Hi I'm Dr. Carrie Lam and I'm here with my father Dr. Michael Lam who's gone
through adrenal fatigue and he's here to tell you about his journey and how he
went through it and how he recovered and so Dr. Michael Lam tell us about your
journey and how it all started well it started many years back because
looking back at it now I was at it really at the top of my life at that
point in time when I was basically faced with this adrenal crash and all the
symptoms that come with it palpitations insomnia anxiety I was
basically drained and you know for a long time I was not even able to move
out of her house Wow so you were kind of bedridden at that
time yeah I was amazing about that look back for good six months period of my
own journey you know I was basically a couch Brown not able to leave totally
and have no energy I was not able to see anybody I was socially withdrawn because
I cannot even deal with myself all I can do is get up go to the bathroom and come
back and lay down I was so drained how did this all happen well the the
precipitating event was actually a situation where I was actually on
vacation and on the way back in the airport I simply cannot even get on to
the airplane so I actually have to have my family my wife it was that with me at
that time we were on the way to another destination but with a cancel that and
then end up going back to a place that we end up staying in that destination
for about six months to be honest for my recovery process to be affected Wow
so it was kind of a slow hit but also fast it where you couldn't get out of it
I think yeah what I went through is a combination sometimes you get like a
slow deterioration but they know something that the crash comes and I
basically get totally drained and when that happens I'm basically useless I
can't do anything else so what did you do when you went through this whole
bedridden process well unfortunately my wife Doreen is a registered dietician
so she helped me nutrition lifestyle I walk on the beach I do everything I do
breathing I do yoga I try to relax I try to meditate you know there's really
nothing that is in the book at that point in time that I've not done have
not tried unfortunately many of these things don't work so for example you
know I could be breathing in a slowly relaxed state but I still crashed so in
that process I've learned to discover that they do certain mistake I could be
making same thing with yoga I thought that yoga will be very helpful to build
up the call but yes in general it is but when you and the stree know sweetie stay
as weak as I was it actually backfired so same thing with broth you know I know
broth is good because we come from a nutritional oriented family but at the
same time the right brought the right concentration the right intensity the
right amount of fat can make or break me so these are the all the fine details
I've learned that no one can ever taught me if I had not gone through this myself
right and you researched a lot right a lot a lot of research and the the reason
is not because I want to do the research although I'm a researcher by training
it's just I have no option you think so I know that the using nutrition is the
only option for me so I'm not gonna just kind of deprive myself from having an
open mind to explore these other areas but these areas are not areas we have
taught in school this is the problem so it's learning from scratches I'm
learning what we've learned and then re adapting to a new environment of the
power of nutrition so over time you you kind of recovered from it and now you're
trying to help other people right yeah it's quite amazing what the body you can
do and I think thanks for the family my my wife you know and you guys go through
this yourself so you know what I went through
I'm constantly amazed how the body is capable to reward me for doing the right
things so that's been my journey so if people are watching this and they're
wondering what is the one thing I need to
to help with my adrenal fatigue recovery what would that be I think the most
important lesson I've learned through the my own recovery journey is the
necessity and the importance of someone who knows what they're doing to help you
you know we all have P thought ideas of what we think we can do and we think
that we can do it including myself you know but the reality is that I have
limited capability and when it comes to my own health it's best to find someone
professional who is objective who can measure who can track my recovery in
this case my wife helped me a lot together with you all work because we
are all in the medical field in their family so it's easier for me to accept
that but for the people who doesn't have that kind of support structure get
someone who knows what they're doing that's number one because you can make
mistakes and if you make mistakes as I do many times myself through my own
journey I'm gonna get punished there's no question about him right right and so
why did you end up starting DrLam.com? Well as I found it and discovered
the physiological basis of my fatigue, I started to share with the world through
my blog and many many people just keep writing to me first and then I share
with them on my reply and I get many many requests so I started the document
calm as a way to empower people to get more knowledge right I remember you used
to write articles even when you're traveling and you would answer
everyone's questions that when they email them to you well I still do and
that's a passion of mine because you know everyone is different I'm different
from you you're different from me so there's no set rule to say okay hey what
is applicable to you were applicable to other people there's no set protocol we
have to be individualized and that's why it's the one-on-one approach all right
and so what do you think is your mission for DrLam.com? what's our mission?
my mission is simple we want to empower people around the world to take control
of their health right and that's what we're doing every day at
DrLam.com. Yeah we have a whole build a whole team of professionals really
geared to understanding what I do. I understand what
they do and they understand what you are going through without their
understanding we don't even begin to be able to answer your questions so I'm
always available you know you can write to me through my website and read you
know it's free and then let me know what your problem is and I'll try to deal
with it they help you so definitely call our office at six to six five seven one
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trained by him and you can always go visit our website at DrLam.com so
read all our articles like I said and empower yourself to get recovery from
adrenal fatigue syndrome thank you for watching and thank you for telling us
about your journey