Hidden Fatigues - Adrenal Fatigue, Borderline Anemia, Candida, Dehydration and more

Are you tired, and it’s only Tuesday?

If you’re NOT feeling GREAT a “hidden fatigue” could be stealing your energy away – like it did to me.

When was the last time you thought about or were tested for Adrenal Fatigue or Allergies or Borderline Anemia or Candida or Dehydration or Eye Strain or …

Most fatigues don’t show up on our annual physical results. And, we’re too busy to notice our feelings and our bodies to bring this up with our doctors. So we say we're "O.k." or "Fine" or "Getting Along" and blame it on the holidays "everyone is tired", or I stayed up too late or got up too early ... It's the worry about the wedding, the move, the new job ... I've been study hard, the newborn, his parents, my boss, PMS … and, my personal favorite … being tired is a natural part of getting older …

What are your favorite excuses for not feeling GREAT?

Me - I was tired for years. I used all the above plus some! I never thought I was tired I just thought that's how it was - how I felt. Make sense? Finally it got bad. You can read my story, click here. Anyway -- I hit bottom and had to stop & figure out what was going on.
Spent the past year and half uncovering and recovering. My mission – now that I am BACK – is to help other women skip the bottom and get to their “bottom line” & re-energize - fast.

Here’s a start – The A, B, C “Hidden Fatigue” Suspects …

A - Adrenal Fatigue – Affects up to 80% of the population! If you are most tired between 3pm – 5pm you could be suffering from AF.
Recommendations: Get to sleep by 10:00 p.m. and sleep in whenever possible. Avoid the afternoon slump by taking 1000 mg of Vitamin C + 1000 mg of Calcium Magnesium with a snack at 2:00 p.m.
For more information about Adrenal Fatigue, click here.

A - Alcohol: It is estimated that 10% of our population are alcoholics. One definition of an alcoholic is someone whose drinking makes some or many parts of their life unmanageable - it could be their personal relationships or the job or their health or their finances or their connection to spirit or ...

It is furthermore estimated that each alcoholic affects the lives of at least ten other people. The spouse, children, relatives, friends, they all suffer from the affect of alcoholism.

The stress of being an alcoholic or being affected by an alcoholic is exhausting physically, emotionally, financially and spiritually. The 12 Steps of AA or Ala-non could save your life (as it did mine.) You are not alone.

A - Anxiety - "The on-switch for every negative picture that you've ever had about yourself." -Dr. Harriett Lerner
Physical symptoms: Fatigue, sweating, headaches, irritability, need to frequently urinate, insomnia, feeling easily startled and overwhelmed, difficulty breathing and intensification of PMS and menopause symptoms.
Recommendations: Learn how to interrupt your thinking; handle your fear in bite size pieces; talk it out with a friend who can listen without "fixing" you. For an easy-does-it technique to handle your anxiety, click here.

B - Borderline Anemia –If you are most tired between 11 am – 2 pm, you could have borderline anemia.
Recommendations: Eat LOTS of dark green veggies – daily. Ask your doctor for the Serum Ferritin Test (do not self-medicate with iron pills. Get your docs go ahead.) Cook in a cast iron pan. Learn how to combine foods properly to maximize
your iron absorption.

C - Candida – If you feel tired and limp all the time and foggy minded + craving sugar and “comfort” foods + extremely constipated + losing too much hair in your comb and have a history for anti-biotic usage …
Recommendations: Eliminate everything “white” from your diet including sugar. Ask your doctor for a referral to a dietician who specializes in Candida recovery. This takes time to clear up. Be patient and get going ...

D - Dehydration - Our brain is 83% water. Dehydration causes emotional issues such as depression, dementia, anxiety, confusion, delirium and aggravation. Physical problems include fatigue, constipation and headaches. If your urine is dark yellow then drink up!!!

Recommendations: Drink Up to 8 glasses of water a day unless you exercise or live in an unhealthy environment (smog, wildfires) - then drink more! Cut back on caffeine - not out - back. Excess caffeine is dehydrating.

E - Eye Strain - Spending all day staring at a monitor, watching the road while driving, needlepoint, T.V. ... Something so everyday can be so fatiguing.
Recommendations: Click here for a simple exercise you can do anywhere, anytime to feel better. Look Left * Look Right * Look Up * Look Down * Look Wide & Shut & SQUEEZE Tight!

G - Grief: keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret. Provided by Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)

H - Hypersensitivity: A trait that makes about 20% of the population more aware and affected by all kinds of subtle messages from the outside and inside. "It's not that our eyes or ears are sharper. It's that we process more deeply the information we receive." Provided by Dr. Elaine N. Aron

I - Insomnia: Fatigue and insomnia ...
Recommendations: I have lots and lots on this, unfortunately, fortunately? Click on the above link.

N - Nutritional Deficiencies: Usually starts with skipping breakfast in lieu of something sweet with something caffinated. Then there is the gobbled down lunch, sugar or carbo snacks and a healthy dinner, maybe.
Recommendations: Keep track of exactly what you eat and drink, and when, for the next three days. Click here for a quick overview of what to eat and how much (PDF file).

P - People Pleasing: A condition that affects a huge portion of the population. It causes severe anxiety and depression, cripples self-esteem, undermines and destroys relationships. Chronic niceness a.k.a. "people pleasing" manifests as the inability to simply say NO.
Recommendations: Register for the Get Ready for Love Newsletter and receive an audio link to the interview with the authors of Anxious to Please: 7 Revolutionary Practices for the Chronically Nice.

P - Perfectionism: Did you know that perfectionism is a form of self-abuse? And, it is on this list because it is a major source of stress and fatigue.
Recommendations: Ask for help. You are a human being, not a human doing. Uncover what is driving your perfectionism. Read this page about anxiety for ideas and follow the activity suggestions.

If you would like to know why I am so passionate about re-energizing women and how my past can help you today, please visit: http://www.FatigueBeGone.com/mystory.htm

Are you a doctor or specialist helping women recovery from fatigue? Please contact me directly at: Viv@FatigueBeGone.com

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