General symptoms:
over all feels like I have too much
adrenalin or testosterone, my feet itch
from the inside and need to be squeezed /
rubbed, the feeling as though I need to
have a bowel movement, the feeling that I
need to masturbate (penis and/or scrotum
itch from the inside and need to be
squeezed / rubbed just as my feet do as
stated previously), feeling of overall
anxiousness like when you have too much
adrenalin (similar to an event such as
right before you give a public speech),
but overall also a feeling of fatigue on
top of everything.
Debilitating to the point of halting life
as I have known it.
Important: it seems like it may or may not
be reated to sleep. When I sleep
great I wake up feeeling normal. Not
much tossing or turning, many remembered
dreams, etc. When I sleep poorly, ie
toss and turn and wake up during the night
(i have rem sleep disorder, sitting up in
bed, jumping out of bed, etc.) in the
morning when I get up I feel that
"humming" and terrible feeling from the
start. But, this may be because this
"feeling" made me sleep poorly! I do
not know!
Sometimes during the day I will get
extremely tired and then this "feeling"
will kick in, almost like my body is
reacting to being tired by sending
adrenalin. Too much adrenalin.
And then there are other days when the
feeling is in full force, then it will
subside and I will be overcome with
extreme fatigue. It's almost like the
steps go from: normalcy, then tiredness,
then this feeling. Or they will start
from the feeling and go backwards to
fatigue and then I will nap and feel kind
of normal again. Man, is this making
sense? :/
please help! The following are
entries from my journal trying to figure
this out. Need more detail?
Please ask. Thanks so much in
advance!
Generalizations; have drank alcohol
excessively my whole life. Quit
for weeks but the "feeling" continues.
Liver detoxing? Overall
feeling of "badness"; sick yet no fever;
anxious, very fatigued; feels like too
much testosterone; urge to bowl movement
makes it magnified
feet and penis itch from inside, need to
be squeezed
hot showers make it better
sleep - I sometimes wake up feeling a
definite calmness; sometimes wake up
feeling this "humming" right off.
Gagging - every so often I sometimes have
to cough and gag as if something is in my
throat. This seems to relieve the
feeling for a minute or two.
Short of breath sometimes as well.
Exercise - when I exercise aerobically I
feel the feel the feeling go away a
little. A serotonin release,
perhaps?
Alcohol - when I have a couple of drinks
it seems to stifle the effects of the
feeling. Not for good, after a
little while it comes back.
Tried beta blocker's, paxyl but did
nothing.
Point: in the morning feeling bad, then an
intense workout, then a hot shower and
eating, sometimes then the feeling
leaves. Mostly then later I then
usually feel just tired, and the feeling
may or not return.
Point: - I have had a number of times
(only 3 or 4 in over two years of time
when this feeling was in full effect) had
the occurrence where the feeling left my
body in an instance. As tangible
as flipping a light switch.
Literally sitting there and then a peace
and normal feeling completely fills my
body from head to toe. From my
feet to my bowels to my head.
- the first time the feeling came, it was
after I had quit drinking in february
after a trip to canada; it had been 10
days. I started drinking again to
help relieve the feeling. After a
month I started to work out hard and try
not to drink as much and the feeling went
away.
- the second time it came it was a year
later and it came on at the same time
after the same trip to canada. I
had still been working out and doing the
same routine. The feeling stayed.
- I thought it could be mold. I
went to the allergist and was tested.;
mold was negative.
- however, I tested very positive for
house dust
- one year later we went out of town and
stayed for three nights. The
feeling was minimal while out of town.
The night we returned home I awoke
the next morning with the feeling in full
force. Immediately we wash our
sheets in lieu of my allergies to dust and
it seemed to go away, but returned after a
few days. Since then we continue
to wash our sheets in hot water every
week, but am still afflicted.
- after the sleep clinic, and the
allergist, I have quit drinking completely
and after a month I am still having the
feeling. No fever.
Fatigued, dizziness sometimes.
- the sleep doctor says that my feet are
those of a 70 year old; "pin prick" test.
- in general, good things such as music,
and "tapping" (a form of acupressure to
relieve stress), showers, massages and
alcohol seem to relieve the feeling for a
brief time period. Serotonin release
I assume?
Please help me, guys. I am praying
that god will show me the way and maybe it
will be through one of you. Thanks for
all the support.
Chris
