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Adrenalin rushes, how to control them

I seem to be getting free floating anxiety attacks, last night I was just chatting with my husband when I noticed the butterflies in my belly for no reason, then I started with palps etc... I could literally feel the adrenalin buzzing round me.  It was quite scary.  

This morning I got it also, my baby son was having a tantrum and I got the butterflies, I felt so wound up, then another attack came on.

This evening I was encouraging my son to crawl as he is just learning, and I started feeling sickly, getting palps again, tightness in my belly, then butterflies etc... then I could feel the adrenalin buzz again!

I am not thinking about anything at the time, they just come on and they occur more than once a day.  I can't control it.  My pulse rate goes nuts, it goes nuts anyway with mild exertion but I did wonder if it goes nuts on exertion because I am scared to exert myself.  Can subconscious thought cause it?  

I know that some days I am fine, then the thought of going up the stairs because of my chronic fatigue and how mild exertion exhausts me, it leads me to psych myself up to walk up the stairs.  If I am standing for a long time while I wait for hubby to lock the doors etc... I can feel it rising, and by the time I'm upstairs and in bed I have palps, strong ones.  It then takes hours to calm down again.

I am not on anxiety meds as the side effects made my other physical symptoms with the supposed CFS worse, I have enquired about hypnotherapy.  But are there any tips on keeping the free floating attacks from coming on?

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Are you hypermobile? If so check out research on hypermobility and anxiety.
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here is what happens to me...
I will get this butterfly feeling in my stomach...then it feels like it gets rushed to my head.......it cam happen to me at any time...me standing trying to walk...me sitting playing a game on the laptop.....me walking down the street....when we are driving I see a semi truck....just random times.....
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Joy, thank you So Much for all your wonderful advice! I  plan on implementing some of these right away.
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Dotfran, you are so very welcome. I wish there were better answers for us that suffer so muchBut maybe this will help. I'm not sure if I mentioned this earlier or not but there is an exercise (the "kidney exercise") from http://www.universal-tao.com/article/smile.htmlthat helps me get the adrenaline DOWN fast. It just might be the best answer to all this. I've seen it done in some yoga classes too but a little different. Yoga, we sit and hold onto our knees arms width  then lean back, roubding your back, head down while breathing out through the solar plexes (its like a vacume of sucking the air out of that area, I hope I explained that  right). You can feel it leaving but don't rush it too fast, ok? Now lean forward, head up while slowly breathing in. Then repeat. Its like your solar plexus is squeezing out that adrenaline. Your back is rounded, your head is down, exhaling as your solar plexus is pushing towards your spine, squeezing all that adrenaline OUT!!!! BUT don't forget to go forward next, as you slowly inhale. It relieves those horrible, horrible surges!! Sometimes I forget to do it because I'm so panicky. All these years, all the therapy, pills, meditation, explaining to doctors, anxiety support groups, diet, vitamins, massage,  aggravation, stress, panic, etc, etc, etc.....this has been the only true adrenaline relief I have ever received. BUT to keep the stress level down, these other things are SUPER beneficial!!

I hope that helps. And I hope I explained it good enough so you all  can do it with ease and get rid of that adrenaline!!!

Good luck and may God bless,
Joy

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YES!!!! I started having anxiety attacks about 7 years ago. never had one before. I ended up in ER 4 times, was wrongfully medicated, had to go on a 72 hour watch at the hospital because of suicidal thoughts. I was on meds for along time, and did pretty good. My husband of 40 years decided to leave me (because of my anxiety) and I'm now worse than ever. It just hits me out of the blue. Fear, butterflies. I'm seeing a therapist and she's helping me to control my thoughts to offset this. Don't know if it's gonna work or not. I'm really struggling to have some kind of hope.
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I was born with a condition called Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. My 17stage Hydroxy Progesterone level is 10,500 when when the normal levels are around 300. This causes an out of control adrenalin rush that is pretty much constant. I'm glad that I found this community because other than taking Prednisone which has no effect on decreasing my adrenal induced anxiety. I've talked to my Endocrinologist about this issue and he hasn't been very helpful. I welcome any help I can get.  
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Magnesium is the key...check it out on Dr. Carolyn Dean's website. It has truly helped me after all these years! There are all kinds of magnesium, so the type and amount is the key to ridding yourself of these adrenaline symptoms; adrenaline rushing, palps and anxiety, etc,  She explains in detail how this all works. Too much calcium is an excitatory mineral which causes us to be in a state of panic all the time without having panicky thoughts. Our diets and supplements are full of calcium. Magnesium on the other hand is a relaxant and we may only get 200 mg. a day, if we're lucky, which is too low. So many (may be all of us) people are depleted of magnesium because of the lack of it in our soil And the DV% is being studied again because a long time ago our soil had plenty of magnesium so our supplements didn't need more than 200 mg. Nevertheless, that is one of the main reasons why so many people are suffering with all these  symptoms. Check it out, you will be so glad you did!

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