One of the hormone symptoms of adrenal fatigue is that there is a lack of sex drive and low
libido. This is Dr. Lam, founder of DrLam.com and in this video we will go over why.
Now, first we have to take a step back and understand that when the body is under stress,
its primary objective for survival is to conserve energy. In that respect, the body will start
to shut down or slow down non-essential functions. Of course the heart is not something that
can be slowed down so it has to be maintained, the brain is something that can not be slowed
down that is something that has to be maintained, but other systems that the body it does not
consider really critical for survival, such as reproduction, will be one of the ones that
start to slow down. What does that mean? That means the body will activate the hormones
rebalancing in such a way that libido hormones such as testosterone or estrogen will take
a hit. It may be, on laboratory basis, normal, but subclinically in a symptoms perspective
the body will have low sex drive and libido will be almost nonexistent in advanced cases.
This is very common, there is nothing wrong. Most people get very concerned, especially
young people. But it should not be a big concern in terms of structural problems causing the
low libido unless it has been proven so by conventional medicine. It is important to
understand and look at the big picture, are there other symptoms that go along with this
low libido? Stress is one of them, intolerance to exercise, there are many, many symptoms
of adrenal fatigue that in itself it doesn't stand alone; in other words the libido and
the low sex drive does not 100% point to adrenal fatigue, but if you have this plus other symptoms
that are classic for adrenal fatigue then it helps to point the direction to adrenal
fatigue.
So low libido is the body's way of helping itself for survival, it is not a physiological
disfunction in and of itself. Understanding this is very important, because it will prevent
you from treating the symptoms by using, whether it is natural or medications, to prop up the
sex drive because the only way you are going to be able to do that is to use stimulants,
which is directly opposite of what the body wants you to do.
Now, this concept is very important because if you don't understand this concept it is
so easy to fall into the trap of thinking that something is wrong with the body and
by stimulating the body to get more sex drive you will heal. It is not going to happen if
the root cause is not in the libido issue, the root cause is really in the adrenals and
the low libido is simply a symptom.
I hope you understand this concept, and the good news is that this symptom is easy to
reverse, because you give the body some time and focus on healing the adrenals, but at
the same time you have to focus on not using the stimulants because the stimulants will
not give you the real libido increase but basically give you an artificial sense of
improvement. If you heal the adrenals properly with natural compounds and do it right, and
slowly the libido will return. In fact, we use libido as a gauge of how well the body
is recovering.
In my website I have written an article called 'Adrenal Exhaustion' which covers this low
libido and other reproductive disruptions, as well as another article called 'Adrenal
Fatigue and Related Conditions' it will go through with you some of the concepts that
we have discussed, and you can read it at your leisure on my website.
I hope you've enjoyed this video. For more information on this topic, head over to DrLam.com
where I have written over a thousand articles to help and educate people. You can also call
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