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Always tired — adrenal fatigue
KAREN BRIDGMAN is a holistic practitioner at Lotus Health and Lotus Dental in Neutral Bay.
Sixteen to 18 hours of fasting … [provide] distinct benefits in improving adrenal function.
A40-year-old company executive and mother of two children came to me as she just felt she could no longer cope with her life. Everything had become so overwhelming that she felt unable to do even simple things, except when she forced herself. She enjoyed her job and loved her family, but since she had been working from home and trying to manage the different lives she was totally exhausted. These comments are word pictures of the classic state associated with adrenal fatigue and exhaustion.
She also had a myriad of other symptoms that supported this diagnosis. On being questioned, she revealed that she was having difficulty getting to sleep at night, with extreme tiredness during the day and having to have a strong coffee or two to get started in the morning, which also helped relieve the headache she was waking up with most days.