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BURNOUT


"I've been very lucky to be a patient of Dr. Jesse Hanley.
I am so happy that now everyone will be able to benefit from her healing and medical wisdom. Tired of Being Tired is indispensable to anyone like me, with a busy life!"
--Olivia Newton-John

Maybe your life is complete on the outside but empty on the inside.  Has success brought you rewards, but have you no energy to enjoy them?  Are you exhausted, struggling with health issues, and constantly battling with your weight?  Do you find you just do not have the vitality and optimism you once had?  Do you suffer from insomnia and obsessive thoughts?  Does it take one, two, three, or more cups of coffee just to get through the morning? 

You may think, I am getting older and this is what happens.  It may be a surprise to learn that these symptoms are NOT a function of age.  You do not have to slide into a helpless pattern of fatigue, weight gain and illness.  You can have your energy back, lose weight, sleep soundly, achieve optimal health, and look and feel younger.

First let’s see if you have the typical symptoms of “burnout”….Dr. Hanley invites  you to take an short test taken directly from her book Tired of Being Tired.

In today’s high stress world, many would answer yes to at least three to five of the questions.  Irritability, insomnia, weight gain or loss, recurring colds and flu, environmental sensitivities, and low energy are problems that are becoming more commonplace every year and can develop into more serious health concerns such as heart disease, type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome. 

According to Dr. Jesse Hanley, we don’t have to live like this.  To learn more about the lifestyles we’ve grown accustomed to which are responsible for our burned out systems and tired adrenal glands, read an intensive article narrated by Dr. Jesse Hanley entitled, FACING OFF FATIGUE.

"Dr. Hans Selye, the father of the term "stress" would be pleased with Dr. Jesse Hanley's book, Tired of Being Tired. This sensible "how-to" book gives the missing piece in Dr. Selye's puzzle--what to do about stress, fatigue, burnout--once you know it is a problem. This book provides a path to recovery for countless people who are living beyond their stress response."--Jeffrey S. Bland, Ph.D.

The truth is that you can have your energy back, lose weight, sleep soundly, and more.  You CAN have your life back.  Dr. Hanley has seen it happen for many, and she would like to show you how to do it yourself.  It is as easy as Ten Simple Solutions taken from Dr. Hanley’s book, Tired of Being Tired, a complete wellness program designed to restore your energy…and rejuvenate your mind, your body and your life.

  Eat, Eat, Eat, All Day Long
  Exercise Less
Calm Your Central Nervous System
  Pay Off Your Sleep Debt
  Let Go of Your Favorite Poison
  Supplement a Tired Food Chain
  Oxygenate Your Body
  Learn about Hidden Toxins
 Have Fun Every Day
  Cultivate SELF-fulfillment 

To get a jump start on your path of health and wellness, Dr. Hanley recommends taking a daily multi-vitamin, adrenal support formula and perhaps Gaba, which is a natural calming alternative.

Click here to listen  to Dr. Hanley's radio interview on Burnout, how to recognize it and how to begin your healing. This interview aired November  2006 on Skyradio on several major airlines.


ADRENAL BURNOUT QUIZ - This is from "Tired of Being Tired"

Adrenal Burnout Questionnaire Stress

1. Do you crave sugar such as candy, sodas, popcorn, bagels, pasta, chips, cookies, and pastries?
Yes No

2. Do you skip meals?
Yes No

3. Do you drink coffee and/or caffeinated drinks?
Yes No

4. Do you use natural stimulants such as sugar, caffeine, ephedra or 
ma huang?
Yes No

5. Do you use legal or illegal stimulants such as Ritalin, cocaine, Dexedrine, ephedrine (or over-the-counter diet drugs), or other amphetamine-like drugs? 
Yes No

6. Do you push past stress or fatigue to accomplish your goals?
    
Yes No

7. Do you work late hours and/or on weekends?
Yes No

8. Do you feel like you are never enough, never doing enough, never good enough?
Yes No

9. Do you peter out around 3 p.m. and reach for a stimulant-even just sugar or coffee-for energy?
Yes No

10. Do you feel lightheaded or see stars when you bend down or stand up?   
Yes No

11. Do you awaken exhausted in the morning?
Yes No

12. Do you feel exhausted after exercise instead of exhilarated? 
Yes No

13. Do you feel uncomfortably cold, especially your hands and feet? 
Yes No

14. Even when you have free time, are you too tired to do anything but 
 vegetate?
Yes No

15. Do you feel depressed, helpless, and/or hopeless?
Yes No
 


Scoring

Please add 1 point for each yes answer and score as follows:

Any score < 1= Driven
2=Dragging
3 or greater=Losing It and clearly on the path to burnout


See complete questionnaire in "Tired of Being Tired"

DRIVEN: You love taking risks and rising to challenges and have big dreams and ambitions. You love the adrenaline rush. You may have started a few bad habits like eating junk food and sugar. But you still feel and look great. Life is a blur of excitement and energy.

DRAGGING: You feel less energetic than you used to. Caffeine, junk food, and sugar are part of your daily diet. You may turn to an occasional over-the-counter drug or two when you have an ache or pain. Your sleep is not as sound as it was, and you are getting a little flabby-or you might be losing a little bit too much weight. But you are not worried yet.

LOSING IT: You have to admit you cannot keep up with your plan; you have dark circles under your eyes now. You really are too fat or too thin. Either way you are looking older. Insomnia may be your chronic bedfellow, and you often lie awake worrying about what you have to do, what has been done to you, and what you still need to accomplish. Life is not what it used to be. 

Exercise is not much of a part of your life. Instead you rely too much on coffee, sugar, and other stimulants. You have been a grouch lately, and this behavior shocks you. You feel achy all the time as if you are on the verge of the flu, and you know there is something wrong. But nothing shows up on you medical tests.

HITTING THE WALL: Your family and friends are fed up with hearing you gripe about how exhausted you are, how much work you have to do, how much you hate your work, and how fat you are. 

Your memory is shot, you are having a lot of emotional tantrums these days, and you have an obsessive tape running in you brain. Insomnia, nightmares, gastrointestinal problems, allergies, asthma, headaches, migraines, musculoskeletal pains, back pain, and a stiff neck are all too familiar-along with the prescription and over-the-counter drugs you take to try to find relief. 

Caffeine and alcohol are pretty constant now. You have no energy and no real social life. Even so, you still doubt whether your behaviors are really affecting your health that much.

BURNED OUT: This is crisis mode. You can barely remember what once made life worth living. You are feverish, weak, and achy. Or worse, cancer, heart attack, or chronic fatigue has reared its ugly head or you may be suffering from an autoimmune disease. 

You may have been involved in a major car or other potentially fatal accident that was the result of fatigue, depression, drinking, or drugs, or you may have become an alcoholic or drug addict. You have never been so lonely.

E-mail Jesse Hanley, M.D.
Phone: 310-457-5806  Fax: 310-457-1994
Malibu, CA 90265

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