Although we want to convey the message that factors of stress in a patient’s life has also taxed their adrenals, it really only is very few that have a medically diagnosable condition of adrenal insufficiency. It is unfortunate that holistic health professionals are often to blame for the incorrectly termed state of health that these patients are experiencing. Not only is the term adrenal insufficiency commonly misused, many walking, coherent, and healthy looking individuals often come in their physician’s office claiming to have a state of adrenal failure. More often than not it comes from someone who appears to have some degree of fatigue, perhaps not more than your own, and the statement also vaguely includes something about what they read online or a quiz they took to assess their fatigue. If you have been practicing or following the field of integrative and holistic medicine for any amount of time, you inevitably have heard at least one of these statements from your patients. “I’m so exhausted all the time, I think I have adrenal failure.” “My friend told me her naturopath said that her adrenals crashed and I think mine have too.” “I took a test and my cortisol was low and my chiropractor told me I have adrenal fatigue.” Dr Carrie Decker ND, explores the terminology and the accuracy of the ubiquitous moniker of adrenal fatigue.
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