Adrenal stress is a complex and frequently overlooked condition that can significantly affect your energy, vitality, and overall well-being. It often manifests as fatigue, dizziness upon standing, difficulty managing stress, and other vague but persistent symptoms. These symptoms stem from prolonged exposure to stressors—whether physical, emotional, or environmental—that overwork your adrenal glands and elevate cortisol levels for extended periods. While conventional medicine primarily recognizes rare adrenal disorders like Cushing’s Disease or Syndrome, many individuals live with undiagnosed adrenal stress due to chronic metabolic strain and disrupted hormonal signaling.
If you are experiencing symptoms of adrenal stress and are seeking effective, metabolically directed treatments, contact us online or call (732) 268-7663 for a consultation.
Adrenal stress can present in a wide variety of ways, affecting everything from your energy levels to your hormonal balance and cognitive clarity. The symptoms often vary between individuals but typically stem from stress induced abnormal cortisol production and metabolic imbalances.
Common symptoms of adrenal stress include:
Adrenal stress is a multifaceted condition that often goes unrecognized or untreated in conventional medical settings. Many approaches focus solely on managing symptoms or reducing cortisol levels, without addressing the deeper dysfunctions affecting your adrenal glands and metabolic system. This symptom-based model fails to provide long-term relief for patients dealing with fatigue, emotional instability, and impaired resilience to stress.
If you are experiencing symptoms of adrenal stress and are seeking effective, metabolically directed treatments, contact us online or call (732) 268-7663 for a consultation.
Dr. Michael Rothman is a Functional and Metabolic Medicine Specialist with over two decades of holistic practice. Drawing on his personal experience with Crohn’s disease, he is passionate about utilizing metabolically directed functional medicine to address complex health conditions, like adrenal stress. Dr. Rothman’s comprehensive method considers dietary habits, genetic predispositions, and environmental factors to identify and treat the metabolic imbalances at the root of health issues.
Certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners, he also holds board certifications in Internal Medicine and previously in Emergency Medicine. His unique approach integrates knowledge from nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, and physics, alongside extensive training in environmental illness, medical acupuncture, naturopathy, Reiki, qigong, and oriental martial arts. Patients can expect a thorough, individualized approach aimed at restoring and maintaining lasting well-being.
The term adrenal fatigue is often used in popular health conversations, but it is not officially recognized in conventional medicine. What many people call adrenal fatigue is more accurately described as adrenal stress—a condition in which your adrenal glands are overworked due to chronic physical, emotional, or environmental stressors. Rather than “fatiguing” completely, your adrenal glands continue producing stress hormones like cortisol, sometimes excessively or erratically, leading to a breakdown in your body’s ability to maintain balance. At Michael Rothman MD, we use the term adrenal stress to reflect the measurable disruptions in your hormonal and metabolic systems.
Under prolonged stress, your adrenal glands may produce excessive amounts of cortisol—a key stress hormone. Over time, this chronic elevation can interfere with your body’s hormonal rhythms, disrupt sleep, suppress immune function, and contribute to imbalances in other hormones such as thyroid and sex hormones. Eventually, your cortisol production may become dysregulated, leading to both high and low levels throughout the day. This impaired rhythm impacts your energy levels, mood, and metabolism, and requires a functional and metabolic approach to restore your hormonal harmony.
While adrenal stress and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) share overlapping symptoms such as extreme tiredness and poor stress tolerance, they are distinct conditions. Adrenal stress is typically driven by chronic overactivation of your stress response and elevated cortisol, whereas CFS is often associated with immune dysfunction, stealth infections, or post-viral syndromes. However, adrenal stress can be a contributing factor to CFS. At Michael Rothman MD, we perform detailed metabolic and functional testing to determine the root causes of your fatigue and identify whether adrenal dysfunction is part of the picture.
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