GI Disorder and Internal Shaking
Hi all. I'm a 21 year old South Asian female and I have been having GI issues for about five years--mainly along the lines of constipation. I do have bowel movements every day but it takes a long time & I am rarely fully cleared out. These GI issues are always accompanied by other health issues (gas, pressure in head, etc). Recently, some scary new conditions have manifested: In the past few weeks, there have been times where my heart starts beating wildly and very fast. Sometimes, when I'm tired and constipated, my entire body feels like its vibrating internally; the shakes aren't visible but it feels like all my muscles are quivering. At this point, I feel a constant shaking/quivering within my body, especially in my heart cavity.
I have had TWO EKG's and both came back normal. All lab tests for diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, etc came back within normal limits. I am very concerned about this internal shaking. My dad says he found something about how GI disorders can impact muscoskeletal system and since the heart is a muscle, it's contracting and being affected. But I wanted to know if anyone here can help!!!!!!! If anyone knows anything at all please please please let me know!!!!!
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I have the exact same issue with rapid heart beat and internal shaking upon reaching REM sleep. After going through hundreds of pointless tests, a doctor finally checked out my lung function. It is horribly weak… they are doing a bunch of additional tests to see what’s going on. It doesn’t seem like a lot of people are mentioning the lungs here, so wanted to throw it out there. Prayers to all and hoping I can recover from my lung function issue
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Hello @gigiraj, I’m sorry this is was happening to you. Did you ever get a diagnosis?
I’m sorry this is happening to you. Hope everything turns out ok!
What test did they do to find the issue?
Hello! I just came across this post and I'm suffering for all of these symptoms as well. Was wondering if you found relief and a dignosis? Thanks, well wished.
I experienced internal shaking. I could never determine a correlation to any event like eating or anything else. The worse times were when I was pregnant and attended outdoor baseball games, my babies would shake inside of me as if they were terribly cold. I recently had an Electrophoresis and found that I have a Persistence of Fetal Heme. This makes me wonder if having less oxygen in my blood has anything to do with it. I have tried to donate blood on several occassions and was always told at 10.5 heme that I don't have enough to share. I was recently hospitalized and a brilliant doctor checked my magnesium levels. I'm 65 and to my knowlege no one has ever checked my Mg. It was found to be depleted. I was given a shot which felt like stars of energy going throughout my body and felt immediately better! Apparently, it's an iron and is not usually tested for, even though it's next to potassium, salt and calcium on the chart of elements. Perhaps it's essential because ever since having this shot, I have not experienced a tachycardia which I had experienced nightly for years or internal shaking or what I described as "burning blood." Electrophoresis costs $3-$60 and only takes a couple of days. I believe more people should have this to see if they also have heme that is different. Mine has a Gamma Globulin. I have noticed that Mosquitos don't bite me. Maybe they don't like my heme.
I also feel more energized in high elevations. Maybe this heme is good for that.
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2 ReactionsThis is what I have .and yesterday I had my finger hand twitching I really want to contact my doctor but after I think that I have IG issues .means nerves ….what I see from your informations you have IBS .you can get information about it cause it has a big relation with nerves (heart,brain ..,,,) .and effect your life but don’t worry .just eat healthy ,sleep your hours .do a lot if meditation.think of something positive always .IBS make you become hopeless 😩,you just think of negative stuff .don’t let it destroy you .you are strong .and we all dealing with it .forget about illness you ll live happier and longer trust me .
Hi there, I'm so sorry to hear that you're experiencing this! It's very stressful. I'm honestly not sure what to say because on one hand, I've found a lot of relief simply by moving to a less stressful environment. I know it's really discouraging to hear from doctors that one's condition is "just anxiety" but in my case, it looks like that was genuinely the case.
On the other hand, so many people across many different situations are experiencing something similar. I have not solved my GI issues and feel terrible a lot of days - I still sometimes get angina (sharp pains in chest), bone/muscle pains, ear weirdness, etc. If a doctor gives me an update, I will update everyone. Sorry to see so many people experiencing something like this.
Maybe try Propranolol 10mg.. It seems to work for me except a few times when I get stressed?
Hi! I’m also experiencing internal tremors all day and they keep me up at night. I have Afib and I’m on a beta blocker for that. My gastroenterologist has me on an anti spasmodic drug . Nothing helps. If you find out about some type of relief, please let me know. Thank you.