Anyone have Vagus nerve problems causing strange, unnerving symptoms?

@lesterholland The Vagus nerve is the regulator of the heart's rhythm when it has the correct 'tone', and when the Vagus nerve is not doing its job it's called 'dysautonomia.' As you would know, the body has to central nervous system response sets, the sympathetic (in sympathy with stress and threats, so 'fight-or-flight' with all the energy, heavy breathing, sweating before you exert yourself, and rapid heart rate due to epinephrine) and parasympathetic where you become calmed, relaxed, maybe sleepy. The Vagus nerve regulates the parasympathetic responses if you have no threats about you. So, if your Vagus nerve loses tone, it can cause the bowels to explosively evacuate, or one to void their bladder, essentially involuntarily. Believe it or not, it's a defense mechanism meant to distract or to deter a would-be threat to you, but also to literally lighten the load in case you have to flee to save yourself.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/6004-dysautonomia

@lesterholland The Vagus nerve is the regulator of the heart's rhythm when it has the correct 'tone', and when the Vagus nerve is not doing its job it's called 'dysautonomia.' As you would know, the body has to central nervous system response sets, the sympathetic (in sympathy with stress and threats, so 'fight-or-flight' with all the energy, heavy breathing, sweating before you exert yourself, and rapid heart rate due to epinephrine) and parasympathetic where you become calmed, relaxed, maybe sleepy. The Vagus nerve regulates the parasympathetic responses if you have no threats about you. So, if your Vagus nerve loses tone, it can cause the bowels to explosively evacuate, or one to void their bladder, essentially involuntarily. Believe it or not, it's a defense mechanism meant to distract or to deter a would-be threat to you, but also to literally lighten the load in case you have to flee to save yourself.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/6004-dysautonomia

I didn't mention this in my previous reply but 120/80 is very high for me and I feel strange when it gets that high. My normal is around 101/63 and I've had as low as 63/42 and up to 129/87, but most of the time, except during the summer months, it's usually in the normal range for me. Sometimes during the summer, I drink at least one cup of chicken bouillon a day just to bring my blood pressure up over 90. I live in Florida and one of the only things I don't like about living in Florida are the hot summers, but that's everywhere, I guess.

Yes, I am. Every night, just as I am about to drop of to sleep, I get a heart palpitation and then my left ear starts ringing, and my left foot goes numb. It all happens simultaneously. The tinnitus can get very loud and high pitched and has been pulsatile. There is a feeling of pain and pressure in my left ear. I have to urinate and it cycles all night waking me up at intervals and having to urinate repetitively (in a bad attack). My throat can get hoarse and sore and my nose runs. My face turns bright red. When it was really bad I would wake up sweating between 3-5AM every morning. I have had episodes of sleep apnea, muscle twitching. There is a constant sense of burning and irritation in my left ear. When I wake up my face is bright red and I get outbreaks of rosacea.

I am seeing a neurologist at Barrow and I will likely get in to dysautonomia testing. In my case, I can get the same symptoms during the day if I eat foods with histamine. It also gets worse at night if I have histamine attacks during the day. I have been to multiple doctors and specialist and Barrow is the only place where I was taken seriously.

Beverly

@bjklemme Hi! This resonated with me so much. How did your neurologist appointment go? What did you find?