Too Much Adrenalin? Something Else? Help!!! Posted: 12-09-05 11:28am
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 related to sleep. When I sleep great I
wake up feeling 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
adrenaline. Too much adrenaline. 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
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RichardDD
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 3
Posted: 12-10-05 00:05am
I know this is going to sound rather
simplistic and probably not the answer
your looking for, but I really do just
think it's your nerves, over stimulated
and stressed for too long. Especially as
relaxing activities and alcohol bring
relief (albeit temporarily). It's
therefore unlikely to be anything else.
I've suffered exactly the same for years
(your story is uncannily similar to mine
in almost every detail), and I have also
spent much time looking for a 'magic'
answer, something easy like an allergy or
undiagnosed condition that could cure it
for good in a matter of days if only I
could find out what! I'm coming to
realise now though my symptoms are
exhausted nerves from years of pushing my
self too hard, spending too much time
thinking, brooding and worrying, whilst
neglecting my body, not exercising and
self medicating against all negative
feelings with alcohol and junk foods.
That kind of damage unfortunately can do
this, and getting better is not easy. It
requires lifestyle change first.
Medication may also be appropriate, but
like you I didn't have great time on paxil
or beta blockers, and they can make things
alot worse in long term. Still if you can
find right one maybe for a short time,
just to help you get some balance back and
start on road to repair? Also I assume
your doc has tested blood sugar levels?
Thats only other thing likely to cause
these symptoms apart from nervous strains.
Should be checked out just in case.
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cbergm7210
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 3 Location: st. louis
Posted: 12-12-05 13:03pm
Thanks for the reply. It's nice to hear
that someone else is having some similar
symptoms because up to now I just get
funny looks when I try to describe what
i'm feeling.
I do want to add that I work out virtually
every day and I am almost a health nut
when it comes to eating. My alcohol
consumption has always been my worst
habit, and I think it may have something
to do with this somehow. I cut the booze
out for over a month and things got worse
and I have had spells of headaches and
incredible fatigue the last week or so. I
think my body is detoxing still from the
effects of drinking or something.
I am self employed (12 years) being a
christian record producer, so I know I do
not have the most laid back job in the
world. Although I really enjoy it, I know
it can be stressful.
How can the doctor check me for blood
sugar level problems? Do you mean that my
blood sugar could be low on a consistant
basis? My program of eating that I am on
is one that is specifically designed to
even out those levels, so I would be
suprised if that was the case...
I am just going to stick it out and really
work out hard every day and continue to
cut the booze out and see if my body
response to this. I don't know what else
to do, except go and have all the test run
again, or see a nuerologist or
something.
Chris
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RichardDD
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 3
Posted: 12-12-05 18:55pm
Well of course the booze is a depressent,
it will calm your nerves, but only for as
long as your actually on it. If you've
been drinking regularly and you cut it
out, your nerves will likely feel quite
bad for a while. The longer you've been
drinking worse it will be. I have had
problems on and off with drink for years
too and get the same thing, I think i'm so
used to using alcohol as a tool to relax
my body seems to have forgotten how to do
it naturally when I cut it out.
As for blood sugar it's worth ruling out
any problems such as diabtes etc as they
can cause nervous symptoms, and i'm still
99% sure that's what your suffering from,
even if not so sure what causing it.
Perhaps if your that worried seeing
neurologist is good idea, if nothing else
to rule out any thing serious as I get the
feeling it's perhaps worrying you and you
could do with peace of mind knowing one
way or other?
