I\u2019ve been bothered by adrenal fatigue. Scratch that. I\u2019ve been bothered by the concept of adrenal fatigue, not the so-called disease itself. The whole thing has always smelled little too much \u2018alternative medicine\u2019 to me. All the information comes from sources not exactly dedicated to critical thinking and scientific enquiry, with most medical organizations and more reliable sources either denying the concept or being silent about it.<\/p>\n
But I\u2019ve never bothered to investigate it in detail as hasn\u2019t seem that relevant. Anyway, I recently saw an article at dannyroddy.com titled Have Adrenal Fatigue? No You Don’t\u00a0(link broken :(). The article calls adrenal fatigue as \u2018the most bogus concepts in health<\/b>\u2019. I could think of several other contestants to that dubious title, but I digress. Anyway, I decided to write a quick article based on what Danny wrote in his article.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll return to why Danny Rodin\u2019s article soon, but let\u2019s first look at what adrenal fatigue is.<\/p>\n
Let me ask you a few questions:<\/p>\n
Then you may have adrenal fatigue! <sarcasm>Congratulations, you are just like everyone else on this planet<\/em>!<\/sarcasm><\/p>\n Adrenalfatigue.com claims<\/a> that all the above are symptoms of adrenals not being able to meet the demands life puts on them. Basically, you have too much stress (physical and\/or psychological) and it wrecks your adrenals, and as a result they can\u2019t maintain proper hormonal balance, which then causes you to feel tired and lethargic.<\/p>\n The disease was invented in 1998 by Dr. James Wilson. He also popularized it with his book Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome<\/a>. Despite not being recognized by the medical community, adrenal fatigue is estimated to affect 80% of the population.<\/p>\n That alone rises several red flags in my head, such as 1) invented by a single doctor, 2) who decided to write a book about it instead of vetting the concept with the scientific community in scientific journals (as is the proper thing to do with new discoveries), 3) affects just about everyone. Wikipedia also says it\u2019s nonsense<\/a>, and not to be confused with adrenal insufficiency, a real medical condition.<\/p>\n It seems to be yet another \u2018disease\u2019 designed to heap quilt on us for living a modern lifestyle. For example, robbwolf.com has an article about adrenal fatigue<\/a>, and in the article there\u2019s a description of people likely to be affected by it:<\/p>\n Those who are: students, medical professionals, single parents, unhappily married, unhappy or unsatisfied at work, are self-employed or starting a new business, abuse drugs or alcohol, have alternating shift schedules or who are the \u201call work and no play\u201d types have lifestyles that lead to adrenal fatigue. Furthermore, life events that can lead to adrenal fatigue include: unrelieved pressure or stress at work, any crisis or severe emotional trauma, death of a loved one, major surgery, extended or chronic illness, sudden change in life situations such as loss of a job or moving without much friend or family support in a new location and repeated or extended chemical exposure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Can you find yourself in that? Of course you can \u2013 just about any person living in a modern society fits that description. Heck, I could argue that almost every single person on the earth could identify with that.<\/p>\n There are two things that just about everyone talking about adrenal fatigue agree on:<\/p>\n According to Danny Rodin there are problems with both of these assumptions.<\/p>\n I should say that I don\u2019t claim to be an expert on adrenal fatigue. It\u2019s certainly possible that it is a real disease and a real problem and will be recognized by the medical community in due time. But there are several problems with the whole concept. The disease ticks most of the boxes bogus disease list, such as being invented by a single doctor, fuzzy diagnostic guidelines (often diagnosed with a questionnaire), little to no information in scientific journals, and claimed to be an undiagnosed epidemic affecting almost everyone. Add to that the points Danny made about resiliency of adrenal glands, and you have a good reason to be skeptical and not wasting a lot of money on adrenal support supplements and herbs.<\/p>\n Honest answer is that I don\u2019t know. Health issues are complex, and I don\u2019t have all the answers. I don\u2019t think that anyone denies that stress, overworking, and overtraining are bad for you, but perhaps feeling fatigued is just that. You have overextended yourself. Perhaps we don\u2019t need to invent a new disease to explain it. Perhaps it\u2019s normal to have ups and downs in energy levels, and the whole concept of feeling super energized every day is probably just a fantasy.<\/p>\n But based on what I\u2019ve read online, here are some things I would do:<\/p>\n Common sense? Yes, most science-based recommendations are.<\/p>\n So what does this have to do with acne? Nothing, as such. 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But I feel like crap, what should I do?<\/h2>\n
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