Adrenal Fatigue

Adrenal fatigue (or hypoadrenia) is a term used in alternative medicine to describe a collection of non-specific symptoms such as fatigue, nervousness, body aches, sleep disturbances and digestive problems. The term is not recognized by mainstram medicine as a valid condition.

Proponents of the adrenal fatigue believe that the symptoms result from decreased function of the adrenal glands caused by chronic stress. The adrenal glands are two small glands that sit over the kidneys and are responsible for secreting over 50 different hormones - including epinephrine, cortisol, progesterone, DHEA, estrogen, and testosterone. Practitioners of alternative medicine believe that sufferers of adrenal fatigue can fully recover with treatment and stress management.