Adrenopause: Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

The following symptoms and complaints may indicate adrenopause:Mental disorders.

  • Adynamia (decreased performance, fatigue, lack of drive).
  • Chronic fatigue
  • Cognitive deficits – memory impairment, concentration and attention deficits.
  • Insomnia (sleep disorders)

Vasomotor vegetative disorders

  • Sweating, heat exhaustion

Organic disorders

  • Drop in vitality
  • Immune senescence – slow deterioration of the immune system in the elderly.
  • Libido disorders
  • Altered body composition – visceral adiposity (abdominal fat ↑), decreased muscle mass (muscle strength ↓)[The effects of adrenopause on body composition are significantly overlaid by the effects of menopause, andropause, and later somatopause]