Comments on: Don’t Have Energy Anymore

By: Joan

Joan — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:01:59 +0000

HI Joe,
I haven’t written on this blog in months, but I did want to respond to your comment. Normally one would NOT want to increase his or her blood pressure, but I happen to have LOW blood pressure (so low, in fact, that during the C-section delivery of my 3rd child, it dropped to 50 over 17 and quite possibly broke a hospital record for lowest blood pressure during an operation without dying) … so, maybe, unbeknownst to me, I have been homeopathically self-medicating with licorice.

By: Joe Askew

Joe Askew — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:39:43 +0000

This article says licorice helps adrenal glands produce more cortisol. Cortisol is a vasoconstrictor, which tightens up blood vessels which result in higher blood pressure. Not sure I would want to take a supplement that would increase my blood pressure. I’m I missimg something?

By: songs of experience » more on my tincture

songs of experience » more on my tincture — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:32:49 +0000

[...] consult here. I remember a while ago when Eric was skeptical about “syndromes” (when I blogged about DHEA), so I imagine an herbal remedy won’t gibe with his western medicine sensibilities … [...]

By: Arnold

Arnold — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:34:32 +0000

Diagnosing ‘mental disorders’ is NOT an exact science. That’s what makes it dangerous sometimes. I worked with ‘autistic’ kids in a hospital setting, and the ‘Psychiatrist’ had intense psychotropic ordered for ‘acting out behaviors.’ WBR LeoP

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:41:31 +0000

You might be interested to know that MANY hypothyroid patients find themselves with adrenal fatigue due to years and years of being undertreated with meds like Synthroid or Levoxyl. And I am one. So we understand fully. Many of us are actually using a little cortisol supplementation, such as Cortef–just enough to give our lives back and to hopefully allow our adrenals to rest. We multi-dose it, around 20 mgs, using the highest amount in the morning, followed by lowered amount. It’s not meant to be long term. We then try to wean. I personally believe that to recover and regain adrenal strength, we have to take adrenal supportive supplements and not only change the stressors in our life, but change the way we respond to them. Not easy. Check out the book called Safe Uses of Cortisol by Jeffries. Also Wilson’s Adrenal Fatigue book.

By: John

John — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:54:23 +0000

Joan;
And I thought it was only me. Here in the Northeast (another blue state) the weather really can’t be blamed for the general “blahs” I’ve been experiencing.

Simply overtraining?
Over working and over training?

Just wasn’t happy how I was living or running.

I visited my mystic, who happens to own a running store where I frequently visit after wearing out another pair of Sauconys. There I was precribed a new pair of Mizuno’s (don’t new shoes always seem to help!) and a slight elevation in iron.

Within a week my red blood cells began doing a better job and a smile returned to my face. It’s not a trifecta because I still feel slow, but hey, 2 out of 3 will make you millions somewhere out there.

Peace

By: squonk

squonk — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:01:24 +0000

a son of mine had a similar issue…

…I’ve felt tired “out there” and that’s when I love to change the venue. An excursion to Hanging Rock or the Tanawha Trail. …or…going so slow my pace is nearly indetecable. That’s tricky…

…but there are things to think about.

I’ve been dwelling recently on 3 perfect paragraphs in cormac McCarthy’s latest, The Road.

here’s one…which I’m memorizing and reciting during runs:

“Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.”

…so…on the trails, where does my footstep land? Where would it land if there were no trails?

squonk

By: Marion

Marion — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:54:59 +0000

Wow. Makes a lot of sense. I prescribe an immediate break. Reduce running to 2 laps, only adding an additional lap every other day. After about 2 weeks of no symptoms, you can more rapidly return to previous mileage. This would best be done, with a friend. Skip 100’s this winter and do threshold workouts instead. :

By: George (Canada)

George (Canada) — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:28:53 +0000

Joan, I know where you are coming from, as I had a similar experience a few years ago. I went to a naturopath who gave me something called T-Adrenals as well as Vitamin Push (where the vitamins like B-12 are injected) I did get much better. However, I do want to suggest caution, especially if you are self-diagonising off the Internet. It sounds accurate, especially given how you have been training all these years, but get bloodwork done anyway. I did get a chuckle from the article you posted, “Exercising to your tolerance level” I don’t think it means the Joan Nesbit tolerance level

By: Vince A.

Vince A. — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:48:50 +0000

I just finished reading Duel in the Sun, and I believe that is the condition that Alberto Salazar was eventually diagnosed with. After ten years he finally found an appropriate treatment and returned to running.