[Yoda]

I have been researching my symptoms online and found I have many characteristics of adrenal fatigue syndrome. Worst is the debilitating fatigue besides my apparent intolerance to simple carbs.

I don't think I am depressed as I am happy to be alive and happy to be me so that wouldn't be depression, would it?

I am diagnosed with ADHD, severe PTSD. bipolar with psychotic features and considering borderline personality disorder.

I talked to my doctor about it and while he said with my history adrenal fatigue was certainly within the realm of possibilities there is no good diagnostic test that cannot be skewed by other factors.

In September my doctor started me on cytomel for my thyroid and glucophage for my glucose intolerance. I am having moments now where I feel energetic, no actually those moments I feel normal, but usually I am drained and having trouble completing simple tasks.

Does anybody here have any knowledge or experience with adrenal fatigue syndrome?

[eskielover]

In your research, I'm sure you came across the womentowomen.com/adrenalfatigue. I know for me, I have had fatigue issues all my life, but I always pushed myself, so it seemed natural to be fatigued because of it.

I know also when anxiety attacks sat in at the age of 42, when I lost my career (the only thing that meant anything to me in my life), the fatigue got even worse & I wasn't doing anything at that time, so I blamed it on the anxiety. I know that our mental issues do have a huge effect on the physical, but I think it is even worse when there is a fatigue issue underlying it.

Every test I have ever had for CFS, or other issues has always come back negative, so have never been Dx'ed with the anything physical causing the fatigue.

I will be interested to see what responses you get to your post. The internet does have a lot of information on the adrenal fatigue & how it is related to the cortisol level & how stress playes a role in that. I have a weight loss, not a weight gain problem. I know that when I was in the hospital for IV nutrition after my Mother died & I went through a horrible ID theft trauma with that, my Dr said that the blood test came back with my cortisol way out of balance (guess what...it's related to stress so why wouldn't it be out of balance after what I had gone through....duh).

Hope you get some answers to very evasive syndrome,
Debbie

[withit]

google adrenal fatigue, I remember a website by a Dr. Lam, I think.
One of the critical steps to recovery is to go to bed at a reasonable hour. If your cortisol level is high in the eves you may be unable to drift into dreamland til the wee hours of the morning. It happened to me. See if you can get l-tryptophan from the health food store. If your adrenals are severely fatigued this might not help you fall asleep. I took ativan for a few weeks, nightly. You may want to try melatonin or valerian, both from a health food store.

Being unable to tolerate carbs is part of this whole syndrome. Did you ever do the fasting blood glucose test?

I have also benefited much from this site, drdadamo dot com. The food plan for my blood type was very helpful in terms of lessening my anxiety level.

The saliva test I took indicated I have an adrenal issue, with low cortisol levels in the morn and high in the eve. Dr. Lam's sight has a lot of info.

BEst of luck to you and keep us posted.