I was really trying not to get into a debate here, but someone has to speak for the side of doctors trying to actually diagnose and treat beyond what the drug companies say they should.

Adrenal Fatigue, under many different names, has been recognized, written about, discussed and treated for over one hundred years. It has been dealt with by thousands of doctors, both personally and clinically. Yet today, it is still not taught in medical schools. Only Addisons and Cushings, much more drastic forms of Adrenal Fatigue, are taught and diagnosed. Low adrenal function is a problem that has become invisible to modern science, due mostly to the pharmaceutical industry and insurance companies, which have completely altered the way doctors diagnose and treat patients in the past fifty years. Because Adrenal Fatigue is best cured with natural supplements, there is no money in it for pharmaceuticals, who came up with synthetic hormones about fifty years ago to replace the natural supplements previously prescribed. The pharmaceutical industry only wants doctors prescribing profitable chemical drugs, and medical training is hugely dependant on pharmaceutical corporations for funding, ergo no training for Adrenal Fatigue.

Because of the ever present threat of malpractice and the conservative influence of peer review boards, MDs have become much less willing and able to try something different to help their patients. To protect themselves, they don’t explore beyond lab tests or routine signs and symptoms. They simply use the traditional range for lab tests to determine what insurance company ICD code to check, and since there’s no drug to prescribe for Adrenal Fatigue, there is no box to check. If there is no box to check for Adrenal Fatigue, it simply doesn’t exist.

It's all about money. Another reason Dr. Mercola is constantly attacked by the FDA. They don't care about actual health. Just money. And those in traditional medicine that do care about actual health are sucked into their way of thinking, as if it's absolute truth and natural medicine is quackery.