10 Ways To Know If You Have Adrenal Fatigue

10 Ways To Know If You Have Adrenal Fatigue

I think most of us never realize that sometimes we do have signs having adrenal fatigue. The most noticeable part is when we cannot sleep at night and always feeling tired. Although it may not be serious but we need to take urgent attention before it becomes worst.

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What is adrenal fatigue?

Very simply put, adrenal fatigue occurs when your body experiences more stress than it’s able to handle. The adrenals get over-taxed and then tired, and slowly function deteriorates.

So how do you know if you have adrenal fatigue?

The sad truth is that in our day and age, most people have some level of adrenal fatigue. Most of the stressors we’re dealing with on a daily basis are brand new (relatively speaking) in the human experience such as unhealthy diet, environmental toxins, chronic stress of daily life, and chronic degenerative disease. Furthermore, these are what we call the “sit and stew” kinds of stressors: long-term chronic stressors where stress hormones are released, but not really used. This is much more damaging to the body than the traditional “fight and flight”: you know, the running from a woolly mammoth kind of thing, where you’d get the adrenaline rush and then USE it by running like hell.

The best way to know if you have adrenal fatigue and at what stage (there are four stages), is to work with a holistic practitioner who can order testing to determine your cortisol levels at various points throughout the day. In the absence of that, here are 10 indicators that you have some degree of adrenal fatigue:

1. You’re a “night person” (you have trouble getting up in the morning and you have trouble falling asleep at night)
2. Your blood pressure is either above 120/80 or below 105/70
3. You get a headache after exercising
4. You clench or grind your teeth
5. You get dizzy when you stand up quickly
6. You crave salty foods
7. You perspire easily
8. You’re always tired
9. You need to wear sunglasses outside during the day
10. You don’t stay asleep at night

If two or more of these describe you, you most likely have some degree of adrenal fatigue.

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