Beyond Burnout - Life Management For Working Moms

Adrenal fatigue is not a recognized entity in the medical community.  There is a medically recognized similar entity called adrenal insufficiency, which has more severe symptoms.  My take is that adrenal fatigue is another way of describing burnout, which has similar symptoms.   Burnout comes after prolonged stress and overwork, but has the additional emotional component of feeling unfulfilled and unhappy.   What else could be causing your fatigue? 1. Anemia This is when you don’t have enough red blood cells to carry oxygen.  The world health organization estimates that 30% of non-pregnant women are anemic.   That’s a lot of women.  The most common cause is iron deficiency.  Iron is a building block of red blood cells.  If you don’t have enough of it, your red blood cell count will be low.   So this can happen from a diet that is low in iron, but women are especially susceptible to this if you have heavy menstrual periods.   If you have this problem, your doctor may suggest iron supplements.  The problem with