Posted by seldomseen on September 13, 2009, at 12:19:55
In reply to Diagnosis - How many identify?, posted by Dinah on September 13, 2009, at 10:39:07
Sure, i have a hyperactive nervous system. Sometimes my heart races just because I have a big meal. It's ridiculous. I get migraines, and have what I like to call a suped up GI tract. As you say, it's all related and it's all neurochemical based.
I get the added bonus of extreme hypervigilance. I'm super senstive to sounds and smells (we both are I think), and even a windy day can be such a stressor.
I've asked my therapist for a beta blocker before. These drugs block the action of the sympathetic nervous system and can sort of even things out. Propanolol for instance is indicated for migraine prophalaxis. Thus far, however, he has refused. Citing only that he has had success with these drugs in other patients, then the conversation dwindles.
As far as the etiology of this hyperdriven nervous system, I think it is a remnant, at least for me, of my childhood, where I was totally on guard all the time. The system re-set to this higher level and stays there. I'm ready to flee or fight at a moment's notice.
All I can say, that if one was trapped in the woods or something, you would definately want me there. I would make a great sentry.
Seldom.
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