Tired but Wired? It May be Your Adrenals

Adrenal fatigue is a collection of signs and symptoms, or a syndrome, that comes when the adrenal glands are not functioning properly. This can be either too much cortisol (the stress hormone) or too little. You really need the cortisol levels to follow a nice curve throughout the day and decrease in the evening to allow you to go to sleep. When cortisol is out of balance, it affects all other hormones: thyroid, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and others, which causes other problems

I struggled with this in the past when I had too much on my plate and started having problems with sleep. Every night I was up for hours, waiting for my brain to settle down and allow me to sleep. My days were a struggle to get through, because the fatigue was so profound. It was during this time that I realized I needed to look at things a bit differently and learned to rebalance my adrenals.

Some of the classic symptoms are:

You feel tired for no reason

You have trouble getting up in the morning, even if you have enough sleep

You feel more alert after 6 pm than you do all day

You are run down or over whelmed

You have problems recovering from stressors or an illness.

You crave salty or sweet foods

You have chronic fatigue

You have body aches

You have lightheadedness

You have low blood pressure

If any of these symptoms sound like you, there is help. We can support your adrenals and help you feel like you have your life back again.