severe adrenal stress

Only because we always need to title our maladies. I guess that is good so that the root cause can be treated, not simply the symptoms which won't end up helping at all. So couple that with post-traumatic stress disorder and, my friends, I have some work to do.

So yesterday I took an all-day saliva test (yummy) that I'll send off this morning to the lab, the results of which should come back to my doctor in about 3 weeks. This will tell me definitively if this is adrenal and not thyroid, as the two issues mirror each other greatly, but hypothyroidism can result from adrenal stress; and if adrenal, which of two types it is for appropriate treatment. Today I'll start a homeopathic-herbal-vitamin regimen that could make significant differences, so we'll all have to stay tuned and see.

The only thing I do now that really makes me feel good is yoga...unfortunately I can't spend 13 waking hours in various yoga positions, so it is time for me to do more for myself than just a once a week class.

Regarding the ptsd issue, who knows. I don't want to talk about the accident anymore, I just want it to go away. It's hard to say if my issues stem back from the miscarriage and even my father's death...the adrenal numbers were very off post-miscarriage 3 years ago...perhaps it is something I have dealt with since puberty? Or just since Life started dealing me blows that my body just can't seem to process well. I don't know, and will probably never know that answer, but I can at least now try to do something for myself.