The menstrual cycle in a female is supposed to come on a regular basis - usually anywhere
from 28-31 or 32 days. In the case of severe adrenal fatigue, when the body is going through
a resetting or slowdown period, the body is not interested in reproduction; as a result
the menstrual cycle can become irregular. This is Dr. Lam, founder of DrLam.com.
Now, irregular periods can be a sign of adrenal fatigue, and a person can start off with a
normal period and as the stress level goes up the menstrual cycle tends to be more irregular;
and if stress becomes severe the cycle can stop altogether. This stop can last for a
few months, or even to a much longer period of time.
Now, usually if there is no structural problem, and the fertility as well as female hormone
is normal in terms of conventional medical checkup, which necessary to do, then the question
is why would the body be in this state of flux? Conventional medicine usually doesn't
have a lot of explanations but from the adrenal fatigue perspective, if you understand what
the body is trying to do - that is slow down to put reproductive activities on the back
burner - then irregular cycles become a logical systemic event that will happen.
Simalarly, those people who have extensive and longstanding adrenal fatigue may not have
periods for a long, long time and as they recover from the adrenal fatigue and the adrenals
then become stronger it will then signal itself that it may be ready to start reproduction
again. In which case, from having no period or amenorrhea, the body may start to have
some irregular periods; and at first the periods may be very, very irregular, maybe come on
for only a short period of time, maybe some spottings. Overall it can happen once in a
blue moon and then it goes away, and as the body recovers it will become more systemic
and more regular.
Now knowing that this kind of situation and this kind of temperament that the body goes
through is important because it gives you a sign of understanding what the adrenal situation
is all about. Now it is very important of course before you jump to conclusions that
this is adrenally related, that you have a full hormonal work up. Make sure there is
no other issues that are going on in the female organ system that could be accounting for
this type of phenomona.
We do see this quite often and it is no surprise if you understand the physiology; and it's
important to understand that, yes, you want to pay attention to this symptom because it
does have significant ramifications for the female in not only understanding adrenal fatigue,
but how it recovers and how to use it as a sign and how to gauge the body and how to
encourage the body at the right time and the right place to restart the cycle as the adrenal
recovery process is underway.
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