Addressing Adrenal Fatigue with Acupuncture and Alternative Medicine
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Adrenal fatigue implies that a person has lost their ability to fully rest, restore, and rejuvenate.
It is as if the nervous system is always “on,” and the person is unable to shut off the incessant mental chatter, worry, stress, or anxiety of daily life.
The main symptoms of adrenal fatigue include: exhaustion, feeling wiped out with walking, restless sleep, irritability, low back pain, depression, nervousness, anxiety. Women may experience hormonal problems, weight gain or sluggish metabolism, food cravings or other addictions, and various other symptoms.
The key question is: what is causing this pattern and, more importantly, what is the cure?
In our experience, most people have adrenal fatigue or weakness because they are using excessive amounts of willpower to get through life. It’s as if they are constantly swimming upstream and fighting against life. They push and work too hard, rest too little, and have a “to do” list a mile long. This often comes from outward pressure, but the real root cause is more of an inner dynamic.
Stress has a direct correlation to whether a person is on their life’s path or not. When they feel stressed, it is most likely that they are fighting against themselves and their true desires. In this day and age, many people are disconnected from their true purpose for being alive. Because of this, they don’t know themselves on a deeply intimate level, which causes them to make decisions that lead to distress and distraction.
Generally speaking, adrenal weakness is as much a spiritual issue as it is a mental one. If the root cause isn’t addressed, a person can use all the supplements in the world or receive acupuncture three times a week, and it will only have a palliative effect.
This is not to say that certain forms of alternative medicine will not help adrenal weakness. They can help an individual make progress. We have used acupuncture as a standalone treatment to kickstart adrenal function in a very powerful way for certain individuals. However, by far the patients who make the most progress are those who are willing to do the work and are compliant, motivated, and committed to making the lifestyle changes necessary to live in balance.
If you are concerned that you may have adrenal exhaustion, please call our office to discuss your situation further.