adrenal dysfunction – Wilson's Syndrome

Five ways for thyroid support

Tags: adrenal dysfunction, adrenal fatigue, hypothyroidism, iodine, selenium, T3 protocol, thyroid repair, Wilson's Temperature Syndrome|

Standard clinical guidelines suggest that once people require thyroid hormone replacement, they will need to stay on it for life. That is not my experience, or the experience of the doctors you can locate on our website. Some people can indeed recover with proper support- here’s what I suggest.

1) Get stress under control.
High levels of stress hormones interfere with your body’s ability to use thyroid hormones properly and can damage the thyroid gland itself. Every person is unique in how they reduce stress. Some make more time for exercise, while others meditate or find ways to cut back

Can Treating Adrenal Dysfunction Help Alcoholism or Other Addictions?

Tags: adaptogenic herbs, adaptogens, adrenal dysfunction, adrenal fatigue, alcoholism, Ashwagandha, drug addictions, Holy Basil, HPA axis, Rhodiola, Siberian ginseng|

Despite the fact that alcohol and drug rehab has become commonplace, seemingly trendy in some cases, relapse rates remain abysmal. Fewer than half of the people who go through treatment make it three months without relapsing. Research shows that the people who are most vulnerable to relapse have real problems regulating their bodies’ stress response. They have what researchers call “dysregulation of stress pathways” or HPA-axis dysfunction. (HPA stand for hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal. These are the three big stress-regulating glands in the body, and all three work together.) People with HPA-axis dysfunction have high baseline levels of CRH, the hormone that calls

What is Adrenal Fatigue and Why is it Such a Controversial Diagnosis?

Tags: adrenal dysfunction, adrenal fatigue, fibromyalgia, low thyroid function|

Adrenal fatigue, or dysfunction, is a condition (group of symptoms) that occur when your adrenal glands are having trouble keeping up with the demands being made on them. Normally, your adrenal glands mobilize your body’s response to stress by secreting hormones that regulate energy production and storage, immune function, heart rate, muscle tone and other processes that enable you to cope. But people’s capacity to handle stress varies tremendously, and chronic stress takes its toll on just about everyone.

Adrenal fatigue is not full-fledged adrenal insufficiency, a serious medical diagnosis that is accepted by mainstream medicine. But it is a