and you still don't feel awake enough to lift your head off the pillow
   
   
2. Continuing fatigue not relieved by sleep - Despite getting a good night's sleep, you still feel tired when you wake up. Refreshed is a foreign word to people with adrenal fatigue
   
   
3. Poor Sleep
   
   
4. Craving for salt or salty food – You find yourself eating the whole bag of chips or adding salt to already salted food.
   
   
5. Lethargy (lack of energy) – everything seems like a chore, even the things you used to enjoy. Frequently, just getting up out of the chair requires too much energy .
   
   
6. Increased effort to do every day tasks – Everything seems to require ten times as much effort as it should
   
   
7. Decreased sex drive – The hottest movie star could be waiting in your bedroom and you would ask for a rain check. Sex is the last thing on your mind when you hardly have the energy to keep your head up.
   
   
8. Decreased ability to handle stress – Little things that never used to bother you get to you. Road rage, constant anxiety, yelling at your kids, and compulsive eating, smoking or drug use let you kow your adrenals are crying out for help.
   
   
9. Increased time to recover from illness, injury or trauma – the cold you got in October is still hanging on in November. The cut on your finger takes weeks to heal. Two years after your father died you are still incapacitated by grief.
   
   
10. Light-headed when standing up quickly. Sometimes you feel like you are going to pass out when you get up from the bed or a chair.
    
    
11. Mild Depression - Why bother making an effort, it all seems so pointless
    
    
12. Less enjoyment or happiness with life – Not much seems to interest you any more. Work and relationships feel empty and you almost never do something just for fun.
    
    
13. Increased PMS – Bloated, tired, crabby, cramping and craving chocolate – Does it get any worse than this?
    
    
14. Symptoms increase if meals are skipped or inadequate. - you have to drive yourself with snacks, colas and coffee just to keep from collapsing.
    
    
15. Thoughts less focused, more fuzzy – You frequently lose track of your train of thought and it is harder and harder to make decisions, even about little things like what to wear.
    
    
16. Memory less accurate – you are so absentminded, you should be a professor.
    
    
17. Decreased Tolerance - People seem a lot more irritating than they used to.
    
    
18. Don't really wake up until 10:00 AM
    
    
19. Afternoon low between 3:00 and 4:00 PM – You feel like you have been drugged with sleeping pills during this time.
    
    
20. Feels better after evening meal. - after 6 pm and supper, you start to feel alive again.
    
    
21. Decreased productivity – It takes you longer to complete tasks and it is harder to stay on task.
    
    
22. Low Blood Pressure
    
    
23. Low Blood Sugar
    
    
24. Dry Skin
    
    
25. Cystic Breasts
    
    
26. Lines of Dark Pigment in nails
    
    
27. No Stamina for confrontation
    
    
28. Tendency to Startle easily
    
    
29. Anxiety
    
    
30. Premature aging
    
    
31. Symptoms increase if meals are skipped or inadequate
    
    
32. Increased allergies
    
    
33. Muscle and bone loss and muscular weakness
    
    
34. Auto-immune disorders
    
    

What to Do if you have Adrenal Fatigue:

1. Be in bed before 10:00 PM
   
   
2. Sleep in until 9:00 AM whenever possible
   
   
3. Look for things that make you laugh
   
   
4. Eliminate the energy robbers (things in your life that drain your energy )
   
   
5. Make your lifestyle a healing one
   
   
6. Do something pleasurable every day
   
   
7. Whenever you are not enjoying your life, go back to the “three things you Can Do” and take action 1. You can change the situation 2. You can change yourself to fit (adapt to) the situation 3. You can leave the situation.
   
   
8. Notice at least one small, everyday thing that you are grateful for each day
   
   
9. Take your Dietary Supplements Regularly – See list of my recommendations at end
   
   
10. Move your body and breathe deeply
    
    
11. Believe in your ability to recover – Know that God is your ultimate healer and wants you to get better.
    
    
12. Use your mind as a powerful healing tool – Remember negative thoughts are destructive to your health.
    
    
13. Keep a journal – jot down your experiences each day
    
    
14. Eat the foods your body needs – Healthy Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Fats – Ask me more on this if you need help
    
    
15. Learn which foods make you feel bad (keep a list of them) You may have developed an allergy to them – Over time of repairing your body, you will likely be able to reintroduce these foods
    
    
16. Read the Adrenal Fatigue – The 21st. Centruy Stress Syndrome “ By James L. Wilson, ND, DC, Ph.D. And then Re-Read it for reminders.
    
    
17. Try having a glass of water in the morning containing ½ to 1 teaspoon of Unrefined Sea Salt stirred in until dissolved
    
    
18. Salt your food and your water (never use Refined salt)
    
    
19. If you are to have fruit, have something with salt before or after the fruit and chew very well.
    
    
20. Combine starchy carbohydtrates, protein and fats at every meal
    
    
21. Eat an abundance of whole foods – those foods which are eaten like God grew them in nature
    
    
22. Eat lots of colored vegetables
    
    
23. Chew your food well
    
    
24. Take the power and responsibility of your health into your own hands.
    
    
25. Make whatever lifestyle changes you need to make and regain your health
    
    
26. Laugh several times per day
    
    
27. Get fresh air daily
    
    
28. Have regular meals with snacks between
    
    
29. Remove toxins from your environment as best you can – use natural – home-made cleaners and check your toothpaste, and personal care products (shampoos, soaps, lotions, face products) for toxins.
    
    
30. Exercise regularly (3 times a week ) for no more than 30 minutes each time . DO NOT Over-exercise.
    
    
31. DO NOT Go on a “Diet” or a strenuous fat burning program. Your body needs to build first.
    
    
32. Try “Belly Breathing” when doing your resting to help move your body into a more relaxed state. This involves breathing deeply into your abdomen and not just shallow breathing into the chest cavity. Breathe in through the nose and exhale slowly through the nose as well.
    
    
33. Do NOT Drink Caffeine or other Caffeine containing drinks
    
    
34. Enjoy your recovery
    
    

If you find that you have a number of these signs and symptoms, it would be wise to have a Saliva test to see what your Adrenal hormone levels are. A Saliva test is the best way to test for Adrenals.

My Supplement Recommendations:

1. Liquid Whole Food Sea Vegetable/Aloe Drink called Body Balance – Go here to learn about it www.howtolivehealthyvideo.com and here to order. http://choosebodybalance.weebly.com/product.html - When you have Adrenal Fatigue, your body has depleted MANY essential nutrients as long term stress can deplete you of nutrients faster than you can put them back in. Therefore, your food supply is going to have serious shortcomings to help you not only maintain, but fill in the Nutritional Gaps that have been caused from Stress. Therefore, the need for a super food like this drink is a MUST and the first thing to try in addition to the 34 steps above. Check with me on the a very effective way to get the fastest results for re-mineralizing the body with this product.
   
   
2. Vitali-C Plus - When you have Adrenal Fatigue, Vitamin C is depleted more than any other nutrient, therefore the need to supplement is critical - Take one packet along with another serving of Body Balance and a TruBoost at approximately 2:00 P.M. Every day along with a small snack in order to help avoid the 3:00 to 4:00 PM Low. Can be consumed several times per day up to bowel tolerance , especially if under stress. Order here: http://choosebodybalance.weebly.com/product.html
   
   
3. TruBoost – This All Natural Drink that contains Adaptogenic Herbs which will help the body adapt to stress. This has a long term and a short term help – Can help in the event of an anxiety attack and will build the adrenal when used long term. Can take 1-3 twenty minutes apart in the event of an anxiety attack or a stressful event . Also for long term can take 1 to 3 daily to rebuild and repair the Adrenals. order here:  www.mylifeforce.net/liveit 

Or you can call me at 509-429-6858 or e-mail at choosebodybalance@gmail.com for help in ordering and getting the best prices.   

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