Desperately need help for adrenal fatigue
So after many years of stress in a high-pressure job and then having a baby 3 years ago, I feel totally out of whack.
It is like I can't function at all from 9am to around 2pm and this state of disfunction gets me so depressed and low and I feel so helpless. Then, all of a sudden at 4pm the fog lifts and I feel myself again, feel the energy coming back.
And when it is 10pm and time to sleep, Im so wired! I tried melatonin, it doesn't work I feel all jittery in the morning.
I did some saliva tests which confirmed my symptoms spot on. I have significantly lower than the minimum range corsitol in the mornings and then late afternoon onwards it starts to surge and high cortisol levels just before bedtime.
How can I get my rythmn back, would love some recommendations for practitioners (MD preferred) who specialize in adrenal fatigue? I am trying to give up coffee which is so hard and also avoid any processed food/white sugar/flour etc
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I see Dr. Amy Day in Berkeley and she is amazing. She's an MD : her site is at http://dramyday.com/
Good luck! You can do this. :)
removing coffee helped me a lot. i cut out all processed foods, and was still getting symptoms, until i cut out all caffeine....and alcohol.
This is the kind of condition Chinese medicine can help with, going to root causes. It takes some time, because there are layers of organ function to re-balance. I have had very good success with Kirstin Lindquist LaC, the founder of Energy Matters, on upper Piedmont Ave in Oakland. In addition to using acupuncture, she makes wise and intelligent use of food-based supplements, which have help me (and many others) significantly. Mss tend not to see the whole picture, and these days tend also to br under the thrall of big pharma, which tries to treat symptoms rather than causes. Sometimes helpful. I wish you the best with this.
Try MT Diablo Integrated MEDICAL & Wellness Center. they have MD's who also practice holistic medicine.
Good luck to you! They take insurance too.
Hi,
There is a wonderful book written by an MD and herbalist that you might want to look into that has a whole protocol for working with this exact issue. Its called the Adrenal Thyroid Revolution by Aviva Jill Romm. Unfortunately she is located in NY but her book is full of lots of great info and a plan of action.
If you feel you need someone to guide you in person I would recommend a Naturopath I have friends that have really turned their adrenal fatigue around with the support of Naturopaths.
Hope you get some relief soon!
I know its hard to cut out those factors, caffeine, and alcohol if that is involved. And stress. and speed/high-powered performance.
In my experience taking it gently in stages and allowing crutches when needed is helpful. Push the coffee or substitute just a bit later, or a bit less in mg. allow to actually feel waking up, unaided, courting the body's natural cycles and self-reg; feel the edge of withdrawal, without falling in deep. make time for self care. Rest, rest, and do nothing when possible. Breathe and listen to birds and quietly sit outside, in quiet and beauty. find gentle community where you can be restful wih others, rather than overextending further. And since you have a relationship with coffee, which is a plant, consider connecting with other plants. Nettles is a timeless ally in rebuilding your adrenals. If interested, look into herbal infusions, susun weed makes this info available. It is pertinent to the longterm nutritional demand of childbearing, though so many of us can benefit from the extra support of unprocessed bioavailable plant nutrition.