“Better safe than sorry” were Andrea Duclos’ famous last words. She said them to herself when accepting a prescription for antibiotics about two years ago. The now 32-year-old founder of the lifestyle blog OhDearDrea in West Palm Beach, Florida, had recently returned from a nearly three-week trip to India with some digestive distress and a cut she didn’t want to become infected. Antibiotics seemed like the obvious next step, and the clinician at her local walk-in clinic agreed.
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Angela Rocchio was doing everything right: She was sleeping eight hours a night, eating healthfully and practicing yoga, which she also taught. But Rocchio, who was in her mid- 20s at the time and working as an environmental specialist, was perpetually exhausted, developing severe allergies, struggling with blood sugar control and facing infertility.
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Marcelle Pick left for Mexico with visions of herself splashing in the ocean, relaxing on the beach and feasting on local fare. Let’s just say those visions were quickly blurred. “I was on the floor a lot more than I wanted to be because I was in so much discomfort,” says Pick, an OB-GYN nurse practitioner in Yarmouth, Maine.
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We all have those moments of feeling like we’re running on empty. It’s all too common in these fast-paced times, and generally we’re pretty good at finding ways to recharge—whether it’s going for a walk, relaxing with friends, planning a vacation, or taking a nap. But if that feeling of fatigue or exhaustion just won’t subside, no matter how much rest you are getting, there could be a deeper issue. You may be suffering from Hypothalamic Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis Dysregulation—the root cause of adrenal insufficiency and what’s been coined as adrenal fatigue.
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As the seasons change and readers look for ways to refresh their homes and bodies, did you know that there are ways to hit the reset button on the immune system, as well?
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Star Trek actress Zoe Saldana recently announced that she has Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease that affects an estimated 20 million people in the United States. About seven times more women than men suffer from this disorder, often called chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, and in Saldana’s case, both her mother and sisters also have the disease, confirming its genetic link.
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