Platt Wellness Blog — adrenaline

So is adrenal fatigue a condition related to too little cortisol or too much adrenaline? The distinction is important, since the treatments for the two conditions differ.

It’s that time of the year again – the holidays coming up, the weather getting cooler, family gatherings and our good intentions for the upcoming New Year. I think that part of the problem with regard to shedding pounds is that many people have to contend with two factors that provide negative reinforcement – one, whatever they are doing is not working, or two, that they do achieve some weight loss, but as soon as they stop what they are doing, it comes right back on. Here’s the really unfair part: sleep problems, menopause, and perimenopause go hand in hand....

Dr. Joel Rosen: Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of your adrenal fix where we teach exhausted and burnt-out adults the truth about their health so that they can get their health back quickly. And it’s a pleasure for me to be joined by Michael Platt MD, who’s board-certified in Internal Medicine. He specializes in wellness and hormone therapy. He’s considered one of the leading experts in managing excess adrenaline and the use of high-dose progesterone. He’s the author of three books, the miracle of bioidentical hormones, the Platt Protocol for hormone balancing, and the one that we...

Dear Dr Platt: I am writing to you to tell you how much I appreciate your dogged persistence in getting your message and protocol out to the public. For many years, I felt that the people in my family were driven by what I called an accessible adrenaline response. We are all hampered in our daily lives by uncontrollable responses to stress. After reading your book, "Adrenaline Dominance", I finally found out why, what caused it, and how to relieve the symptoms my parents, siblings, and children experienced. The most dramatic example is my husband, who has always been subject...