Re: Bad adrenal electric shocks......I can't handle them

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Val, that is a very cool story about your cats:) I love animals, they

help us in so many ways. my dogs are there for me all the time, they

have helped me through so much. I cant say that for a single human

though, they seem to be conveniently missing when you need them.

sherie

>

> >>Yep, broken bones, compound fractures and the like. Doesn't seem

to be

> much disagreement about how to treat those.<<

>

> Well there should be! I have only ever broken one bone in my life.

the long bone in my left forearm (motorcycle accident) I was taken to

ER set adn put in a cast. Pretty standard stuf, but then the arm was

swalling so badly they had to split the cast. Well abotu three days of

this itching and I took it off for a shower. and MIRACLE of miracle

not only di it not hurt ot move, but it felt GOOD! 2 weeks of that

cast adn I took it off, another 2 weeks and the sling came off & I

returned to work. There is NO SIGN of a break in that arm and they

couldn;t see the break at 3 weeks after it happened. the bone doc said

he never saw ANYONE heal liek that. Well abotu a month later I saw a

cat special that said cats purring was done to heal themselves. When

they are injured they purr and the resonance of the purr heals them,

they also will surround an injured cat and all purr and lay besidfe

and on the injured one.. I had 4 cats at the time.. and I swear to

this day they healed my arm! I always had a cat on me for the time I

was in the sling!

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

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[Guest guest]

,

I am curoious how much seratonin you are taking? My doctor had prescribed it

for me, but I wasn't able to sleep and quit taking them. It was compouded and 5

mg. When did you take it? My doctor said it was okay to take it in the evening

as it is calming. Do you take it then?

Re: Bad adrenal electric shocks......I can't handle

them

Sherie,

I have experienced what you seem to be describing several times over

the years. Each time it was related to my serotonin levels.

It's common to have these " shock/zap " feelings when there is a sudden

shift in seratonin levels. Many experience these shocks/zaps when

first discontinuing an anti-depressant. That is when I experienced

them first...coming off Paxil " cold turkey " rather than weaning off.

Since serotonin is associated with the adrenals it makes sense to me

that I have experienced the shocks/zaps when treating the adrenals.

When my adrenal labs came back and my serotonin levels were shown to

be low my doctor had me start taking serotonin supplements, along with

the L-Tryptophan I was already taking to help me sleep (which is

converted into serotonin).

At that point I had a few days of the shock/zaps but my body seems now

to have normalized.

Wikipedia says this (among other things) about Brain Zaps (see below).

While reading understand that they refer specifically to the

serotonin levels being affected by antidepressants, however I would

think that the levels can also fluctuate due to adrenal treatments I

enclosed a sentence in asterisks (**) for you to key in on especially.

From Wikipedia:

The " brain zap " effect appears to be nearly unique to serotonergic

drug formulations which have an extremely short elimination half-life;

that is, they are more quickly metabolized by the liver and leave the

general circulation faster than longer half-life antidepressants such

as fluoxetine (Prozac). **This attribute of abruptness leaves the

brain a relatively short time to adapt to a major neurochemical change

when the medication is stopped, and the symptoms may be caused by the

brain's attempt at readjustment.** There is no current evidence

that these " zaps " present any danger to the patient experiencing them

and have rarely been reported as painful however they can be very

disconcerting to those patients who have no prior warning or knowledge

of them.

I hope this helps. You can do a search about brain zaps or serotonin

shock/zap and see if you connect with the things you find.

I hope this helps. I know when I had the shock/zaps I was VERY

disconcerted. Knowing what they were caused by helped me a lot.

It's *definitely* worth mentioning to your doctor that you are

experiencing these symptoms. They should know what to make of what

you are experiencing.

Blessings,

>

> I have had these adrenaline/electric shock feelings for years ,I

> remember having them on occasion back in 1993. they really made them

> selves known when I stopped taking benzos in 2005.

>

>

> These electric shock feelings the last few weeks have got worse,

> much worse. I dont know if I can describe them good enough, ill try.

>

> Any noise or thought can bring them on, a very soft quite noise, to

> my dogs barking all of a sudden, someone walking in the room,a horn

> blaring far off, the phone ringing, a fly sneezes and to me it

> sounds like a bomb went off. and then the thoughts, this I dont

> understand because my adrenals will jump and hit me with these shocks

> whether I am actively thinking something or not.

>

>

> Last week for about 4 days they would start about the same time,

> about right before getting ready to relax and go to sleep, I will

> start to doze then,.. wham feels like electricity painfully

> shooting through my whole body.

> it hurts, its a strange type of hurt though, it starts in the area

> about where the kidneys are, but its also in the front of the body

> right about where the ribs start. and the shocks shoot through my

> legs , arms , through the jaw, top of the head.

>

>

> This morning is happening again,one of my dogs barked at something

> and I was hit by these damn shocks. and after this happens

> my body cant recover very well. then I get in a fight with my

> significant other, he really does not understand all this, I try to

> tell him things and get him to read up on it , but no he wont do it.

> all we do is argue. im about to say to hell with relationships.

>

>

> What is this ? I now its stress related, I have had NOTHING but non

> stop stress, since 2005. not to be dramatic but I am beginning to

> think that this is going to kill me . I think my flight or fight

> response is very messed up . I sometimes think about checking " out " .

> not a healthy thought but its one I have been having more of lately.

>

>

> I know I need to support my adrenals and thyroid, im trying. I take

> sea salt twice a day, im taking isocort 5 pellets a day, I take 2

> grains of armour a day, I take herbs, for adrenal support and for

> other things, I try to eat decent , but my diet could be better. I do

> stay away from sugar, white flour products, I dont drink milk or eat

> junk food that often, but I do eat some chips and salsa on occasion ,

> I love the salty. I also ordered some florinef its on its way.

>

>

> Anyone else have these adrenal electric shocks at all? how did you

> get them to stop? what more can I do? I don't know what more I can do.

>

>

>

> sherie

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you . I get anxious just thinking about not being able to

sleep. I will read up on it......This is a crazy disease. It would be so nice

if taking Cortisol had differnt symptoms for too much or too little. Do you

have any depression with taking this? I find if I take things for anxiety like

Gaba or Xanax, I feel more depressed.

Re: Bad adrenal electric shocks......I can't handle

them

Rhonda,

P.S. I sleep like a baby now and am normally an insomniac (have been

my whole life!).

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[Guest guest]

Thank you . I get anxious just thinking about not being able to

sleep. I will read up on it......This is a crazy disease. It would be so nice

if taking Cortisol had differnt symptoms for too much or too little. Do you

have any depression with taking this? I find if I take things for anxiety like

Gaba or Xanax, I feel more depressed.

Re: Bad adrenal electric shocks......I can't handle

them

Rhonda,

P.S. I sleep like a baby now and am normally an insomniac (have been

my whole life!).

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[Guest guest]

Thank you . I get anxious just thinking about not being able to

sleep. I will read up on it......This is a crazy disease. It would be so nice

if taking Cortisol had differnt symptoms for too much or too little. Do you

have any depression with taking this? I find if I take things for anxiety like

Gaba or Xanax, I feel more depressed.

Re: Bad adrenal electric shocks......I can't handle

them

Rhonda,

P.S. I sleep like a baby now and am normally an insomniac (have been

my whole life!).

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