Adrenal Support

Adrenal Fatigue

Adrenal fatigue is a syndrome (a related group of signs and symptoms) that results when the adrenal glands function below the necessary level, usually because of intense, prolonged or repeated stress. Adrenal fatigue is a common disorder, estimated to affect many millions of people in the United States and worldwide at some point in their lives.

As its name suggests, the chief symptom is fatigue unrelieved by sleep. However, adrenal fatigue is not a readily-identifiable entity like measles or allergies. Its severity can range from a general sense of tiredness, without obvious signs of physical illness, to difficulty getting out of bed for more than a few hours a day. With each increment of reduction in adrenal function, every organ and system in the body is more profoundly affected. Changes occur in carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism; fluid and electrolyte balance; immune, cardiovascular and nervous system function; and even in libido. Numerous other alterations take place at the biochemical and cellular levels. This syndrome has been known by many other names throughout the past century, such as non-Addison’s hypoadrenia, sub-clinical hypoadrenia, neurasthenia, adrenal neurasthenia, adrenal apathy and adrenal fatigue. Although it affects millions of people in the U.S. and around the world, conventional medicine does not yet recognize it as a distinct, treatable syndrome.

The adrenal glands mobilize the body’s response to every kind of physical, emotional and psychological stress through hormones that regulate energy production and storage, heart rate, muscle tone, immune function and other processes that deal with stress. Adrenal fatigue is produced when the output of regulatory adrenal hormones is diminished through over-stimulation of the adrenals by severe, chronic or repeated stress, or because of adrenals weakened by poor nutrition, congenital factors or other causes. In adrenal fatigue the adrenal glands function, but not well enough to adequately meet the demands of stress and maintain normal, healthy homeostasis. The causes of adrenal fatigue usually stem from one of four common sources that overwhelm the adrenal glands:

• Disease states such as severe or recurrent pneumonia, bronchitis or flu, cancer, AIDS, auto-immune and other illnesses
• Physical stress such as surgery, poor nutrition, addiction, injury, and exhaustion
• Emotional/psychological stress from relationships, work or other unavoidable life situations
• Continual and / or severe environmental stress from toxic chemicals and pollutants in the air, water, clothing or food

Anyone from birth to old age and from any race or culture can suffer from adrenal fatigue. People vary greatly in their ability to respond to and withstand stress. An illness, a life crisis or a continuing difficult situation can drain the adrenal resources of even the healthiest person. However there are certain factors that increase susceptibility to adrenal fatigue. These include poor diet; substance abuse; too little sleep and rest; too many social, emotional or physical pressures; serious or repeated injury; chronic illness; repeated infections such as bronchitis or pneumonia; allergies; exposure to a toxic environment; and a mother with adrenal fatigue during gestation and birth. Unfortunately many of these factors are common in modern life.

Some of the Symptoms

Some of the most common symptoms of adrenal fatigue are regular experience of:

• Early morning fatigue & difficulty getting up in the morning, even after a full night's sleep
• Tiredness, especially in the early morning and mid afternoon
• Symptoms of hypoglycemia
• Feeling rundown or overwhelmed
• Difficulty bouncing back from stress or illness
• Cravings for salty and/or sweet snacks
• Feeling best after 6 PM

Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by Dr. James L. Wilson contains a complete profile of symptoms and includes a comprehensive questionnaire and detailed descriptions of tests for adrenal fatigue

Although adrenal fatigue may only last a short while, especially if it was caused by one transient stressful event, it can be debilitating and last for many years -- even a lifetime -- without proper treatment. However, most people can fully recover from adrenal fatigue. Most cases of adrenal fatigue can be remedied without prescription drugs and many physicians have used Dr. Wilson’s adrenal support supplements with their patients.

Diagnosis

Most medical doctors are not aware of adrenal fatigue. They only recognize Addison’s disease, which is the most extreme end of low adrenal function. Astute doctors who are familiar with the varying degrees of decreased adrenal function usually test the adrenal hormone levels in the saliva. This is an accurate and useful indicator of adrenal fatigue. There are other common lab tests that can be used more indirectly to detect adrenal fatigue, but the majority of medical doctors do not know how to interpret these tests for indications of adrenal fatigue. The adrenal fatigue questionnaire on page 61 of Dr. Wilson’s book is the most widely used questionnaire to help doctors who are aware of low adrenal function make their diagnosis.

The most accurate and valuable laboratory test for detecting adrenal fatigue is a saliva adrenal hormone test. This is a simple and relatively inexpensive test that has recently become available from a few labs. A kit can be obtained from the lab and the test completed at home by simply spitting into the test tubes 4 times throughout a 24 hour day. The samples are mailed in and the results are sent back to either the patient or the attending physician. There are some other lab tests but they need special interpretation by physicians trained to recognize and treat adrenal fatigue.

Who Is Susceptible?

People can suffer from adrenal fatigue at any age but both the very young and the very old are more vulnerable to stress and therefore to adrenal fatigue. Children are susceptible to the same causative factors for adrenal fatigue as adults. Children whose mothers had adrenal fatigue during their gestation and/or birth are especially vulnerable to lowered adrenal function. These children are often more sickly, have less ability to handle stressful situations, and take longer to recover from illnesses. However, they too can greatly benefit from proper adrenal support and healthy lifestyle choices. It is not known if there is an actual genetic predisposition for adrenal fatigue. However, if one or both parents suffer from adrenal fatigue, either chronically or during the time of conception, and if the mother has adrenal fatigue during gestation, there is a greater than 50% chance that their children will also suffer from adrenal fatigue. This may be seen as a child with a weak constitution, early allergies, a propensity toward lung infections, a decreased ability to handle stress and longer recovery times after illnesses. Although these children will never have exceptionally-strong adrenal glands, much can be done to help them recover by the use of proper adrenal support and healthy lifestyle choices.

Occurrences of Adrenal Fatigue

Frequency of occurrence varies with each person. Some people have only one episode of adrenal fatigue during their lifetime, some have several, and others experience chronic adrenal fatigue from which they never recover. Whether the adrenal fatigue is infrequent or chronic, proper adrenal support will make all the difference to the outcome. In some people the adrenal glands do not return to normal levels of function without help, either because the stress was too great or too prolonged, or because their general health is poor. However, when adrenal fatigue becomes chronic, it is almost always because of factors that can be changed through modifications in lifestyle and proper adrenal support.

Keeping Your Adrenals Healthy

The guidelines for keeping the adrenal glands healthy are very similar to the overall principles of good health. A moderate lifestyle with good quality food, regular exercise and adequate rest, combined with a healthy mental attitude to the stresses of life goes a long way towards keeping the adrenal glands strong and resilient. However, because modern life is so stressful, certain nutritional supplements specially designed for adrenal support are also important to both maintaining healthy adrenal glands and helping depleted adrenal glands recover. During any illness dramatically increase intake of vitamin C, bioflavonoids, magnesium and pantothenic acid or, better yet, use the Future Formulations dietary supplements designed by Dr. Wilson for adrenal support. After an illness, do not try to hit the floor running. Instead take an extra day off work in order to rejuvenate. If there is lingering tiredness after an illness, emotional shock or other event that produces Adrenal Fatigue, sleep in late, be especially conscious of eating high quality foods, and avoid caffeine and alcohol. In addition, saunas can be great for detoxifying and unwinding, thus lessening the stress load on the adrenals.

Adrenal Fatigue and Other Conditions and Factors

The processes that take place in any chronic disease, from arthritis to cancer, place demands on your adrenals. Therefore, as a general rule, if morning fatigue is a symptom of the chronic disease, the adrenals are likely fatigued to some degree. Also anytime a medical treatment includes the use of corticosteroids, diminished adrenal function is most likely present. All corticosteroids are designed to imitate the actions of cortisol, a hormone secreted by the adrenals, and so the need for them arises primarily when the adrenals are not providing the required amounts of cortisol. Adrenal fatigue often goes hand in hand with decreased immune function, which makes someone more prone to illnesses. There is an especially strong association between adrenal fatigue and respiratory infections, such as bronchitis and pneumonia.

Cancer and Chemo
The extreme fatigue of cancer and any other chronic illnesses is often the result of decreased adrenal function. Chronic illness and toxic treatments like chemotherapy are major stressors that the adrenals must respond to. In addition, because of the side effects of chemotherapy, and sometimes the cancer itself, nutrient consumption and absorption is often decreased, further impairing adrenal function. It is very important to provide adrenal support during this time.

Thyroid Gland
Approximately 80% of the people suffering from adrenal fatigue also suffer some form of decreased thyroid function. People shown to be low thyroid but unresponsive to thyroid therapy are most likely suffering from adrenal fatigue as well. For these people to get well, the adrenals must be supported in addition to the thyroid.

Fibromyalgia
Most people with fibromyalgia have a form of adrenal fatigue and sometimes the adrenal fatigue precedes the fibromyalgia. Many studies show that people with fibromyalgia also have reduced levels of the adrenal hormone, cortisol. Proper adrenal support improves adrenal function, including the production of cortisol. The subsequent higher levels of cortisol result in reduced signs and symptoms of fibromyalgia.

Clinical depression
It can be; a mild depression is often one of the symptoms of adrenal fatigue. A saliva test for adrenal hormones will determine whether the adrenals are involved when depression occurs. If the test indicates adrenal involvement, proper adrenal support will help eliminate the depression.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Adrenal fatigue is a common, but usually unrecognized, component of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The adrenals can become overloaded with the lingering effects of the infectious agents that originally led to the CFS and the stress of the illness itself. With new diagnostic procedures available for detecting the specific infectious agents responsible, there have been encouraging results using a combination treatment that eliminates the specific pathogens while strengthening the adrenals.

HIV or Hepatitis C
Adrenal fatigue is a common factor in people with Hepatitis C and HIV. Unfortunately one of the treatments for Hepatitis C is the administration of corticosteroid drugs. This suppresses both the adrenals and the immune system, thus speeding the patient's decline. A relationship has been demonstrated between survival of HIV infected patients and their levels of the adrenal hormone, cortisol. In both Hepatitis C and HIV, adequate adrenal support can be of significant benefit.

Allergies
It has been long observed that people suffering from adrenal fatigue definitely have greater allergic responses or become allergic to things that previously did not bother them. This is because cortisol, the major adrenal hormone, is the most powerful anti-inflammatory substance in the body. When the adrenals fatigue, cortisol levels drop and make it more likely that the body will have allergic (inflammatory) reactions and that these reactions will be more severe. It is therefore essential for allergic individuals to receive proper adrenal support regardless of what other allergy treatment they try.

Low Libido
Yes, a common complaint from both men and women suffering from adrenal fatigue is decreased sex drive. This is because the sex hormones are manufactured by the adrenal glands, as well as by the sex organs themselves. Low adrenal function can lead to low sexual performance and/or low desire. If this diminished libido is the result of adrenal fatigue, proper adrenal support that results in adrenal recovery will usually restore sexual desire and performance as well.

Menstrual Cycles
Adrenal fatigue can negatively affect many aspects of a woman’s hormone cycles, including menstrual flow, PMS, perimenopause and menopause.

Pregnancy
No, usually pregnancy decreases adrenal fatigue because the fetus produces a greater amount of natural adrenal hormones than the amount in the non-pregnant female. However, if the pregnancy is very stressful, it can lead to or increase adrenal fatigue.

Pre-Surgery Precautions to Protect the Adrenals
As far in advance of the surgery as possible begin taking magnesium, pantothenic acid and ascorbic acid with bioflavonoids daily (see Chapter 15 of Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by Dr. Wilson for details); and eat only high quality foods, especially good quality proteins and lots of dark green vegetables. Also use self-hypnosis, visualization and/or relaxation methods to remain mentally and emotionally calm and positive throughout the procedure, and to heal more quickly afterwards. These measures will help protect the adrenal glands from the stresses of surgery.

Smoking
Yes, smoking is a chronic stress on the body that makes it more difficult for the adrenals to function. Smoking, by itself, does not lead directly to adrenal fatigue unless the adrenals are already weak, however, smoking is one of the body burdens that accelerate adrenal fatigue and prevent complete recovery from occurring.

Diet
Diet plays a critical role in adrenal fatigue. The phrase “garbage in, garbage out” aptly describes the relationship between poor diet and adrenal fatigue. A nutritionally inadequate diet that is high in sugar, caffeine and junk food places daily stress on the body that the adrenal glands have to respond to and, at the same time, deprives the adrenals of the nutrients they need to function. This alone can lead to adrenal fatigue or make the body more vulnerable to adrenal fatigue when any additional stress is added. Similarly, good nutrition helps protect and sustain adrenal function during stress. When adrenal fatigue is already present, a healthy diet that supports adrenal function combined with the Future Formulations adrenal supplements created by Dr. Wilson can lead to recovery.

Ankle Swelling
There are many causes of ankle swelling, but one of the causes is adrenal fatigue. Your ankle swelling is more likely related to it if you have many other signs of adrenal fatigue.

Questions & Answers

Q: What is the difference between adrenal fatigue and hypoadrenia?

A: Hypoadrenia, as it is used in a medical sense, refers to adrenal failure or the extremely low adrenal function which is called Addison’s disease. Although hypoadrenia, in actuality, occurs in a spectrum ranging from almost normal to Addison’s, only the most extreme low end is recognized and called hypoadrenia in medicine. The less severe forms of hypoadrenia are now referred to as adrenal fatigue.

Q: How likely is it that adrenal fatigue will get worse or result in Addison’s disease?

A: Proper adrenal support, as described in Dr. Wilson’s book, combined with his Program for Adrenal Fatigue and Stress, using special adrenal dietary supplements he created, is very effective and greatly decreases the likelihood that Adrenal Fatigue will worsen or progress to the extreme of Addison's. Approximately 70% of Addison’s disease cases are actually an auto-immune disease. The rest (about 30%) are called idiopathic but can be precipitated by events in people’s lives that severely impair adrenal function. Within this 30%, each factor that protects the adrenals - healthy lifestyle, food choices, exercise, attitudes, stress management and supplemental adrenal support has a tremendous impact on whether adrenal fatigue progresses to recovery or collapse.

Our Adrenal Support Source

Immunogenics Company of America (ICA) and the Future Formulations Brand Products

Dr. James L. Wilson founded Immunogenics Company of America, LLC, to find, create and distribute unique, exceptionally high-quality dietary supplements targeted for specific health needs. He also established Future Formulations, LLC as the exclusive brand for original ICA products. All of our formulas are designed by physicians who are expert dietary supplement formulators and often leaders in their health fields. Each formula must meet the requirement that it produces optimum results, so before our products become available to you, they are evaluated by other physicians for their effectiveness.

At ICA we are committed to bringing you distinctive, carefully crafted supplements that truly work. As part of that commitment we continue to develop exciting new products. Our mission is to help people improve their health, and as our partner in that goal we are dedicated to your success. We have designed this website to provide you with tools and support for that purpose. – Dr. James Wilson

Availability

Adrenal Rebuilder (90 caps)

Super Adrenal Stress Formula (90 caps)

Book: Dr. Wilson’s Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome

Usage

Adrenal Rebuilder: 3-6 caplets a day with water. Can be combined with Super Adrenal Stress Support.

Super Adrenal Stress Formula: 3-5 caplets a day with water. Can be combined with Adrenal Rebuilder.

Ingredients

Adrenal Rebuilder: Each caplet contains a proprietary 920 mg of porcine adrenal cortex, gonad, hyopthalamus and anterior pituitary concentrates (that have been processed to remove hormones) and glycerophosphate.

Articles

What's the Difference Between the Two Formulations?

Dr. Wilson:

"I began using adrenal extract tablets with my patients with adrenal fatigue and found that they slowly improved over time, but their progress was too slow for my liking, no matter which adrenal concentrate they took. However, byy combining concentrated, hormone-free extracts of the glands most involved in the stress response, we were able to achieve much better outcomes than we had using them singly. Applying my knowledge of nutrition, I started adding specific nutrients one at a time, and through trial and error discovered that most people suffering from adrenal fatigue and similar stress-related health problems need much more of some nutrients than others. As nutrient after nutrient was added, people began responding and recovering more and more quickly, and then recovering more fully. At first, I treated each person individually, trying to determine their optimum dosage for each nutrient. Over time, though, it became apparent that most people with adrenal fatigue need the same nutrients, only varying in quantity depending upon severity. The more severe the adrenal fatigue, the more of these specific nutrients they needed to sustain themselves, function well and recover fully."

After contracting to have his own supplement made and having had success over the years with it, Dr. Wilson decided to split his original supplement, Adrenal Exhaustion Formula, into two different supplements: a nutrient formula and a glandular.

"Adrenal Rebuilder contains concentrated glandular extracts, processed to have their hormones removed, that provide bioavailable building blocks to strengthen structure and vitalize function at a fundamental level in the adrenals, hypothalamus, pituitary and gonads -- the main endocrine glands involved in the stress response. The glandular extracts work so deeply that it usually takes several weeks, or even months, to notice their effects, but these effects are profound and form the foundation for lasting results.
 
Super Adrenal Stress Formula contains specific nutrients required in adrenal hormone production and needed by cells throughout the body to maintain healthy function and recover when under stress. The actions of these nutrients are much quicker to produce effects, and people tend to notice a difference within a few days.

By creating two separate supplements, the quantities of the nutrients and/or glandular extracts could be adjusted more precisely to individual needs. My intention was that when adrenal fatigue was present, doctors could use the Adrenal Rebuilder to help their patients' run-down adrenal glands build up strength, sound structure and function along with the Super Adrenal Stress Formula to supply the nutrients needed for healthy adrenal hormone production. If their patients were under stress but adrenal function was adequate, they could use just Super Adrenal Stress Formula to replenish the nutrients rapidly used up during stress, thus helping to maintain adrenal function and avoid adrenal fatigue.

I found the two formulas together worked beautifully for adrenal fatigue, and Super Adrenal Stress Formula soon proved to be a stand-alone supplement that supported people under stress better than anything else I had ever used. Observing their effects, I began to refer to Adrenal Rebuilder as the "mechanic" and Super Adrenal Stress Formula as the "accelerator" for the adrenals.

While Adrenal Rebuilder works down in the "engine" repairing and tuning, Super Adrenal Stress Formula provides the nutrient "fuel" input that speeds up adrenal output. In most cases, taking Super Adrenal Stress Formula made people feel much more in balance and calm. If they took too much, the B vitamins made some people a little jittery or speedy, but in those cases it was simple to reduce the dose until they felt balanced. People started writing and calling to tell us how much they were benefiting from these two products, and this became the most important reason, to me, for forming a company that could continue and expand this work. I realized that if we did not, there was nowhere else people could get products that worked like these. Since I had seen the suffering of people experiencing stress disorders and adrenal fatigue for many years, I became even more committed to establishing a successful company that would never compromise on quality or effectiveness. I wanted people to be able to always count on us to provide them with products that worked harmoniously with the natural processes of their bodies to maintain and noticeably reinvigorate their health.

It was -- and is -- important to me to help as many people as possible to once again be in balance and know sustainable health, regardless of how long they have experienced the discouragement of struggling alone with adrenal fatigue or related health problems." - James Wilson, MD (edited from Dr. Wilson's blog)

Whether you have allergies or not, you will want to watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0PgvFhnePU

Allergies
Allergic reactions typically have an adrenal component. Most allergies involve the release of histamine and other pro-inflammatory substances (substances that produce inflammation). Cortisol, one of the primary hormones produced by the adrenal glands, is a strong anti-inflammatory (a substance that reduces inflammation). In fact, the amount of cortisol circulating in the blood is a key factor in controlling the level of inflammatory reactions in the body.

For this reason, proper adrenal function plays an important role in mediating the histamine release and inflammatory reactions that produce the symptoms experienced with allergies.

When the adrenals are fatigued they are less likely to produce enough cortisol to adequately counteract the inflammatory reactions, allowing allergic symptoms to continue unchecked. People going through times of adrenal fatigue may notice that they seem to have more allergies or their allergies seem to get worse.

Conversely, the more histamine released, the more cortisol it takes to control the inflammatory response and the harder the adrenals have to work to produce enough cortisol. The harder the adrenals have to work, the more fatigued they may become and the less cortisol they produce, allowing histamine to inflame the tissues more.

It is therefore not surprising that people with food and environmental allergies commonly tend to have fatigued adrenals. This vicious cycle can lead to deepening adrenal fatigue as well as to bigger allergic reactions.

Actively supporting your adrenal glands and eliminating or reducing your exposure to foods and other substances that cause allergic or sensitivity reactions in you can help break this cycle as well as strengthen adrenal function.

Food allergens can interfere with daily functioning and become a profound stress on the adrenals, so it is important to track down and eliminate these food sensitivities and allergies in order to both decrease your allergy load and promote adrenal health.

Many of the common allergens appear in food products. Always read the ingredients on a product label to be sure they don't contain a substance to which you are allergic or sensitive. However, sometimes complete ingredients are not available. Here are the main foods that may cause allergic issues when they are found in foods.

- Wheat
- Corn
- Eggs
- Dairy
- Soy

Maybe it’s Adrenal Stress and Fatigue
Although a certain amount of stress is beneficial, too much can be hard on your health. Your adrenal glands must respond to every physical, emotional and psychological stress you experience, while constantly regulating a multitude of essential body processes. It's through the actions of the adrenal hormones that your body is able to mobilize its resources to escape or fight off danger (stress) and survive. In modern society this means coping with such circumstances as a difficult boss, air pollution, traffic, family quarrels, financial problems, too little sleep, personal tragedy, illness and over-indulgence in food or drugs.

These busy little glands can get fatigued (adrenal fatigue), and when they're overworked or fatigued, their nutrient reserves become depleted. The result of this nutrient deficit is that they can't produce optimal amounts of the various adrenal hormones your body needs to keep everything working properly.

If your adrenal function is low, as it is in adrenal fatigue, your body cannot respond and adapt in the healthiest way to stress. The reduced adrenal response not only makes you tired, irritable, and less able to cope, but also affects many other body systems, including blood sugar balance, immune function, libido, hormone balance, sleep patterns and mood. The lower your adrenal function, the more profound the negative effect on every organ and system in your body and the more difficult it becomes for you to properly recover from or handle further stress.

Adrenal hormones include steroids such as cortisol, estrogen and testosterone that are essential to your health and vitality, along with many other hormones that also significantly affect every part of you, including the way you think and feel.

Stress-related adrenal fatigue is so common that an estimated 80% or more of North Americans and others worldwide suffer from it at some time in their lives, yet the medical community generally still does not know how to diagnose or treat it. The result is that millions of people needlessly suffer decreased quality of life for long periods of time. Burnout and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome are examples of stress disorders that have adrenal fatigue as their physical component. For full recovery in all cases of stress-related health problems, the adrenal glands must get the support they need to function well.

Most people recognize that stress is an unavoidable part of daily life but don't understand the impact it has on their health. Physical, emotional and mental stresses have specific effects on your body that can add up and start affecting your vitality and many aspects of your well-being.

The Destructive Effect of High Cortisol Levels

In its normal function, cortisol helps us meet these challenges by converting proteins into energy, releasing glycogen, and counteracting inflammation. For a short time, that's okay. But at sustained high levels, cortisol gradually tears your body down.

Sustained high cortisol levels:

- destroy healthy muscle and bone
- slow down healing and normal cell regeneration
- co-opt biochemicals needed to make other vital hormones
- impair digestion, metabolism and mental function
- interfere with healthy endocrine function; and
- weaken your immune system.

Adrenal fatigue may be a factor in many conditions, including fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue syndrome, arthritis, and more. It can also be associated with a host of unpleasant signs and symptoms, from acne to hair loss.

The Loss of DHEA Production

When the adrenals are chronically overworked and straining to maintain high cortisol levels, they lose the capacity to produce DHEA in sufficient amounts. DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is an immediate precursor hormone to estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. That means that whenever DHEA is in short supply, people have a hard time balancing their hormones.

Over time, low DHEA leads to fatigue, bone loss, loss of muscle mass, depression, aching joints, decreased sex drive, and impaired immune function.

Take this Quiz

1) Do you have trouble getting up in the morning even after going to sleep at a reasonable hour?

2) Are you tired much of the time, especially in the morning?

3) Do you regularly experience mid-morning and/or mid-afternoon energy lows?

4) Do you often feel better after 6PM or your evening meal?

5) Do you crave and/or rely on caffeine and sugary/salty snacks to keep going throughout the day?

6) Do you feel rundown?

7) Do you feel overwhelmed at work or at home?

8) Have you been getting sick more frequently than you used to?

9) When you're sick do you take longer to get well or feel wiped out for weeks after?

10) Has your sex drive decreased?

11) Do you feel mildly depressed for no apparent reason?

12) Have you become more irritable?

13) Do daily tasks seem to require more effort?

14) Are you putting in as much or more effort but find yourself less productive?

15) Has your general enjoyment in life diminished?

16) Are you taking or have you recently discontinued taking prescription corticosteroids?

17) Have you experienced severe, frequent or chronic illness, and/or a recent life crisis?

If you answered yes to 2 or more of these questions, stress is probably affecting your health to some degree. The more yeses, the more likely it is that you are experiencing some stress-related adrenal fatigue.

"In my clinical experience I've found Adrenal Rebuilder to be indispensable for working with stressed people, including those experiencing burnout and adrenal fatigue." -Dr. James L. Wilson

Dr. Wilson designed Adrenal Rebuilder to strengthen your body's ability to withstand and recover from stress by providing natural building blocks to replenish healthy adrenal tissue and sound adrenal function and special components that naturally support the other endocrine glands adversely affected by stress. He found that combining hormone-free adrenal, hypothalamus, pituitary and gonad concentrates in the right proportions produces the most complete results.

His unique formula is the key to maintaining your health during and after stressful times, and to helping protect your health from further stress. This multi glandular is the adrenal formula that produces the deepest results over time and is the cornerstone to recovery from the debilitation of stress. Deep fortification takes time, so even though you may notice a difference within 2 weeks, it's best to continue taking Adrenal Rebuilder for at least 6 months to begin to get the full benefit.

Super Adrenal Stress Formula not only provides the nutrients your adrenal glands depend on for every step of this complex process, but also delivers them in optimal forms and proportions for your adrenal glands to use. Dr. Wilson designed this unique dietary supplement to provide the optimal nutritional support necessary for healthy adrenal hormone production so your body can withstand and recover from stress and you can stay healthy, even when life gets demanding.

Newsletter Notes

- Libby has been working with these products for about a year and bringing them into Australia on a very limited basis even though we had minimal margins with which to work. As Libby has worked with clients recently, she has realized that people everywhere are dealing with extraordinary levels of stress, and these products are an excellent way to address the repercussions. Very recently, our supplier of the adrenal products has arranged for us to be able to buy direct from her source so that we now have adequate margins to make it viable to offer the products in the US as well as Australia. Worldwide, stress levels are rising from the economic recession that some are even calling a depression, widespread unemployment, home foreclosures, the Gulf oil spill, earthquakes, volcanoes, flooding, etc. For these reasons, Libby feels an urgency to make the adrenal products available and to provide education about their importance. We hope to have a Free CD available before too long.

Testimonials

- Before I found Dr. Wilson’s adrenal products, I had been tested for everything but nothing could be found. The only input from one doctor regarding my ongoing fatigue was that I needed to deal with unexpressed grief. Of course they wanted to prescribe prozac and other antidepressants which really didn’t work for me. Finally I was able to move beyond the fatigue and reclaim my life after taking Dr. Wilson’s adrenal support products. I am so grateful to have found them! A.S., New Zealand

- As a teenager I had severe chronic asthma and was put on cortisone and over the next forty years, I was prescribed higher and higher amounts of prednisone. As I took more, the side effects worsened. I had frequent chest infections that required longer bouts of antibiotics; more severe allergic reactions; almost constant thrush infections, etc. Now I have what is termed “steroid dependent asthma,” and for the past two years I’ve had to take prednisone non-stop. After starting Dr. Wilson’s products my health has improved dramatically. My breathing is much improved and my specialist is astonished. I intend to discontinue the prednisone completely very soon as I am not taking very little. My life has changed radically. Anon.

- Thus far, everyone I have tested through saliva hormone testing and hair analysis has had some level of adrenal fatigue. The vast majority are so adrenally fatigued that they are below the minimal levels of cortisol on their lab tests. When I first tested myself many years ago, I was in stage 7 adrenal fatigue (the most severe stage). I was seldom tired and I was a high achiever because I was running on adrenalin rather than cortisol. When this condition exists long enough, an opportunistic disease/condition (heart attack, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic fatigue, etc.) will occur to "slow you down" because the adrenals are part of the immune system and help regulate the gut and digestive system.

Unfortunately blood tests (if your doctor orders them) are not sensitive to pick up most cases of adrenal dysregulation unless they are at disease levels. You may want to consider having your hormones tested through a saliva hormone test. Contact me for more information. Ron Violet, ND, San Antonio, TX

- As a teenager I had severe chronic asthma and was put on cortisone. Over the next forty years I was prescribed higher and higher amounts of prednisone. The more I took, the worse the side effects. I had frequent chest infections that required longer rounds of antibiotics; more severe allergic reactions; almost constant thrush infections, etc. Now I have what is termed "steroid dependent asthma," and for the past two years I've had to take prednisone non-stop. After recently starting Dr. Wilson's products my health has improved dramatically. My breathing is much improved and my specialist is astonished. I intend to discontinue the prednisone completely very soon as I have been able to cut down considerably. My life has changed radically. D.M., Australia