Hello,

I had severe adrenal fatigue for 3.5 years and I thought that because I couldn't find anyone on the Forums who had come back with a FULL and genuine recovery (and not just partial remission) that there was either maybe no cure or that people who did get well were too happy living normal lives to come back and tell us how they got well. I had hoped it was the later but I doubt anyone who suffered with it would ever knowingly keep the cure to themselves.

Firstly let me tell you what I tried and what I thought I had and what tests confirmed.

I had food intolerances , chemical sensitivities, leaky gut, glandular fevers, RT3, payback for every physical activity, difficulty being upright (due to P.O.T.S.), I had lots of trouble falling and staying asleep and sometimes had entire nights awake or at least only often got 5 hours a night despite being in bed for 10-12 hours, I had some mercury issues, I was sensitive to light and sound and my periods went crazy and I cried easily, couldn't concentrate, had virtually no life and gave up all my hobbies, almost my entire social life and hardly could keep myself fed and clothed. I had severe Sugar issues that led to the odd panic attack, my kidneys actually ached and I would get the shakes too and felt weak arms that I could hardly lift and I could hardly walk up steps, or more then a short distance. I had too be in bed anytime I was not doing anything and had to find chairs to sit and cook or do laundry. I crashed severely twice a year and couldn't get out of bed except for bathroom and food from 4-8 weeks.

I had tried: raw diet, food allergy diet, adrenal supplements like licorice and C and activated Bs etc etc, I had seen a chiro and a acupuncturist and even tried N.E.T. and C.B.T. as well as an ortholecular physician.

When I finally had to give up my 3 day pw office job and move home with my parents I had hit rock bottom and was getting worse stamina despite careful pacing. At that point I had to lay down for every hour I was upright I had to spend the next one laying down to recover.

Out of desperation I tried Emotional Freedom Technique because a friend of a friend had told me about it about 18 months earlier but it sounded made up and too good to be true. But I was desperate.

Well in my first 20 minute session I got 5 hours of energy! I couldn't believe it. Within 2 weeks I didn't need to lay down during the day at all anymore and within a month I could easily walk around the shops, up steps, etc. I could socialise without dying from it and I moved back out of home 5 months later. Within 6 months I realised I had so much energy I thought I'd try going for a run. I was able to jog with absolutely no payback.

Now I can travel, socialise, work, exercise... lead a normal life.. I was HIGHLY recommend EFT and if you have any questions please PM me. Its based on acupressure but why it works is because it resets the nervous system and lowers cortisol levels and re-programs the brain to remember how the body can be normal again!

There is hope!!

Hi I was good on Armour Thyroid for 13 years after a TT for pap cancer. Worked full time. Then Mom died and got very emotional and migraines. Went to a naturopath who put me on Adrenal Complex Alpha Lipoic Acid and my Blood Type Diet . Got some stronger but still not right. I had retired. Went to a holistic MD who specialized in thyroid and hormones. I stopped the Lipoic acid it interfered with my Armour and he put me on DHEA 10mg compounded time release. It worked on migraine within 10 minutes. Also took Pregnenolone 100mg time release. I still take DHEA when I need it. Been having some adrenal stress so take vit c e D3 and calcium with magnesium and just took Adrenal Complex and that seems to help. I take cinnamon to help with blood Sugar and garlic to lower blood pressure. Also take a multi vitamin that I chew up so it absorbs better chewable calcium caltrate and iron. Feeling my way and pray about what I should take. Think Armour taking 30mg in am and then 30mg at 4-5 with food. If I feel weak I take a little more. Labs are good. If I feel foggy I take the DHEA if I still feel foggy will take a selenium 200 mg. when I eat salmon gives me energy. I need to eat more. Eat low carb to control blood sugar. Hope this helps. Karen.

This is in response to No Unicorn's post four years ago, which has suddenly earned a triple recommendation for advertising Dr. Lam. Sometime in the last four years while I've been off of CZ, this post managed to earn some awards. But listen. Thanks to Dr. Lam, I got too ill to function in daily life and had to quit my job, which I've never been well enough to go back to.

Yes, I was able to work, leave my house, and function before I went on Lam's program the spring of 2010. Within weeks after beginning his program, I suddenly crashed and became drastically more ill, and had to quit working. I became couch bound and unable to function in society. I just laid there all day, unable to shower or dress myself, sometimes unable to feed myself. I'm talking a crash that robs you of your life as you know it. To go from working to too ill to get out of bed, just because of Lam's excellent, triple recommended program. Such a fine program.

All Lam does is tell you to take a cookie cutter regime of different forms of vitamin C. Dorine kept loosing my schedule and I kept crashing, and her assistant laughed at me and told me I was getting worse when I told her some of my symptoms. Dorine read to me off of a script. I paid them good money so that I could crash and get worse?

Read any of the posts about Lam here on CZ. If you aren't too ill, knock yourself out and go for Lam. No Unicorns revealed he actually got better taking antidepressants, but that message didn't get a triple recommendation, did it? The dude was barely sick at all compared to some of the poor folks on this forum. If you aren't that ill, then a little vitamin C will put you to rights. Just don't pay half a thousand for it, just go buy yourself lots of vitamin C. Then take it. Or shell out the big bucks 'cuz No Unicorns, the dude who got banned from this forum back in his day, got a triple recommendation for advertising Lam! Yeah!

I am personally disgusted that No Unicorn's message about getting 100% better due to Lam has gotten a triple recommendation under my thread. Yay, let's advertise for Lam under the thread of someone whose health took a severe nosedive under Lam's advice. Great idea!

Buyer beware. Look into Lam only after reading all the experiences here with him.

Hi!!

I am a 26 year old mother of two young kids. I am at my wits end with my adrenal exhaustion. I want to know if you ever found cure for yourself after your initial post on here??? If it wasnt for my fanily and children I would have well said goodbye to this world. I cannot believe how little education or resources there are for this hellish condition. Nobody really understands why I am always so 'sick' and somethings act like im just pretending to get out of my responsibilities. Those are the things that hurt me the most. With countless anounts of drs telling me its just Depression and anxiety, i was beginning to believe them. After doing my own research and taking my health into my own hands, I now know this condition exists and it is ruining lives and my sanity!

My symptoms mirror all yours! I no longer an able to do anything! I cannot raise my children or even get myself into the shower on a very bad day. How can someone as young as myself be living like a 90 year old?! I fear I wont be here much longer for my kids. Please help me if you have found a cure!!!


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MMMmmmm.. That looks like Candida to me.... I have almost all of your symptoms and I just found out that I have Candida... I am so happy because I finally know what I have my health has been declining for a couple of years now... look up the symptoms of candida you will probably be shocked.. it has ALOT of symptoms.. if you have adrenal exaustion you probaly have a leaky gut caused by the candida ( thats what I have ) and it affected my organs ( gallblader and adrenal glands ) look up the symptoms and go see your doctor run some tests to see if its really that that you have dont take medication for candida cure it a holistic way. you will have to detoxify your body it will take time but you will get better and gain more mental clarity :) good luck