i dont know how to describe it, so ill do my best.
you know how if you were sitting in a computer chair, and you leaned back, and you ALMOST tipped it over, but caught yourself.. but you get that quick "omg" feeling in your chest/stomach?
i get that feeling all day! repeatedly. any ideas what that is?
Posted by jjb (Member # 29810) on :
I'm not sure, but it could it be related to vertigo?
Posted by cordor (Member # 9449) on :
I have that feeling also. It IS hard to describe. I call it the "fight or flight" feeling. I get it at the strangest times and it never has anything to do with being scared or startled. It just happens. No doctor has been able to tell me what it is, other than possibly a problem with nerve signals in my chest/stomach area. It can be very uncomfortable. Mine started shortly after I started treatment for lyme 7 years ago. NEVER had it prior to this, even though I have had undiagnosed lyme for many, many years. I still have this "feeling" to this day. Maybe someday it will all make sense.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Like being on a boat going up and down??
For me, that was babesia.
Posted by nenet (Member # 13174) on :
I had those for years, starting in middle school/high school.
I think they are adrenaline dumps, and are connected to CNS infection with Lyme and/or other co-infections that can infect the CNS and the HPA glands (aka the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis).
Your adrenal glands rest on top of your kidneys on either side, which are right by your stomach.
In my experiences, it seems like there is a sudden random signal from my brain to the adrenal glands to pump out a large amount of adrenaline, which can cause a very uncomfortable feeling in the stomach and surrounding areas, and can lead to a rapid heart rate and shaking, anxiety, etc.
You might want to look up adrenaline side effects/symptoms.
Posted by cordor (Member # 9449) on :
that sounds very interesting nenet. Makes sense.
Posted by chaps (Member # 25286) on :
I know exactly what you're talking about. I had the same feeling.
I described this feeling in the exact same manner (the rocking back in the chair and coming back up thing) over the phone to Dr. S in Naples, the psychiatrist who authored something like 16 books on Lyme.
When I described this feeling to him he said, "BABESIA" without even missing a beat.
Posted by Toboein (Member # 22635) on :
chaps - thank you. thats reassuring as im beginning babs treatment (lightly) and am feeling every symptom ive had in the past 4 months at full force in the last 48 hrs. im on day 3 of babs tx.
I know that cordor, you def are experiencing what im talking about because i explained it to a dr as the fight or flight response.. he looked at me like i was nuts and gave me a script for xanax.
thanks for the replies everyone. i thought it was adrenaline, and it probably is. i guess babesia messes with everything.
Posted by sk8ter (Member # 8671) on :
Yes it is adrenal fatigue...Please read Stop the Thyroid Madness book.. It explains that the adrenals must be fixed first before the thyroid. The dumping of adrenaline is correct.
Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :
Toboein, I know that feeling all too well. Exactly as Nenet described. My one positive test is for WA-1 (Babesia). It's a HORRIBLE feeling that I never had before falling ill. I wish everyday it would leave forever.
Posted by momlyme (Member # 27775) on :
sk8ter - care to share how to fix the adrenals?
This is one I have been researching for quite a few weeks... are you talking cleanse? Or something else.
I want to get that book Stop the Thyroid Madness... could you sum it up in a short explanation?
Perhaps it will urge me to go buy it!
Posted by the3030club (Member # 21898) on :
that was one of my very first lyme symptoms. i started just once in a while and became nearly constant.
I went away after a few weeks of abx treatment.
Posted by one4islands (Member # 28187) on :
I have this happen to me occasionally.
You described it to a tee.
It has never happened at work while on the computer there, but at home.
The chair levels are different so perhaps that could be the cause.