Tired, worn-out, just can’t regain your normal energy no matter what you do or how many doctors you visit? You’re about to read an important and badly-needed book. Despite an absolute flood of “health books” in the last decade, there have been none that describe the not-uncommon but mostly-overlooked problem of weak adrenal gland function in such a thorough but understandable way. The answers you’re looking for may well be here.
Adrenal fatigue (technically called “hypoadrenia” and “hypoadrenalism”) has been one of our most prevalent yet rarely diagnosed conditions for the last fifty years. Despite being described in medical texts in the 1800s, and despite the development of the first really effective treatment in the 1930s, most “conventional” physicians are unaware that the problem exists!
At Tahoma Clinic, our physicians work with several individuals every week who suffer from adrenal fatigue. Many have “made the rounds” to multiple physicians; most have had one or more recommendations to “see a psychiatrist, there’s nothing the matter”. Others have diagnoses that include chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and serious food and/or inhalant allergies. Others have been “congratulated” about their unusually low blood pressure. All have one thing in common: fatigue that ‘simply can’t be overcome’.
As Dr. Wilson explains so well, there is hope! Adrenal fatigue can be overcome, and energy restored. As with so many problems, recovery starts with making the right diagnosis, and uncovering as many of the factors that caused it to occur as we possibly can. Only then can we make and carry out a plan that’ll help us recover.
Why is help for adrenal fatigue so hard to find? Many readers may have already guessed at “the usual suspects”: money and politics. Money: there are no patentable treatments for adrenal fatigue produced by patentmedicine (“pharmaceutical”) companies. There’s just no “big money” to be made. Politics: Since the 1970s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has “outlawed” and actively persecuted one of the chief natural remedies for adrenal fatigue, an extremely safe remedy called adrenal cortical extract (ACE). [However, when ACE was produced by major patent medicine companies, from the 1930s through the 1960s, FDA had no problem with it.]
But back to Dr. Wilson’s book: very few physicians have read and understood the entire range of medical journal reports (one hundred years, and more!) about adrenal fatigue as he does. More importantly, very few have taken that kind of study and put it to use for over twenty years, helping patient after patient recover, while using entirely natural means. And he’s now taken his efforts even further, bringing all of his knowledge and experience to a public audience, reaching many more people than any one physician could personally see in many lifetimes.
But there is a warning: if you discover through reading this book that you may suffer from adrenal fatigue, you will need to do most of the work to achieve a recovery. As Dr. Wilson explains, there are lifestyle changes to be made, diets to alter forever (sometimes in a major way), vitamins, minerals, and herbs to swallow, tests to take and understand, and much patience required. Even ‘attitude’ and relationships sometimes need to be adjusted. While a knowledgeable physician can give guidance and coaching, she or he can’t do all of that for us! But all that effort will be worth it. If you have adrenal fatigue and ‘follow the program’, it’s extremely likely you’ll recover.
Fortunately, we now have this book to help with the recovery program. There’s more practical information here about “what to do about adrenal fatigue” than I’ve ever seen printed in one place. If you can’t get in to see Dr. Wilson personally, and want to work with a physician well-informed about adrenal fatigue, contact the American College for Advancement in Medicine (1-800-532-3688, www.acam.org ), the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (1-703-610-9037, www.naturopathic.org ), or the International College of Integrative Medicine (1-866-464-5226, www.icimed.com ).
Just one more note: As Dr. Wilson writes, the pioneers in researching and bringing information about adrenal fatigue to the public were John Tintera, M.D., and William Jeffries, M.D. Dr. Jeffries book (Safe Uses of Cortisol) is in print, available in many natural food stores, compounding pharmacies, and through “on-line” sources. Dr. Tintera’s book (Hypoadrenocorticism) is long out of print, but photocopies may be obtained through Meridian Valley Labs, 1-253-859-8700. Readers interested in more technically-oriented information may wish to refer to these books.
Thank you, Dr. Wilson, for bringing us this book, and letting us all know that adrenal fatigue is a very real and not-uncommon problem, but most importantly, that complete recovery is very possible!
——Jonathan V. Wright, M.D.
Medical Director, Tahoma Clinic
Kent, Washington,
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