Severe Adrenaline Spikes every morning - please help

Posted by jennabc @jennabc, Mar 22, 2023

Hello! I am absolutely desperate, so I decided to write on here, hoping anyone else has had a similar experience or has answers. For years, I have been struggling with what feels like intense spikes in adrenaline every morning. I have more severe and less severe months, but the more severe ones become so debilitating that I can’t function in life, and have become passively suicidal just to escape my physical experience. I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety and depression, but the weird part is that it feels so physical, it wakes me up from sleep, and no matter what I try to counter it (breathing, meditations, leaning into it, movement, medications, etc.), it persists until my body caps out on enduring the discomfort, and I fall into anxiety attacks and depression.

For some context, I have tried so many things. I have a history of EBV, HHV-6, SIBO, trauma, and PTSD. I’ve done tons of blood ozone and SOT for the first 3, and I’ve done/am still doing EMDR trauma therapy, regular therapy, ketamine infusions and lozenges, Neurofeedback, medications, I even exercise consistently, meditate, eat well, etc. I’ve been to an endocrinologist, who said tests looked good. I’ve gotten so much blood work over the years, and even my trauma therapist has said she hasn’t seen anything quite like this. She says it seems like my trauma is being processed and coming down, but that this physical experience will still spike and seem out of my control, making her concerned it’s a medical problem. I am desperate for help and answers. I don’t know how to fix this without knowing what’s wrong. Has anyone experienced or seen anything like this?
It wakes me up like clockwork at 7:30am, and even if I just lay there, I can feel it spike through my body, until it feels like my skin is burning sometimes, my stomach is dropping out, and I’m eventually squirming around in pain just hoping it goes away. I don’t know what else to do, please let me know if you’ve had or heard of anything like this, I will owe you my life.

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This much I know, when you wake up, your body starts to rev up. Your heart starts beating faster, your blood sugar starts to rise and your mind kicks in. This might all feel like an adrenalin rush, but it could just be normal....

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This happens to me every morning. Were you able to find any answers / solutions?

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@ashmariedunn

I have yet to make my first post, but commenting here to say that I have been dealing with something very similar. My primary says it’s anxiety and depression. I’ve dealt with both in the past and while that was such a difficult time in my life, I’d do it again in a heartbeat rather than deal with this agony. I’m convinced that I have the form of POTS that causes high blood pressure/too much adrenaline. Currently awaiting a cardiology appt on May 16th because of heart issues as well. I’m so tired and despite having a great support system, I feel so alone.

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This happens to me. Did going to your cardiologist give you any answers?

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I've been having similar symptoms for going on 2 years. Mine seem to be cyclical (started off with 2 bad weeks then 2 good weeks). I've been tested for everything everyone has mentioned and everything is normal. I explain it as, if you've ever seen a crack baby, that is how I feel in the morning. It starts in the morning. Some days it goes away, some days I have it all day. It is almost always gone by evening. I was wondering if it had anything to do with the steroid cream I was using. I stopped it and was getting better (good/normal every other day) but now seem to be back to bad days. Now have headache thrown in, feels like a stunts headache. I am never sick. I'm on no medications now, except for tylenol or ibuprofen. When I retired I had 3-4 months of sick days because I never was sick. Any help would be appreciated. If anyone has found relief I would love to hear it.

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Have you found any answers or relief?

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Adrenaline spikes from 5-7 am every morning for four years now. A feeling of absolute dread comes along with these.
I believe cortisol spikes and anxiety are to blame but some mornings it's so bad I think it's trying to kill me...

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Stellate Ganglion Injection!! Had it done today and have had immediate relief. I saw Dr. Knife Chief in Tulsa, but it's a proven treatment for PTSD and calming the nervous system. Wish I would've known about this years ago. Good luck!

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@esikora

Adrenaline spikes from 5-7 am every morning for four years now. A feeling of absolute dread comes along with these.
I believe cortisol spikes and anxiety are to blame but some mornings it's so bad I think it's trying to kill me...

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Look into Stellate Ganglion Injections.

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