The Important Connection Between Nervous System Dysregulation and Adrenal Fatigue

The Important Connection Between Nervous System Dysregulation & Adrenal Fatigue

The body has an adrenal response to severe stress. When you feel stress, your nervous system goes into fight or flight (sympathetic nervous system), and your adrenals release norepinephrine and epinephrine, also known as adrenaline.  Your adrenal glands are activated thanks to your hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. You can think of your HPA axis as your body’s internal…

Are Anxiety and Adrenal Fatigue Connected?

Are Anxiety and Adrenal Fatigue Connected?

Holistic psychologist Dr. Ellen Vora says there are two different kinds of anxiety: true anxiety and false anxiety. It’s not that false anxiety is invalid—(it is very valid)—but avoidable. For example, false anxiety is anxiety that’s preventable by correcting states of physiological imbalance, such as inflammation, sleep deprivation, a blood sugar crash, a magnesium or B12 deficiency or caffeine…

Is Adrenal Fatigue Real?

Is Adrenal Fatigue Real?

If 2022 claimed anything as the illness of the year it would be adrenal fatigue. After the rockiest few years thanks to the pandemic, it’s no wonder a mystery illness rooted in stress has blown up. People (especially women) everywhere are reading about adrenal fatigue and finally feeling validation instead of dismissed for their symptoms:…