Adrenal Fatigue:
Signs and Symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue:
- Drop in energy in the afternoon.
- Drop in Libido as Sex Hormones are converted to cortisol to deal with fatigue.
- Fatigue.
- Swelling of your tongue (Look in mirror open your mouth and look to see indentations along the side of your tongue where it meets the teeth.)
- Low back ache.
Testing for Adrenal Fatigue:
Products to help heal from Adrenal Fatigue:
One of the more common complaints we see in the office is fatigue, afternoon fatigue in particular and the most common cause of this is adrenal dysfunction. The earliest signs are afternoon fatigue, if it progresses, you may also see a drop in libido as sex hormones are converted into cortisol to help with the fatigue. One of the earliest physical signs you may see is swelling of your tongue, so just look in the mirror, open your mouth and look at your tongue. If you see indentations along the side of your tongue where it meets the teeth then your tongue is swollen and that is one of the signs I most commonly see with adrenal fatigue. You may also have just a little bit of low backache as well. So those things ______ look for it that may lead you to suspect that you have adrenal fatigue. There are several testing options available now, the best one of those is the new DUTCH test which is a dry urine test which test all the adrenal hormones and all the metabolites as well as the sex hormones. You get all of this information in one single test and that can help your practitioner figure out what to do next.
Stephen L. Smith, M.D.