Treatment of adrenal fatigue4/30/2023 ![]() Anything between optimal health and Addison’s disease is referred to as adrenal fatigue. 1 However you can still have adrenal insufficiency without this diagnosis of Addison’s disease. To receive an Addison’s disease diagnosis, you must have lost 90% of your adrenal glands’ function. This insufficiency creates a considerable gap, and I find that many people fall somewhere within this spectrum, many with adrenal fatigue. You can be one step away from healthy and functioning or have full-blown Addison’s disease, an autoimmune disease where your immune system attacks your adrenal glands and damages your adrenal cortex. ![]() Your adrenal health works in the same way. On one end, you have optimal health on the other, you have a chronic illness. Prolonged, relentless stress can contribute to adrenal fatigue, heart disease, leaky gut, anxiety, and many autoimmune diseases. However, our modern lifestyles can still cause the switch to our stress response to be constantly on. Today, we aren’t running away from saber-tooth tigers or bears trying to eat us as our ancestors did. Some stress is necessary to keep your immune system sharp and keep you alive in dangerous situations. Constant stress leads to our adrenal glands being overworked, leading to adrenal fatigue. ![]() From long work days, traffic, family demands, financial worries, and our on-the-go lifestyles, we tend to approach stress as part of everyday life. ![]() Stress is just a normal part of life unfortunately, you can’t get away from it. ![]()
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