Posted by clipper40 on December 19, 2007, at 18:48:22
In reply to Re: Things turn 'on' around 7:00...Adrenal Fatigue, posted by bleauberry on December 19, 2007, at 18:16:52
Exactly what I've been dealing with! I don't wake up until much later in the day. Then when I finally have energy and feel awake, it's time to go to sleep. Unfortunately, I don't go to sleep. I like feeling alive finally so I end up staying up most of the night. My sleep schedule is all screwed up. It's horrible.
I'd like to add that most traditional doctors don't recognize adrenal fatigue. If you don't have Addison's disease or full out failure of the adrenals, then they don't see it as a problem. Those who want to get healed from this need to look into this for themselves and/or see a holistically oriented practitioner.
My holistic doctor prescribed Sub-Adrene (adrenal cortex extract). Have you heard of that one? I haven't been diligent about the diet however. Must do that soon. This is a double curse for me because I need noradrenergic/dopaminergic assistance for my lack of motivation. I'd really like to try Trivastal soon but I don't dare take anything like that until I'm sure my adrenals can handle it.
I'm also planning on adding licorice and ashwaganda herbs to my schedule. Do you know if these normalize or just reduce cortisol? I thought that aswaganda normalized it.
Interesting observation about Scott. I used to think that there was a physiological problem behind his nonreaction to meds and I urged him more than once to see a holistic physician and get a thorough workup. He knew a lot more than I did, however, about psychotropic drugs and brain chemistry and he completely disregarded my posts. I'm glad he finally got a good response though. If anyone deserved it, he did!
Clipper
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