Q: I am thirty-five years old and should be at the peak of my life as far as my energy levels, yet I am tired all the time. I have had all kinds of tests and none of them are positive. Could you give me a potential reason for this constant fatigue?

A: Fighting fatigue is the number one medical complaint by women in their 20’s and 30’s. The "fatigue syndrome" envelops millions of women yearly in both allopathic and natural healing circles. Medical physician Donnica L. Moore, president of Saphire Women’s Health Group in Branchburg, NJ believes that the prominent causes are sleep deprivation (most women in the 20’s and 30’s get under seven hours per night) and pregnancy. Other causes could be anemia, hypothyeoidism, hypoadrenia, and depression, over-or-under exercising, stress and the side effects of drugs including herbal supplements, anti-depressants and cold medicines.

One solution is to take on the problem as your own responsibility. Organize your activities; diet habits, exercise routines, job functions and causes of stress by writing them down. As you write them take time to sense which activities hold a strong energy charge for you. For example: If writing chocolate down as a potential personal conflict makes you irritable it may be a source of concern. Prioritize those high-energy functions in order of their influence on your life. There may be people in your life that deplete your energy by being around them. Prioritize the people that squeeze energy from your life on a daily basis.

Once your lists are compiled decide on which items you can live without or avoid, starting from the most highly charged to the least charged. Your condition may not be physiologically discernable through medical testing because it may be a routine daily life exposure. You may be the only one to truly know your answer. Check your living environments, home, auto, office etc. Exposure to mold, toxins and allergens can deplete energy and fatigue the body.

Most importantly have your spine checked by a chiropractor for neurological integrity. The nervous system is directly responsible for functions of energy. There are major traumas due to serious accidents and minor spinal malfunctions that occur in the normal course of daily living called "vertebral subluxation". Severe traumas may cause immediate nerve irritation. However, the daily routine irritations more subtly exert pressure that slowly interferes with your nerves normal energy flow. While subluxations can result in pain, quite often they do not and if left uncorrected over a period of time, they can disrupt your nervous systems’ normal function of relaying vital nerve impulses to essential body parts for energy.

Analyze your life and where your fatigue may be emanating from. Remove those interferences that you can control. See your chiropractor for neurological fitness.

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