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The information regarding
Stress and Adrenal glands is for informational purposes only and is obtained
from my experiences and research. I am not a medical professional nor is
the intent to project such. If you feel at risk for adrenal fatigue please
seek professional assistance. A good resource book is
Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by
James Wilson.
Are your suffering from Adrenal
Fatigue?
“One
person may withstand a stress quite easily and be ready for more, but another
person, or that same person at another time, may find the same stress
overwhelming and impossible to bear. It is important to understand the onset and
continuation of adrenal fatigue has great individual variation.”* Dr. James L.
Wilson www.adrenalfatigue.org
Adrenal Fatigue Quiz
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Can you justify why you are
tired?
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Is it difficult to get up in
the mornings?
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Do you need caffeine, salty
or sweet snacks to keep you going?
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Are you feeling a generally
run down and easily stressed?
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Do you carve sweet or salty
snacks?
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Is life’s daily demands a
struggle to keep up with?
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Does it feel like you are
not recovering or bouncing back from a stressing event
or illness?
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Can’t bounce back from
stress or illness?
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Are you experiencing low
libido?
(an answer of yes to four or
more questions may indicate adrenal fatigue)
Adrenal fatigue lifestyle
contributing factors:
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Lack of sleep
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Poor food choices (white
flour, low fiber, sugar, few vegetables or fruit, lack
of raw food, etc.)
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Using sweet or salty food
and sweetened or caffeinated drinks as stimulants when
tired
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Staying up late even though
tired
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Feeling/acting powerless
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Constantly driving yourself
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Trying to be perfect
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Staying in double binds (no
win situations)
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Too few of enjoyable and
rejuvenating activities
Examples of people with
lifestyles that may make them more vulnerable to adrenal
fatigue:*
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Full time university student
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Student supporting self with
job
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Mother with two or more
children and little support from family or friends
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Single parent
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Unhappily married person
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Employee in extremely
unhappy and stressful work conditions
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Self-employed person with a
new or struggling business
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Drug or alcohol abuser
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Shift worker on alternating
schedule that requires sleep pattern to be frequently
adjusted
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Person who is all work,
little play
Examples of life events that may
help precipitate adrenal fatigue:*
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Unrelieved pressure or
frequent crises at work and/or home
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Severe emotional trauma
(death of someone close, divorce, etc.)
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Major surgery with slow
recovery
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Prolonged or repeated
respiratory infections
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Serious burns - including
severe sunburns
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Head trauma
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Loss of stable job
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Sudden change in financial
status
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Relocation without support
of friends or family
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Repeated or overwhelming
chemical exposure (including drug and alcohol abuse).
In short, adrenal fatigue occurs
when the amount of stress or combined stresses over-extend
the capacity of the body (mediated by the adrenals) to
compensate for and recover from that stress.* Once this
capacity to cope and recover is exceeded, some form of
adrenal fatigue is likely to occur.*
Stress and Your
Adrenal Glands
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