How To Overcome Adrenal Syndrome or Chronic Fatigue
July 20th, 2008 by michael sellar
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This common health problem represents a weakening of the body’s ability to respond to stress. In response to a stressor the body undergoes, according to Dr Hans Selye, three stages of adaption. Stage 1 is the alarm phase. Stage 2 is the resistance phase and stage 3 is the exhaustion phase.
Your Vital Adrenals
The adrenal glands are where the body’s primary stress reaction mechanism resides. In the first or alarm phase one sees the initial reaction of the body to the stressor and involves increasing activity of the gland. With repeated exposure, the adrenals are capable of increasing in size and function to adapt to the stress. However after a time the adrenal glands become exhausted and are no longer able to maintain the adaption to the stress.
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.
Symptom Are Multifaceted
The symptoms of adrenal syndrome are many and varied, reflecting the widespread functions of the adrenal glands. These include fatigue, exhaustion, chemical and environmental sensitivities, allergies, mental aberrations, poor circulation, digestive problems and much else besides.
How To Treat 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
In terms of supplemental support the most important are the B complex and C complex vitamin group. Protomorphagens of raw spleen and adrenal supplements that contain RNA and DNA of these organs can be used eith good effect to promote recovery.
Comprehensive coverage of this condition can be found in Dr Poesnecker’s book Chronic Fatigue Unmasked.
