Has anyone been diagnosed with pseudopheochromocytoma
Hi. I had man symptoms of pheochromocytoma (tumor on adrenal gland) including very high blood pressure, high heart rate, sweating, flushing, terrible anxiety (unprovoked) and others. Your body essentially goes in to fight or flight mode for no reason. I was given clonidine for these rare occasions. Otherwise BP was normal. The episodes became more severe and frequent and I had the testing done for this which came back negative. Apparently out of 300 people tested only 1 will actually have tumor. So the rest of us are referred to as Pseudo pheo. Just trying to reach out to others for support. Thanks for any feedback.
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@lisa11
I too have suffered from this condition since 2014. I have the ODT (Oral Dissolving Tablets of Xanax quarter of a milligram emergency tabs that bring my BP under control. Hypertensive meds do nothing for me. Thank the Lord I was diagnosed properly @ Shands UF in 2015, and am fortunate that I haven’t suffered a stroke during my many episodes of BP going upwards of 220/140 and higher. Thank you for the recommendations of the other books by Dr. Mann. I will print out the articles as well to share with doctors who are not familiar ( sometimes don’t believe) that this condition exists. It is very frustrating trying to educate others.
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