Adrenaline spikes: Med detective needed, award given

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@lmherman do you take the brand name version of Synthroid or a generic version? Have you talked to your doctor about the adrenaline rushes?

Wow! I have the same symptoms. I slept about 8 hours last night and I woke up feeling great, so I decided to sleep a little more. I woke up an hour later feeling horrible, adrenaline rushing... so I started googling, and foung the website. I’ve had this for about 8 years and other symptoms, all started around the time a was in a car crash. Did tests for about 4, 5 years than stopped because no one could figure it out, since nothing showed on tests ( except for Epstein bar exposure) but the doctors were suspecting autoimmune disorders, like ms, lupus, lime. Many of the symptoms I had are gone but I still have adrenaline rushes, and if I’m stressed or tired they are worse. I also can’t work out much, and I get those afternoon crashes. Sometimes when I get those crashes, I only need 1 minute of dozing out, but it’s weird because that minute feels like I turned my body off completely, almost like fainting... weird. Did you find any answers to your problem?

I have anxiety attacks that play havoc with my sugars--huge rises and then big drops. I also have insomnia and when I miss hours of sleep, my sugars go crazy. I, too, have trouble while exercising--causing crashes; and the dozing out you are talking about happens to me also. I have had it for 6 years now, did you find any help or answers for your problems?

@chocolate5lover please excuse me if you have mentioned this before but would I be correct in assuming that you have diabetes 1? I have diabetes 2 with no medications, but from what I have heard people with 1 have a lot more difficulty with regulating their blood sugar so things you mention can be problematic. I’m asking because I just want to be sure that this is not something I need to be concerned about. Thanks.
JK

No, I am a type 2 diabetic, for 6 years now. But my reactions are not typical; Dr.'s believe that most of it is caused by my anxiety attacks--which cause my sugar to spike, and then I when I do calm down--my sugar drops drastically.

@chocolate5lover That's interesting, I've never heard of that. Our bodies are all so different though, that we all have varying reactions to things. The exercise problem is not too surprising but I did think that was more of a problem with type 1. I exercise and have never had any problem at all. Are you on insulin?
JK

I was on insulin when I was first diagnosed, but I kept passing out--so the Dr. stopped the insulin. I was supposed to take 20 units the first day--and my Nurse Practitioner wife suggested we start with just 2 units, because she knew that I had unusual reactions to med's. I passed out with just 2 units of insulin. Now I am on 850mg Metformin twice a day, no insulin. I strongly suspect that I may have the Autoimmune Diabetes, I believe it is called. They also call it 1.5 Diabetes for a shorter name. I read about it on the Mayo Clinic Newsletter I get through my e-mail. The treatment is mostly the same, the only difference is that eventually you will need insulin to control it; and most people who have it are misdiagnosed as a type 2 diabetic at first. I take it one day at a time, with a whole lot of prayer mixed in and leave the rest to the Lord!!!!

@chocolate5lover I hope I will not need insulin eventually, but from what I hear it seems inevitable as I get older.
I had to take insulin after my transplant because the dose of prednisone was causing high bg numbers. It is now a very small dose though, and not causing any problems. When I was using insulin at times, particularly in the morning, my numbers would be way too low but I never seemed to have a problem even when they were!
JK

Wow! Consider yourself blessed, it is no fun waking up and wondering what happened to you--usually a big drop, or my sugar got too low. It is great that you haven't had that problem, God Bless You!

@chocolate5lover It really does seem odd. I may have been slightly light-headed but not bad, then I would take my bg and it would be very low. It does seem strange that I didn't have more of an effect from it than I had. I wonder if I hadn't gotten something to eat soon if I would have been in trouble though, maybe for some reason things hit me suddenly, when they get bad.
JK