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Adrenaline Rush?
Hello, I have a question regarding my boyfriend’s health conditions, he’s twenty years old.
He gets these adrenaline rushes, and we don’t know how to treat it. He’s gone to different doctors to see exactly his condition but no one seems to have an idea of what it is, or what triggers it.
As he describes it, he gets this severe pain that shoots throughout his body, sometimes causing him to fall to the ground. It usually starts off around his heart/chest area… When he gets these rushes, his body burns up- becoming feverish, he gets headaches, his heart beat increases and he starts breathing quite heavily. It also makes him feel very energetic and gives him a lot of strength. While he gets these rushes, he becomes full of rage and anger and also feels like he has lost all sort of control. It also causes lack of sleep; he hardly could get any sleep whatsoever.
These symptoms are common, however they all occur at once; each time he gets these adrenaline rushes, as well as stop all at once. It also occurs at random moments. Lately he’s been experiencing it every two days or so.
When he went to the doctors, they ran a series of tests such as; blood tests, blood pressure, fitness tests for his heart (treadmill- various speeds, various inclinations) as well as another test that’s like an ultrasound of the heart.
He has been prescribed various medications (e.g. sleeping pills for his lack of sleep) however his body reject them. His body seems to reject something as simple as ‘over the counter’ medication. He doesn’t usually take any medicine per say, he’s very natural and only takes medication when it is absolutely necessary. He doesn’t use any drugs either…
We were wondering if anyone could help us or had any advice to offer.
Thank you.
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It could be some sort of endocrine disorder. The endocrine system controls the levels of hormones in the body, including insulin, testosterone, growth hormones, and adrenaline. Different hormones are produced in different areas of the body, and a problem with one of these specific organs can cause an imbalance in levels of the hormone produced there. It's possible that it could lead to sudden releases of hormones as well, leading to these 'adrenaline rushes' you describe.
Honestly, I am not a doctor and know very little about the endocrine system. But I do know that many of the symptoms you mention, including mood swings, can be linked to endocrine disorders. Endocrinologists are the doctors specializing in this area and, if this is the source of his problem, they will be the ones best able to help him. At the very least, they can give you a different viewpoint on his condition than the other doctors he has seen. They may perform different tests like saliva tests, and they have specialized knowledge about endocrine disorders that cardiologists and the other doctors currently examining your boyfriend lack.
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I'm not a doctor, so I can't exactly give any real medical advice here, but when I first started reading this I automatically thought either high blood pressure or a heart problem. But if the doctors haven't found anything related to the heart or blood pressure in their tests, then I would start considering maybe anxiety/panic attacks. I know it sounds weird, but anxiety attacks can affect people in weird ways.
I've had panic attacks so bad that I've went to the hospital convinced I was having a heart attack. I've also had some weird "heart" issues, not exactly like your boyfriends, but pretty close. I've had all kinds of tests done, too, but I have hypertension (high blood pressure), which could factor into it. In the end, though, they said it was probably just panic attacks. It could be wrong, but it's something he may want to consider.
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