I agree with you completely the overactive/overstimulated CNS and HPA axis come first and this leads to adrenal fatigue, chronic inflammation and many other symptoms later. This is a very common mistake made by many Western doctors and natural healers, looking at a symptom and believing that it is the cause of an illness, when really the cause is something else entirely. Adrenal fatigue, candida, IBS, leaky gut, these are all manifestations of underlying imbalances in the body. Trying to treat these without correcting the underlying imbalances is like trying to plug up holes of a sinking boat.