Bob1721 - I have had similar, including many calls to the ambulance for what seemed like heart attacks - diagnosed as "panic attacks" but I later discovered were related to adrenal problem. BP 107 skyrocketting to 217 within seconds without warning!
Don't forget all the other causes of stress. Not just working too hard and worrying (when you feel ill, how do you stop?); but MAJOR less well known stressors are food intolerances (Cyrex and Alcat tests - food is a major stress to the body and we can have intolerances to ANY common foods); negative thoughts (I stopped watching TV news and avoid friends who stress me out!); EMFs - I learned I cannot use anything Wi-Fi (anything cordless - I had to change to corded computers/phones, etc.)
It takes years to rebuild a healthy body, but you CAN do it! You are not alone in doing this! It takes a change in lifestyle, nutritional support and learning to listen to what YOUR body needs WHEN it needs it.
I have listened to the Gluten, Adrenal and Thyroid Summits, etc. and learned things my doctors doesn't know - not their field of interest.
I am now 8 months into the journey and I feel like I am getting my life back, but I have to still be on guard and stay with the protocol. I used to be so tired I just flopped on the floor and wished someone would scrape me up!
You also might want to have your Calcium checked, along with PTH and Vitamin D. Please read at Parathyroid.com. The whole body works together so you never know what might be going on. Calcium should not be over 10 in adults, otherwise you have many problems.
Because the adrenal glands are the stress glands of the body, extreme stress can take a toll on the glands and yes function can slow. It is the beginning of hypoadrenia. Many Western medicine docs don't believe in adrenal fatigue which is crazy......saying the adrenal glands either work correctly or don't work correctly is like saying the heart either works or it doesn't work. The adrenal glands can heal but it does take a long time and a change in lifestyle.
It can take that long. It took me 18 months to get over my terrible adrenal fatigue caused by severe vitamin B12 deficiency.
I am of the opinion that your adrenals can become diseased, but they don't get tired.
Do you have abnormal sodium and potassium tests? AI is a salt-wasting disease. Typically one loses weight and has low blood pressure. I did not see those symptoms listed.
Sadly, anxiety, fatigue and pain are not specific enough to attribute to a disease without testing. You need cortisol testing of different types at diagnostic times, other hormones, a stim test, electrolytes and see how it goes.