I was suicidal for about 3 years and was ripped apart by cortisol. Same symptoms as you. After LOTS of different doctors and drugs, I found Ashagwanda. Saved my life.

The fact that there are nearly 145k views on this (and it seems to be her most watched video) says something about our modern world and where we’ve gotten to. I’m so sick of putting myself through this. If you’re reading this you’re not the only one dealing with it. You’re not alone. Amazing video. The part at 18 minutes where she talks about “the stress we put on ourselves” is the part of the iceberg that is under the surface... it’s the biggest thing. Thank you so much for posting this. I feel normal and not crazy.

You just described my exact story. Severe stress gave me shingles four years ago which threw me into menopause at 39 and developing an autoimmune disorder. I’ve been fighting for help. No doctors cared or listened. I finally found a functional medicine doctor and I am finally on the right track.

also heal your self emotionally let go of negative emotions forgive yourself and others for the sake of your health placing your faith in a higher power helps tremendously to deal with passing away of the near and dear ones and disease try not to keep things bottled up . share with a close friend family or write in a journal watch what you listen to and watch on tv and internet opt for up lifting ,positive motivational stories hope this helps

My stress is through the roof. Brain fog, physical pain, brain NEVER STOPS thinking and stressing about EVERYTHING.

I had this for years and like you, the Doctors kept telling me that it was nothing, or tried putting me on antidepressants. At the end, he told me it as just who I was. Nothing they can do. Finally I found this wonderful Naturopath who healed me!! I was so grateful. I still see him 3-4 times a year for adjustments, usually always my adrenals. I have a stressful life, and work does not help either. It is so sad and frustrating that the Doctors do not see this as a real issue! Thank you for your video.

A Naturopath gave me my life back after 25 years of Chronic fatigue. 25 years of being told I was depressed, needed to get a hobby, needed to get on with my life & stop complaining as everyone gets tired, was shown the door by my GP as I refused HRT as I knew deep down that wasn't the answer. I also tried bio identical hormones but found the costs too prohibitive and the results didn't reflect the investment. In the end a strict dietary change and a few supplements led to my energy returning in just 10 days, it felt like a miracle and 3 years on I still feel amazing and am busy making up for the 25 years of life I missed out on. I was lucky to find a amazing Naturopath locally who gave me the tools to heal myself and I only needed to see her once.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I'm a naturopathic medical student and I have a deep interest in helping people experiencing adrenal insufficiency and chronic fatigue. Take good care ❤❤❤🥰

I felt the same way, for my whole life my home was filled with constant arguing and manipulation. I had no where to go and didn't know better. Now I have learned what my family actually is, abusive and neglectful. And yes, my legs are still weak very often and give out as I walk and I haven't felt safe or able to relax for a long time now. It's odd as my body seeming can't function properly even though I'm 22 and healthy. Though I am seeking help.

I'm suffering now. I was misdiagnosed and prescribed lots of antibiotics that ruined my Adrenals. I found a specialist near my area. I will see her next week. I can't wait to start my journey

It took me 6 years to figure it out. I was exhausted for years, and all doctors told me I was fine. Thank you for your video.

Thank you for sharing and caring. Loved your video. I've had adrenal insufficiency for over 15 months... what a journey! Was on crutches at one point. Ashgawanda helped with both thyroid and adrenals, as did Ribose re the fatigue. The latter is a pre-cursor to Adenosine Triphosphate, ATP (the energy molecule). ATP is also found in Royal Jelly... as are B vitamins. Good luck everyone... the amount of people who give up on you because you no longer have the vibrancy truly makes you realise who your true friends are... recovery can be a lonely experience although we aren't alone... thanks again.

Anxiety, worry, depression, work stress, lack of sleep, I believe caused me this... I would sometimes "crash" to where i would have to stop working and lie down for 20 minutes.. like my blood sugars dropped or sompthing...I sometimes get palpitations, feeling like it's tight to breath, anxiety, feeling tired but not tired.. more anxiety.. low mood

Really powerful story, I'm going through adrenal fatigue after being in high stress for over a decade and I feel less alone by hearing you because I feel like your story moved me :)

I had the same experience with the exhaustion and trying to figure out what was going on. My thyroid was fine so my doctor just assumed I was tired. It was hard to explain how I feel like I should have to feel like this forever. I accidently found a doctor that suggested a ketogenic diet and I'm brand new person. I feel awake for the first time since I can remember and I lost 73 pounds so far. No drugs or supplements. I'm so glad I found out about this even if it was by accident and I'm a nurse. This is not even mentioned in school. You are right that it's not really acknowledged by the mainstream medical community. Thank you for your video and bringing more awareness to the subject. It makes me angry to think that too many people are being diagnosed with depression and anxiety disorders needlessly when they could be suffering from adrenal fatigue.

You are saving one life at a time by sharing your story. To open up to the world and by being vulnerable and raw and honest about the good and the bad, you are just a breath of fresh air to those who have lost hope in ever finding an answer. My heart breaks for you and the years you were in search of help and could find none. To advocate for your health while in the condition you were in and all the time effort and energy that you had to use in such a difficult time in your life just amazes me. Something that is exhausting for a relatively healthy person to try and do, you did while you were so sick and you never gave up. I can’t imagine how you did it! But then to go forward and share your story and give others hope, it just shows how much compassion you have for others and it resonates throughout your whole video. I have been searching for over 10 years for why I got sick and what is going on in my body. After the countless doctors, drugs, therapies and every test imaginable I am worse than when it started. This has never been brought up. All this time. Never brought up. Like you said about the bloodwork, my thyroid was in normal parameters and they wouldn’t test for more and I have a doomed feeling that this has been the answer the whole time. For me, like you, they said it was other things. First it was depression, then chronic fatigue and pain disorder, then vitamin deficiencies, then they said it was all in my head, then fibromyalgia and 3 years ago when I couldn’t stay awake during the day and would fall asleep driving and speed just to get home to lay down (just like you described) and doing brain scans and a sleep study with no conclusions they diagnosed me with excessive daytime sleepiness/ narcolepsy. But all the videos I’ve watched and all I’ve learned along the way, none describe what I’ve been going through like yours did. It seems you and I have a lot in common. The stress and perfectionism aspects too. Your story and you telling it the way you did was what I and I’m sure many others have been just waiting to hear. So from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you for sharing your story. I will remember this day the rest of my life. God bless you!

Thank you for sharing. I cried a little watching this video realizing I'm not alone, realizing that there is help and I'm not crazy. I've known theres soemthing wrong with me, I can feel the hormone imbalances, I just didnt know where to begin or go about explaining what I have. And the primary doctor I've been to think I'm just overreacting tells me to get rest, but even with rest I dont feel better. So thank you, I now start my journey in trying to heal myself.

Thank you very helpful information, I’m pretty sure I developed adrenal fatigue from being married to an alcoholic for 8 years, emotional abuse and stress took a toll on my adrenals but I’m being positive and I know I’m gonna recover with Gods help.

Thank you!! I have been suffering with Adrenal fatigue for nearly 20 years on and off myself. Diagnosed with depression and anxiety.... when I knew I wasn't depressed ! the irony of how much that increased my anxiety lol. Triggered by PTSD , childhood trauma, several terrible and intensely emotional periods including life threatening experiences a pregnancy at 44, single motherhood and a highly stressful job. I hit stage 3 again after first year of motherhood and found myself in perpetual burnout.....AGAIN . Can completely relate to the stairs and not having the energy to pick up a book. It is then that I can add depression to the list, but as a symptom, not a cause. It has had various levels of intensity over the years depending on stress and overall health. I have a little man to take care now so health and longevity is my primary focus obviously and have been cleaning up my diet over recent months, eliminating stress and stressful people, researching more, probing deeper, eliminating toxic foods one after the other trying to figure out what is wrong with me. No energy, no sex drive, brain fog, at times sleep issues, excessive thinking, exercise exhausts instead of invigorates, not losing weight even though my diet is now 95% plant based vegan. That's when I made the breakthrough. Thinking my Thyroid may have been off, again symptom not cause. It is, but it's my ADRENALS that are shot. 🙏 Broken fight/ flight=broken rest/digest .I have just put it all together in the last month and researched (scientific papers and functional medical practitioners). I am so relieved, I want to shout it from the roof tops... I know what is wrong with me !! 😆So I have made an appointment with a functional medicine woman, who will be visiting my town in the next month. will go back to my useless GP and have all my blood work done in the meantime. and continue 1. Healing my Gut 2. Healing my Adrenals and 3. Working at a cellular level to detoxify my body. You know what I really miss is the exuberance I once had. I thought my lack of vitality was based in experiences of past, but as I have truly done the emotional work to heal from them, I am just so happy to have found the solution to repairing the physical too. I want my energy back, I want my body back, I want my life back and I AM going to get there. Just starting the journey but so nice to hear personal testimony about healing it, as you said its very hard to find. Thank you once again and Greetings from Darwin NT 😊

Chronic Stress was the cause of mine autoimmune issues. I suffered from eczema, psoriasis, depression, anxiety, excess sweating, brain fog, chronic fatigue etc etc, just to name a few. This was happening for years and each symptom was worsening since i was so frustrated and depressed about the situation, making myself more stresses out. Finally realizing that its me and my emotions causing this, i was finally able to cure myself, before that i ve tried exercising a lot, all kinds of diets and supplements, nothing worked

Doctors are not created equally. I’m so glad you found health again!

" Ive come in to tell you Im exhausted!, I don't need you to tell me Im exhausted!" LOVE it!!! anyone who has experienced this knows what she's talking about!

Thanks SO much for sharing your story! I’ve really struggled for forever with health and spent a fortune on supplements/naturopaths and every time I try to get off sups I crash. You’ve explained to me, why! I’ve always tried to get back to my past lifestyle and productivity. I get it now. I can’t and won’t. It was all too stressful and on top of it all, I have PTSD. I can’t thank you enough. Your KZfaq comes at the perfect moment.

these days youll get adrenal fatigue just being on social media. i think thats what has been my downfall, multitasking, checking my phone constantly and social media and worrying about finances, i feel broken

What helped me vitamin c camu camu powder life saver magnesium , b vitamins( nuitritional yeast) for anxiety /palpitations eat complex carbs like oats, sweet potatoes brown rice for sustained energy take good quality plant based minerals eat healthy fats coconut oil , Avacados, Ghee, avoid vegetable oil, soya , canola oils heal your gut with probiotics home made sauerkraut, fiber to avoid constipation at all cost Avoid following avoid fast food at all cost, no sodas , store bought juices, avoid refined white flour and products made with refined flour. avoid coffee, sugar, simple carbs, processed foods at all cost no alc, no smoking drink clean water buy a distiller if you can best investment light exercise like walking meditate and relax go to bed at 10 pm if possible

Thank you so much for sharing your story. Since your video was recorded in 2015, you might want to check out HPA axis dysfunction, which is the new term for adrenal fatigue. The term adrenal fatigue is still being used, but the alternative medical community has discovered that the Hypothalmus (H) - Pituitary (P) - Adrenal (A) axis becomes dysfunctional with chronic stress which in turn causes many of the fatigue symptoms. I'm so glad you have overcome your fatigue!

Thank you so much for this video. I cried. Your story is so similar to mine. I just got diagnosed with extreme adrenal fatigue and we are starting a protocol to recover. Thank you again. Your tips and this entire video helped so much. Time to make some changes and start saying no to things that cause me stress and start putting my health first.

Thanks so much for sharing your story and being so transparent. When I speak with patients, adrenal fatigue is a HUGE place where we start otherwise the thyroid, progesterone loss and gut dysfunction can ensue. Healing the adrenals and how we show up in life is massive!

Dear Lord you described just about everything I was going through including falling asleep while driving with my kids in the car but I fell asleep on a red light!!! Anyway I’m so happy for you and would love to hear an update on your journey!! I’ve been praying God gives me wisdom and shows me what is wrong then I run into your video out of no where I’ve never heard of adrenal fatigue but it makes so much sense now I will turn my focus and prayers to this!! I’ve had surgery to remove a cancer nodule so half of my thyroid is gone! Also have Hashimoto and really hoping to keep the remaining thyroid gland but I have to make some changes so my auto immune system doesn’t go down and welcome stupid cancer again! God bless you and thank you sooooo much for making this videos ♥️

I love this.. Thank you for sharing your story. I have been sick and massively exhausted for 4 years (I am almost 30), and relate to so much that you shared about how you felt and the stressful inner emotions that made it worse. I found out it was adrenal fatigue a month ago and am now seeing a functional doctor. I am so glad to know that there is hope.

Doctor: what's your symptoms? You: im exhausted Doc: you're diagnosed with exhaustion. 🤦🏾‍♀️

You are correct. My GP also wanted to put me on antidepressants because his quick diagnosis was anxiety/panic attacks. I was at a point where I couldn’t even walk because of extreme exhaustion and that fell on deaf ears. I think, respectfully, that a lot of doctors are just prideful and don’t want to ever look like they don’t know something. They give you a quick diagnosis, get you out of the office asap and collect their payment.

Dr Berg has a lot of good adrenal information too.

I am not surprised you were stressed with all that going on! 😳 I have fibromyalgia and suffer extreme fatigue. They say they don't know what causes Fibro but i'm guessing chronic stress plays a big part. Thanks for posting this video. I hope you are well now-7 years later 😊

I suffered stage 3 adrenal exhaustion. I worked full time, went to law school at night. I went to the EE twice and was misdiagnosed with anxiety. I was then prescribed prozac where I suffered a terrible reaction to it and it made me worse. I suffered panic attacks, mood swings, only able to walk for short periods before becoming exhaustion. I was dizzy and had low blood pressure. Thank GOD I found a Naturopath. I underwent a saliva test and urine test that showed I was so low in: serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, PEA, everything. I have begun the natural supplement treatment and have noticed improvement. I hope you are feeling better and healthier!! Thank you for sharing your story.

I have been suffering for 4 months now with dibilitating fatigue and muscle weakness so bad that I too dread going upstairs. I have been from doctor to doctor trying to get answers and I never get one except I did get diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in 2018. I didn’t get sick for 1 or more years after starting thyroid medicine until this latest time. I literally cannot function and lose time with my kids and husband as a result. I finally went to a functional medicine doctor yesterday and we’re waiting on the blood work to come back but in the meantime I am suffering huge. I just want my old life back!!! I have been sick for 4 months now

Everytime I feel like there’s something wrong with me, everyone around me like friends & family are like “just go to the doctor!!” Likeee I don’t even knows what’s wrong with me wtf is a doctor going to do? Prescribe me with pills and send me on my way? Along with charging me up the ass in medical bills for not even resolving the issue? No thank you. Update: went to the doctors. Got physical, pap, blood taken. I was diagnosed with pcos & hypothyroidism (hashimotos disease) yes they put me on medication 😭 but I honestly feel better.

This has been incredible to listen to, im 23 and have been seriously worried about my life for the past 3 years, thankyou again!

Great video, something that is also a must if you are going to heal your adrenals is eliminating all forms of caffeine: Coffee, Tea, even chocolate, caffeine in any form taxes your adrenals and interrupts sleeps

Great description of what it feels like. Every time I have to do something it feels like how one would feel after being involved in a car accident.

I was just finally diagnosed with both adrenal fatigue/failure AND Hashimotos thyroid. You have given me hope!

I'm from Singapore , there's no dr who recognise adrenal fatigue in Singapore. Had to call dr lam in USA but no dr in Singapore for face to face consultation. Prayers for those going thru fatigue be it AF or ME It's super hard but hopefully we'll see the silver lining soon

I'm trying to control myself from commenting before I finish viewing your video completely but sorry I've got to say you are very inspiring and deserve a zillion viewers. You are so forthcoming with your troubles and I can so relate with the things you say and I can see the honesty too. You are amazing. Keep it up!

Thanks for sharing your story. Had me in tears multiple times. Still searching for answers and a doc who actually helps.

I love how you continued searching for answers, and then after all that fighting, you're sharing with others. One of the true light-bringers in the world. I wish you blessings from God and will also share that I am currently fighting through adrenal fatigue and finding my own answers. One resource that has been invaluable is Dr. Berg here on KZfaq. Anyways hope you are well.

Thanks for sharing your story.... I can relate on all levels. I just want my life back. Does any one know of a support group? I'm so glad to hear you are doing better!!!

Thank you for sharing your story - I’ve had a very stressful life, I’m now 56 but only recently that I realised how it was affecting my body. I’m still in recovery and starting to implement a healthier lifestyle but your story just rang true. Well done for your perseverance and good luck with your counties recovery xx

When you said the homeopath said "I know what you have and I can help you" I burst into tears myself 😭 what a thing!

Thank you so much for this video! I've suffered from fatigue for so long since I was in 6th grade not knowing there was something wrong with me and now I'm experiencing a hormonal imbalance that has jut flipped my world upside-down. Your story gives me such hope and clarity on who to look to for help, that it's actually out there, and what could possibly be wrong with me 'cause my doctor doesn't really know and I have struggled so hard to cope with it for the past 6 years.

Thank you for sharing your story! I am hopefully on the road to recovery after 6 years of chronic stress (teaching and moving multiple times.) I was told multiple times by a few therapists and doctors that I should consider antidepressants because of my symptoms. It was just today that I went to a natural path doctor who looked deeper into my hormones on a lab report and into my symptoms and he informed me of low DHEA and also that I showed symptoms of adrenal fatigue and leaky gut. Oh how I wish general practitioners would get on top of this to help their patients out! Your video is so helpful and inspirational. Thanks again!

This was very helpful and inspiring so thanks very much for sharing your story. I had the same issue with my regular GP but he did at least say that I should go see a Naturopath who deals with Adrenal Fatigue. He did say that here in Canada they are not encourage to give DHEA. I did find a Naturopath and after testing all my Cortosol and hormone levels, she found that my Progesterone and my DHEA are both very, very low. Both well below the normal range. So I have just started my medicine a week ago and hopefully I can start feeling better. I will have to make some changes for sure. I am definitely a type A personality, so slowing down for me, even at age 67 will take some getting used too. I want to be healthy again. I really appreciated the mention of us saying no to others when we really need to help ourselves get better first. I am so glad you finally got well!! Thanks again for your inspiring video.

Adrenal fatigue is one diagnosis, generally acquired once your hormone levels change and provide side effects. Once your level becomes depleted, its then adrenal exhaustion, which is called addison's disease.....it can 'run in the family'.....

Thank you for sharing your experience! I feel like I'm on the verge of Addison's disease, and so grateful that I've found some hope in healing from this. Bless your heart.

Thank you this was so needed. I'm just coming to the understanding that this is what's wrong with my health. For more than 10 years every stressful thing you could imagine has happened one hit to the system after another. It's gotten so bad now its hard to explain just how truly awful I feel. Just starting this journey to find help. Your words are so encouraging again thanks for sharing.

Thank you! I’ve been battling Adrenal fatigue and thyroid disease for about 5 years (working with a functional medicine and naturopath doctors) now if I recall correctly. I moved from the east to west coast of the US two years ago to continue in the same job I had. However, the job has become extra stressful due to some unforeseen factors. I love the job outside of the problems that should be temporary, but they aren’t going away. I feel as though it would cause about as much stress to find a new job as it would to stay as this issue gets resolved, but I’ve had some recent sleep issues that have me struggling more than usual lately. I look forward to reading the book to learn more things that may help. It is good to hear from someone else who has had this as I’ve never met anyone with it.

Hi Jen. Thank you for the informational video. you really shared a lot about yourself and I know that took courage. I too have battled adrenal fatigue and have overcome it with lots of help and rest. I just had another baby and my adrenals took a hit again... thankfully me and my doctor know what's happening. But I appreciate the reminder that I need to rest and eliminate extra sources of stress. It's so true, but quite often the hardest step. So thanks for your kind and gentle video. I'm sure it will be encouraging to many people.

Girl I know the feeling. Everything you just mentioned. It's so frustrating that doctors aren't always helpful. It's so hard to reduced stress. I feel that I also have adrenal fatigue do to stress and also hormonal changes.

Wow, this is me! Finding the right doctor is so hard. I watch videos on KZfaq all the time and there are doctors that know what’s wrong but are so far away. I may have to bite the bullet and contact one of them. Thanks for sharing your story.

I am so, so happy that you overcame adrenal fatigue! Thank you so much for making this video as well! I found out that I have severe adrenal fatigue and that some of my hormones are almost nonexistent. I'm only 23, but I have been extremely hard on myself in the past and put myself under loads of stress for over five years. I guess my body finally had enough. Your video has given me so much hope in myself and my ability to heal. :)

You have given me hope! I am struggling with this now! My general doctor, whom I've changed so many times because they don't listen, wouldn't test me either! I had to pay privately to get tested! I'm 38 and have felt like I was going into menopause for a few years now, I'm so exhausted all the time, weak, you name it! I'm starting my wellness journey again from a different place and I have real hope now! Thank you for your story!

Thank you for sharing! I've had hypothyroidism since I was 13, my doctors always said it's fine even though my TSH has always been around 3.5. That combined with huge amounts of stress lead to me falling ill to adrenal fatigue when I was 20. I am 21 now. The hardest and best thing I have ever done was learning to say NO and being okay with it. Life got so much easier and now I can just float. The road to recovery will be long and bumpy, but I am ready for the ride :)

Wow. I am in awe. Battled fatigue for over 23 years, with muscle weakness, insomnia...ect, as you described. Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue. The looking at the stairs and crying, well I do that almost daily. No one can relate to my depression and ready to go on from this flesh life. Years of no answers, and Dr's not looking at what the cause could be. Take this pill. Or that pill. No one ever talked nutrition or supplements. I have been doing my own research and just found out the amalgam fillings I have had since before I began school at 6 years of age, which I am 63 now, with 7 still in my mouth,could've a huge issue, and now a friend shared adrenal fatigue info with me yesterday. I have been on a VIt protocol of 4000 milligrams of VIt C, magnesium, zinc picolinate, and 400 IU VIt E and feeling better, but it's for getting ready of amalgam removal. If I forget my vitamins, within the second day I decline with energy and starve for air. Getting a Dr where I live is hard. Very rural and the anxiety so bad I can barely be a passenger in a car. My motto is quality of life. I want it. I am so done with feeling like I can't live due to not being able to have the energy to do. I took a lot of notes from the comment section and will look into all the info shared. Thank you for sharing this information and your testimony. I will do my best to find my way. American Dr's are taught to treat, not to heal. We have to be our own advocates. Sharing with a couple people I know that have very stressful lives and hope they can jump on the band wagon of taking things into their own hands and prevent major sickness or illness down the line. Blessings. kimhutcheson@hotmail.com

Thank you SO much for sharing your story! I'm sure I'll watch this multiple times. I was just diagnosed by a naturopath with Adrenal Fatigue last week. It took me 8 months, 3 medical doctors, 2 longtime excellent holistic doctors, and 2 naturopaths to finally find this root cause of why I was so sick and tired. So now I go about the next part of the journey to learn about AF. Again thank you for sharing the details of what you've been through to get well.

Bravo and much appreciation! I have very similar symptoms. I had many heavy stressors and traumas over the years. Loss…close family and divorce. The heaviest burden to my stress system was breast implant illness. It wreaked havoc on my body. 8 months after Explant symptoms returned due to adrenal dysregulation. My GP is like you describe. I did find a holistic MD. Perimenopause is on time but my stressed system is not prepared. Flu and hormonal drops had left me weak and not able to function. I literally can’t sleep at night at that high level of fight or flight. I am hoping I haven’t become autoimmune with no return.

Wow!! I'm so shocked how much I could relate to your story. So many of the same stressors I was dealing with since 2014. I finally have realized my adrenals are in really bad shape. My gp gave me the same song and dance that yours did. Your before story, I could have wrote myself! It was almost exactly the same. I'm starting to work with a naturopath now. Since my gp is absolutely useless. I just found out from the NPD, that I have low cortisol and low testosterone. I'm really worried and don't know where to go from here. I guess I need lots of rest and eliminate all stressors in my life. Any other advice would be great! Thank you so much for doing this video. It helps me feel not so alone.

My name Tanner. This is my daughters account but here goes. Had adrenal fatigue, like you, twice and without knowledge of anything somehow recovered from it the first time. Had no idea about health and what to take and all that. After I recovered it was such a major event i started taking supplements and treating myself better....yes after I recovered. Anyway that was about 4 years ago. With the event of covid-19 and my strong feelings about that, A move to a new house, running my own business(very successful but very exhausting), raising 5 children(wonderful), assistant pastor of a church, and last but definitely not least the prospect of loosing my mother in law to diabetes(awful situation) has posed too much for my adrenal glands yet again and I find myself back in the same spot i was in 4 years ago. only thing different is i was already treating my body well with good vitamins and pretty much the entire list of things that need to be taken to recover. I agree with you that i need a lifestyle change and to re-adjust my stressors but realistically its impossible to get rid of all stress. Still in my prime in the middle of my life with alot to do but my apple cart has been upset again. I even noticed the signs before it happened and took measures. Didnt matter. too little too late. If you dont mind me asking what supplements you took on your road to recovery? It really is hard for me to explain this to people when i look fine and seem fine. People really dont know unless they have been there. Been bad again for about a month now. Thanks for your time.

I cried watching this video. I am SO GLAD you found help! Thank God! Thank you so very much for this video. I'm going to get the tests you mentioned. I've been in and out of hell for eight years now and unable to drive because of what I believe is the same condition you conquered!!! Congrats!!!

Oh my gosh, you could literally put my face on this video and have the sound playing and that would be almost 100% what's been happening to me. It is so weird to sit knowing what you need to do when you've always been a multitasker and you can't even make the simplest decision. Thank you for this video, I'm getting so tired of being told I'm exaggerating. PTSD is real

Thank you for your post! I have been going thru the same and only recently got diagnosed. I think most expat South Africans have "post traumatic stress disorder" while others there are deeper down the rabbit hole... I never sleep thru at night, feel like I'm on adrenalin the whole time and just feel completely miserable! Just listening to you gives me hope! 😊

Oh, my world! You have just described my life for the last ten years and for the first time I have been able to connect the dots. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for sharing your incredible story... God bless you!

I suffered from adrenal fatigue and had 3 different remedies that helped me after many years of researching & trying many things. Drinking bone broth & adrenal shots daily with mineral salt, hydrating not with just water but also herbal teas with things like nettle, raspberry leaf, oat straw etc, and soaking feet in magnesium flakes ie magnesium chloride (epsom salt is magnesium sulfate which isn’t absorbed/utilized as well and doesn’t last as long) I started getting my energy back after dealing with it for a decade. If you are short on things like magnesium, sodium & potassium your body relies on for thousands of functions, you aren’t going to have energy as you aren’t clearing exhaust and these 3 need to be in balance. Also water is great for hydration & flushing out toxins but if you only drink water it’s clearing out both bad & good. It’s good to hydrate with herbal teas, broth & fresh squeezed fruit juices and drink water when you feel thirst as water helps transport those nutrients. It sounds complicated but it’s not if you start it one day at a time. I know these things helped me tremendously.

Thank you so much for the information. I been years looking for an answer for a terrible problem with sweat, fatigue ,panicked, lack of sleep and so on. I live in Australia. In here is so difficult to find someone like you describe. A big hug from the bottom of my heart.

Just wanted to let you know that your video has helped me a lot today. Been feeling like this since high school and I am 27, have been through the medical system so I know how exhausting that it. Started to see a Natropath five months ago for adrenal fatigue as it had gotten worse since my mom passing away. At times it's discouraging be said you wonder hey it's been five months why the heck am I feel super crappy still!! Had to stay home today from work because of adrenal fatigue might have to go on disability leave but wanted to let you know your video really reached out to me and gave me hope while being in such a dark place! All the best on your continued recovery! :)

Thank you for sharing the part about trying not to fall asleep at the wheel. This whole time my doctors attribute it to narcolepsy, but the diagnosis didn’t quite fit since my symptoms didn’t completely match, except for the micronaps. This explains so much. Thank you!

Thanks so much for sharing this! I found your video on a Facebook group you are apart of for Adrenal Fatigue. Its is so helpful hearing others stories of healing and it is encouraging to know healing is possible! Appreciate you!

I found your videos after seeing your pros and cons video of living in NZ because my husband and I are hoping to immigrate from the US. Then I saw this video and I'm so happy to hear you are recovering! I was diagnosed when I was 19 yrs old (6 yrs ago) and it took me 4 years to recover after I had similar situations with doctors. Now, I've just had my first child, along with a lot of new stress and can feel it coming back. I found a naturopath that I plan to start seeing soon! I love your videos, and I just love seeing a sister in Christ live her life with her sweet family in such a beautiful country! Much love, from the US.

Wow this is so powerful...I have adrenal SOMETHING...it’s not fatigue though. It’s like I’m constantly activated and too “on” and suffer from vertigo and congestion. It was triggered by stress and some days it’s a blessing that my body is talking and I’m listening. I’m also working with an acupuncturist who I adore!

You've helped many people by telling your story. Thank you.

Your story is relating to mine as far as going into the Adrenals issue is concerned, but for recovery you are right I will have to implement the No to stress options strictly, I am dealing with it for past 9 years and till now couldn't recover completely but have partially due to beautiful people like you, who share good tips and stories, that give me confidence. The difficult part right now is that I am the sole earner for my family, that makes me constantly work harder in my job to have better pay every year, I don't know how to lower that stress currently, but will have to analyze it and plan. Thank you so much for your story and fantastic recovery plan.

Your story was unbelievable. You gave me the answers I had been looking for for years. Case in point. when I was in grade school I could sleep standing up. In high school while working at a Krogers store I could sleep while bagging groceries and pushing a cart or just walking up and down stares. Then there was the times I worked at a steel plant and fell asleep while cutting steel. I am 67 now and just recently I found it hard to work luckly I work for Lyft. Never fell asleep while driving but was drained at end of day. Then I got to the point I could not work. Recently added to that I could not go to church, feed my pets barely made it to bathroom. Was irritable around good people so hid from them and anyone else. I did not know all this time it was because of stress. I prayed and had people at my church prayed. I couldn't even hold a relationship. I would feel something rise up in me and I thought it was something evil. It happened each time. I have been married 5 times because I hate being alone but it would rise each time. I have been alone and searching last 13 years but resntly as I mentioned I sruggled getting out of bed. Pets had to go to my neighbors house to eat hadn't worked in a month couldn't make it to church. Some how I miraculously found out about adrenal fatigue and you are the only one I felt came closet to what I had. So I wrote you. to thank you. I got pages of cures from other sites I just felt some of your situations came closest to mine. Don't know i you ever bagged groceries:) but thanks. It helped me more to understand what my fight is.

Thank you! I was just diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease and have come to realize I also have adrenal fatigue. I'm working with my Chiropractor who practices functional medicine. (My naturopath was rather useless, my TPO value was over 260 and while she agreed I did have Hashimoto's she actually said, "What difference does it make?" WOW!! Time for a new doctor!) Anyway, I'm trying to change my diet and stress level. I stopped drinking coffee - which is hard, and also trying to go grain free. My mom has Celiac Disease and I have an intolerance to gluten so I"ve been off gluten for a while. I find however, that eliminating most grains (and probably dairy) makes me feel better. I have a lot of food intolerances, some I know, some I don't, so it's a guessing game. I'm in the for long haul I guess. I'm tired of feeling weary....

such a wonderful woman to help us with her video, very informative. I think my hubby has this, hes so unwell, boiling hot then cold, nausea, pains, hair loss, tired tired tired , feels so ill but doctors cant find out whats going on, bowel issues, heart attack at 37. my hubby has had soooo much trauma , one thing after another , loss, more loss etc etc ... thanks for the video and i hope u stay well.

Wow! I wish I’d of found you and this video when you released it in 2015. I’ve been on a similar rollercoaster with Hypothyroidism being the main issue when I finally realized that my adrenals were the biggest issue I needed to address first. I don’t know where to begin. For now, thank you for putting this information out there. You have a new subscriber. Thank you!

Thankyou for posting this, so informative and can totally relate!!! finally feel understood!!! Just diagnosed with Adrenal Fatique, and have started on hormones.....was told 2.5 years to heal, through hearing you, this has given me much hope as some days are so difficult to get through!

I love your voice accent and your experience is amazing the same as mine; my stress was a caused by my marriage two narrist over many years and not being able to figure out the problem and blaming my self. Very stressful, iam in counseling now! Your experience was very helpful and so comforting! Thank you!

thanks for your honesty about the lenght of your recovery.much love

Very very much appreciated & helpful. Thank you. Even though you made this video 5 years ago it's still reaching & helping people like me now! Have now subscribed to your channel! Hope you're keeping well.

Lovely video and all makes sense thank you. I also went through a very stressful few years with work and personal life, was feeling very anxious, constantly tired, brain fog etc. Decided to stop working take a break and just retreated into myself. Most of my days were sleeping, eating small healthy meals and doing very little, as well as very gentle movement eg walks and yoga, and not seeing many people. It has really helped

Your story sounds just like my story. Omg Sleepy at the wheel. No energy to climb stairs not even to put one foot in front of the other

Thank you for posting this - I was just diagnosed with Hashimoto's - probably due to adrenal fatigue. I was teaching and during my homework classes I would fall asleep while the kids were reading to me. I left my job after 7 years (due to toxic work environment) I thought if I eliminate stress I would be able to heal. During the first 2 months if we saw friends or went out for a few hours I would need a full day in bed to recover, I could not even answer the phone or text people without feeling panic - ridiculous! I would be exhausted after washing my hair or feet in the shower - get lightheaded and dizzy. My weight piled on and then I felt lumps in my throat. I went to a specialist who said I'm overweight and if I exercise and lose weight I'll feel better - he felt my neck and said he feels no lumps but will send me to an ultrasound to ease my Health anxiety - and they found multiple nodules on my thyroid. My GP finally did a full work up for my thyroid and saw my antibodies were high. He said there is nothing they can really do, just take my eltroxin. My husband thought I was just being lazy, also told me to lose weight and I would feel better. I went to a homeopath and she prescribed a few supplements (L glutamine, probiotic, vitamin B 12, vitamin D3, selenium etc) and told me to follow the aip diet and go paleo. The difference in my energy levels after one week was staggering! I'm not losing any weight on AIP but I'm feeling so much better.

Thank you for sharing! I just found out I have adrenal fatigue and it tearing me apart. Your words have encouraged me to keep going, I can and WILL get better!

It took me today and this video to know what I've been stuggling with for the past 4 years. Thank you.

I have studied with the American Institute of Integrated medicine and see patients with Adrenal Fatigue. It is well known that adrenal fatigue takes a minimum of two years to heal; it is a complex healing process and complete elimination of stress is vital; together with change of diet and supplementation and bio-identical hormones, where appropriate. Actually medical research has proven that there is no such thing as adrenal fatigue per se; what happens is that the hypothalamus prevents Cortisol from being released (because long term elevation of Cortisol) is so damaging to the brain that the HPA axis down-regulates...basically to save your life, and your brain function! The results however feel like adrenal fatigue, but actually they have just been prevented from functioning (continuing to release excess cortisol).....if that makes sense.

Doctors dont like it when patients ask too many questions. Once my brother was asking the specialist why was he having liver issues. The doctor got irritated and very sarcastically told my brother that he wants to know so much then he must go to a medical college & get a degree

I am aware of this condition and have gone through it in a somewhat milder form. It’s horrendous. So happy to know you are in the process of recovery. Hopes for each day that passes will be better and better. Take care, you are so beautiful and look healthy. 👍💯♥️

Thank you, very helpful. I have AF after COVID with very low blood pressure. After passing out I am now on Flurocortizone 4 pills daily and I am not constantly dizzy anymore. I try to walk slowly outdoors 4 times a week near ocean. I did spend 2 years on my couch after COVID and went to 4 different GPs with no success and they did not mention anything about AF. Thankfully my new male Indian GP whom my girlfriend recommended put me on this med so I have my life back but I still have to rest in arvo from 3pm onwards. I live in SWAustralia and am aged 73. Blessings for your life in NewZealand and again thanks for sharing your story on this important medical condition. ☘️👍❤️👆

Thank you! It's so hard to change all these Behaviour of pleasing people.... I believe it's so important to adrenal fatigue.... But I haven't achieved these mental changes yet (and I'm 52, I have known that this is the cure for 20 years.... Have it right now, still practicing to put me first.).

Great story very encouraging. I have been struggling with this I thought I was crazy thanks a lot .

I forgot to mention Dr. Eric Berg on KZfaq. He has over 2500 videos on diet. He also explain Adrenal Fatigue body type. The symptoms and what you need to do. This doctor is a life saver. You do not have to buy his supplements. If you are struggling with your health and your doctor says everything is “normal”, PLEASE WATCH HIS VIDEOS. Very I formative. He helped me with my diet.

Thank you for sharing your story. You're amazingly brave. Way to advocate for your health! I'm so glad you were able to heal. I'm a few weeks into my healing journey. My GP was no help as well. It's very frustrating thinking these doctors are there to help you but they really don't. I'm feeling hopeful and already feeling a bit better. I'm taking it slow and steady. I look forward to watching more of your videos.