Rushes of Adrenaline? Part 2

Stress sells medications. This is simply proved when you watch TV tonight. How many commercials do you see for drugs that supposedly address hypertension, hypothyroid, menopause, erectile dysfunction, symptoms of depression, chronic pain, allergies, infection, asthma, insomnia, ulcers, etc. ?

Some types of stress are related to:

• physical injury
• surgery
• allergies
• sedentary or extreme activity.

Some emotional stressors are:

• illness
• marriage
• death
• money
• job
• lifestyle- such as smoking and alcohol consumption
• lack of sleep
• lack of exercise
• obesity
• smoking

There are stressors that stem from aging:

• Menopause
• Andropause

Then, there are stressors of the age: Alarm clocks, cell phones, e-mail, instant messages and instant music (!), children, money, jobs, relatives, lack of exercise, lack of sleep, poor diet/food allergies, junk food, drugs, substance abuse, and environmental contaminants.

There are genetic stressors. Consider this: Maybe some medications that you take whether over-the-counter or prescribed are not genetically compatible to your genetic make up. I’m not necessarily talking about allergies here. This topic alone is worthy of whole independent series of posts. As an aside, Pareja Medical Center does genetic testing that aids in the detection and prevention of disease that typically are discovered later in life when that disease or issue is more complex to manage.