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Adrenaline spikes: Med detective needed, award given
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Hi @sierrawoods I just came across your post from 2018 about your experience of an adrenaline rush each night. I have been scouring the web for a few years trying to find a solution to exactly the same problem I just turned 54 but have been going through this problem for nearly 8 years An endocrinologist has had me wearing a freestyle libre glucose monitor for the past month and it has shown that my blood glucose drops low ( under 50) around 3 or 4 AM just as I have been experiencing the adrenaline rush sensation accompanied by high heart rate and at times sweating Although I am clearly entering perimenopause I do not have hot flashes during the day and I have eliminated nearly any prescriptions ( what’s on 12.5 MG atenolol daily for high heart rate and was trying bioidentical hormones for about a year) I am experiencing the same affects of the poor quality of sleep at night after night I like you drscribed. What years ago was only a few times a month has become a nightly thing for probably the past six months I wake up feeling as if I’ve been in an accident. The effect on my day is just as you described. I’m not exercising or even functioning efficiently. I am very slim and weight is not a problem, but I feel a great degree of fatigue and I’m pretty sure I have been sliding into a depression after seeing so many different doctors for years now and not being able to find any type of answer. It has a detrimental affect on my day (and now life) just as you described. I did have a brain MRI that showed a small nodule on my pituitary but the neurologist said not to worry about it. I remember you mentioning wanting to look into that for yourself on your post I hope you are doing better and I am just wondering if you have found any answers to this confounding, frustrating, and now debilitating situation. I just remarried about two years ago, my children are doing wonderfully, and I have very little stress in my daily life. This nightly occurrence is wrecking havoc on my life at what should be such a happy time. Just wondering if you have found any answers or additional information. Would sincerely appreciate any advice you may have. Thank you so much, and I hope you’re doing better.
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Hi aclmalibu! I am not sierrawoods, and I would also like an update from them, however, I have found that by taking a very small dose of Cytomel (only 1/4 of a 5mcg tab...I cut them into quarters myself) combined with 112 mcg of Synthroid that my adrenaline rushes have stopped altogether. I used to wake up between 2:30-4:30 every night as well, and was desperately searching on the web that also brought me to this discussion. I am on HRT (both estrogen and progesterone) after being into surgical menopause after having my ovaries and uterus removed.
I had a very difficult time convincing my doc that the night time issue was a thyroid imbalance, but I actually found a walk-in clinic doc who helped me greatly by prescribing Cytomel. Many family docs and endocrinologists don’t agree with it at all, but I swear it is the reason that my nighttime episodes have disappeared and I feel like myself again!
The tricky part is that most North American doctors are stuck on TSH levels only, and don’t check T3 or T4 levels or anything else! It is very frustrating because I suffered for years when 1/4 of a tab of inexpensive medicine changed my life...literally overnight!
There is an interesting new Thyroid research app out of Germany that I’ve been following called “Boost Thyroid” run by a scientist who also has hypothyroidism. I’ve learned a lot about thyroid issues from it.
Not sure if any of that helps, but if I’ve found relief, it might be worth pursuing...you might have to fight to find the right balance for you though!
Good luck!