Marcelle Pick - Is It Me or My Adrenals?: Your Proven 30-Day Program for Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue and Feeling Fantastic

Praise for Is It Me or My Adrenals?

So many of us are addicted to a fast-paced, hectic life supported by coffee, sugar, and adrenaline. Unfortunately this is a prescription for burnout and disease, but thankfully, in Is It Me or My Adrenals?, Marcelle Pick explains why our sleep-deprived, over-caffeinated, stress-driven habits are depleting us and provides a practical, step-by-step plan for finding our pause buttons and restoring our health and vitality. If you are exhausted, drained, and heading toward burnout, read this book, and save yourself.

Mark Hyman, M.D.,New York Times best-selling author
of The UltraMind Solution and UltraMetabolism

Marcelle Pick has written a book that is relevant, personal, and provides practical solutions to recognizing and understanding adrenal fatigue. Her descriptions will resonate with those who are wired and tired. Its a great validation to understand whats happening to you. This book blends the best of the scientific and clinical to provide a personal guide with specific action steps to help you find the road to recovery.

Liz Lipski, Ph.D., CCN, author of Digestive Wellness and Digestive Wellness
for Children, Director of Doctoral Studies, Hawthorn University

Marcelle Pick continues to be at the leading edge of womens health care by listening to her patients and responding to their pain. Is It Me or My Adrenals? is exactly what the many women suffering from undiagnosed adrenal fatigue need. Ill be recommending it to my patients.

Frank Lipman, M.D., author of Spent and Total Renewal

Marcelle Pick is a compassionate and insightful clinician who has taken her understanding of healing to a new level. Her synthesis of the functional medicine/systems- biology approach gives practical hands-on tools for patients to apply in their lives. I have worked with these tools in practice and find them to be invaluable in the nearly 40 percent of patients I see, across all medical conditions, who are tired and wired.

Patrick J. Hanaway, M.D., President, American Board
of Integrative Holistic Medicine

From working with thousands of patients, Marcelle understands the crucial linkage between stress and illness and she also knows what to do about it. She gives each of us the power to heal ourselves. While based on impeccable research and science, her recommendations are surprisingly easy to follow. Marcelle is a healer and through her work youll discover that you are too.

Raz Ingrasci, President and CEO, Hoffman Institute Foundation

Marcelles new book is amazing. She has taken complicated hormonal processes and made them simple for everyone to understand. I love her list of adrenal-friendly activities. They are quick, easy, and portable. The many case studies illustrate that adrenal stress and fatigue comes in a broad number of varieties. Most women will see themselvesand be inspired to take action to restore their adrenals and their life. Thank you for this much-needed book.

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, President, Tenpenny Integrative Medical Center
and author of Saying No to Vaccines

ALSO BY MARCELLE PICK

Books

IS IT ME OR MY ADRENALS?: Your Proven 30-Day Program for Overcoming
Adrenal Fatigue and Feeling Fantastic Again

IS IT ME OR MY HORMONES?: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about PMS,
Perimenopause, and All the Crazy Things That Occur with Hormone Imbalance

CDs

ARE YOU TIRED AND WIRED?: Your Proven 30-Day Program for
Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue and Feeling Fantastic Again

THE CORE BALANCE: Boost Your Metabolism and Lose Weight for Good

IS IT ME OR MY HORMONES?: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about PMS,
Perimenopause, and All the Crazy Things That Occur with Hormone Imbalance

All of the above are available at your local bookstore, or may be ordered by visiting:

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Copyright 2011 by Marcelle Pick

Revised Copyright 2013 (original title: Are You Tired and Wired?)

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Design: Tricia Breidenthal

Indexer: Jay Kreider

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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Control Number:
2012953971

Tradepaper ISBN: 978-1-4019-4287-8

Digital ISBN: 978-1-4019-4288-5

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1st edition, March 2011

4th edition, March 2013

Printed in the United States of America

Im dedicating this book to my children,
who have been the ones to teach me the
importance of balance and who have called me
to task when I was out of balance. Without
their support and inspiration, this book
would never have been written.

I also dedicate this book to my patients,
in the hopes that every woman will have a
life that works for her, because were all
always trying to do so much, so well.

INTRODUCTION:
A New Diagnosis

Do you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and stressed all the time?

Do you need five cups of coffee or a constant infusion of soda just to make it through the day?

Do you have trouble waking up, falling asleep, or staying asleep, no matter which herbal supplements you try?

Do you find yourself feeling constantly irritable or on edge?

Do you feel that you need to exercise to stay in shape even though youre exhausted when you do?

Do you feel as though everything you eat turns to fat?

Are you always hungry, frequently craving sweets, or tempted by carbo-binges?

Are you plagued by irregular or painful periods or PMS?

Are you struggling with perimenopause or menopause: lowered sex drive, vaginal dryness, mood swings, and hot flashes?

Do you find yourself feeling forgetful, foggy, or unable to concentrate?