#9: Fixing Your Fatigue w/ Dr. Evan Hirsch, MD

One month into his Family Medicine Residency Training Program (August 2004), Dr. Hirsch met his amazing wife, Stacy. She was full of life, social with friends, a great cook, traveler, small business owner and committed to growth through self-examination.  Four months later, she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue and he had no tools to help her. She had adrenal fatigue, her cortisol levels (the main adrenal hormone) were non-existent and she was told to rest up and she would be better within one to two years. She purchased a sauna, took adrenal supplements and coffee enemas and worked on her psycho-spiritual side and she was mostly better in 3 years. Dr. Hirsch felt powerless and began his path of learning everything he could about fatigue. After he graduated residency in 2007, he started his own practice.  He realized that his energy wasn’t like it was prior to residency.  Dr. Hirsch was able to function, but he was tired.  He didn’t have much energy for exercise, nor did he prioritize it. Dr. Hirsch had worked long and hard for his opportunity to create the kind of integrative medical practice that he wanted, so he pushed ahead. He thought it was a post-residency issue that would resolve on its own in a few months. But, these problems didn’t just resolve, and Dr. Hirsch would end up having to do some deep dives into the world of functional medicine to truly understand the causes of fatigue. He shares those insights with us in this amazing episode, and we couldn’t be more grateful! You can find out more about Dr. Hirsch at www.fixyourfatigue.com You can find out more about FDNthrive at www.fdnthrive.com