McCall McPhersonFounder, Modern Thyroid Clinic.

Ashwagandha: My #1 Supplement for Adrenal Fatigue & Sleep

28 May 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by McCall McPherson. This content was uploaded by McCall McPherson. This is a YouTube video titled "Ashwagandha: My #1 Supplement for Adrenal Fatigue & Sleep" (metadata shows created 2025-05-28). The excerpt is a monologue by McCall McPherson describing Ashwagandha as his primary supplement for treating adrenal fatigue: he reports from clinical experience that it can halve recovery time, helps improve restful sleep, and recommends taking it at night (not in the morning) because it can blunt the morning cortisol spike and cause excessive morning relaxation. The segment combines clinical opinion, practical dosing/timing advice, and anecdotal explanation of effects.

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I did also want to chat about my favorite supplements for adrenal fatigue, because I do have them, one of which is possibly my favorite supplement of all time, but the foundational one is Ashwagandha. Ashwagandha is extremely effective at speeding up the time it takes for people's adrenals to heal. I estimate from my clinical experience it reduces the amount of time from someone going from adrenal fatigue to to good adrenal function by about 50%, which is incredible. I also find it helps people sleep a little bit more restfully throughout the night. That's not why I give it to them at all, but it's an added bonus and it's probably the only thing that people notice when they take Ashwagandha. I only and always have my patients take it at nighttime. I would not ever recommend my patients take Ashwagandha in the morning unless it is 0.0001% of the time in very specific cases. But Ashwagandha taken before bed will help delay that cortisol spike in the morning, keep you from waking up at 3am inappropriately thinking that it's morning and it's time to start your day. And also if you take it in the morning, it kind of feels like you drink a tall glass of red wine in the morning. And I don't know about you, but those are not the vibes that I want to bring into my work life or my mom life. I don't have that kind of time and ability to be red wine overly relaxed. So I don't really recommend Ashwagandha in the morning.