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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How much vitamin D were you taking a day?
Besides what I had in my food, I had calcium +vitamin D, also Vitamin D3(1000-2000 units)
Hi, @gigiraj I know that this post is old, but I hope that you're doing well. I too have been experiencing internal vibrations, and now stomach issues. I was reading that IBS can cause diarrhea, or constipation and one of the causes could be the nervous system. I have tons of stress, and anxiety so that might be a factor. I usually hum Hallelujah, or take deep breathes 4,7,8 method. It's helps with the vibrations a bit.
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1 ReactionDid you ever find anything out?
I know I am coming to this conversation so late but I am experiencing almost all of the same symptoms you are describing. It's scary and hard to describe to Dr's without them just pushing it off on anxiety. I have always dealt with anxiety and this is not it, atleast not fully.
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1 ReactionDid you ever get any answers?
I am having almost the same symptoms.
Im sorry you are going through this.
They did blood tests on me and put me on 5000 vitamin d a day. Hoping there is a connection and it's somewhat an easy fix. I know my gut health is not the best so I am researching things to do to improve it. I'm 34 and cannot fathom living like this for the rest of my life. Praying we get some kind of answers.
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2 ReactionsHi all!! I’ve been experiencing the same symptoms, and it turns out that it’s a weird presentation of acid. I had tremors/palpitations/hot flashes/chills/etc. I adjusted my diet to very small meals and no fried food/caffeine/alcohol, and that reduced many of the symptoms but I still had CRAZY nighttime tremors. Out of despair, I started sleeping with my head and entire torso elevated….and the evening tremors stopped! If you haven’t tried this, give it a go—can’t hurt, anyway. I was astounded because I didn’t have a lot of the typical symptoms of acid reflux, but it seems my sleeping position played a role. The tremors will come back if I sleep on one side vs the other, so pay attention to that too.
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6 ReactionsOh my God really is right
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1 ReactionHi,
I have been having many of these same symptoms (internal tremors, racing heart, chills but no trembling, paresthesia in my face and a full feeling in my head. I don't consume any alcohol, and only small amounts of caffeine occasionally, very little in the way of fried food. I will try elevating my head. I also do not have reflux symptoms. Who helped you figure this out. I am just getting the "it's anxiety " from my doctors.
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1 ReactionIt MAY be vaccine related, as vaccine injuries do happen, but I have had many of these symptoms for 30 years (they are just really bad right now), so they were (in the past) definitely not vaccine related.
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