What is Adrenal Fatigue?
Adrenal fatigue is a common condition where the adrenal glands no longer function at their optimal level. It occurs when our physical, emotional, mental or environmental stresses exceed our body’s capacity to adjust to the demands placed upon it. This can occur slowly after weeks, months or years of exposure to a stress or it can build slowly over time without you knowing your body is only just coping, and then a major trauma or stress can tick you over into adrenal exhaustion seemingly overnight. Overproduction of adrenal hormones (particularly cortisol) can lead the body to switch off its responses to cortisol in much the same way as it does with insulin in insulin resistance. This is called cortisol resistance. Eventually the adrenals become exhausted and are no longer able to produce enough of these essential stress hormones for the body to physically cope when under pressure.
Adrenal fatigue can have a profound effect on health and may result in symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia, weight gain, depression, low thyroid function, worsening of PMS symptoms, digestive complaints, arthritis and poor immunity. These symptoms can detrimentally impact relationships, careers and our enjoyment of life in general.
Stress is a Major Driver of Adrenal Fatigue
Balm Natural Health specialises in fatigue, stress management and adrenal exhaustion. With today’s busy, pressurised and high stress lifestyles, it is thought around 80% of people suffer some degree of adrenal fatigue.


Symptoms often associated with adrenal fatigue
- Difficulty getting out of bed in the morning
- Cravings for salty or sweet foods
- Fatigue not relieved by sleep
- Everything seems to take far more effort to do than it used to
- Lowered level of tolerance for all the little things that never used to bother you
- Decreased sex drive
- Recurring illnesses
- Taking longer to get over illnesses
- Feeling light-headed when you stand up quickly
- Mild depression
- Less interest in life generally and less enjoyment
- You feel even worse if you miss meals or don’t eat enough
- Fuzzy head and less able to focus
- Memory problems
- A major energy slump mid/late afternoon but a second wind later at night
- More bothered by aching limbs and joints
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