I had a hard time in my late 20s. Whenever I sat down to write my PhD I got atrial tachycardia (200 bpm). My whole sympathetic nervous system reset to labile and I had sweaty hands for the first time in my life. The reset lasted about a year and eventually the system returned to normal. I have since noticed this reset in women after they have given birth and in people after serious accidents as well as in people under high stress. It was a good warning for me, it showed where my limits lay, before it happened I didn't even know there was a limit of that type. No idea, it was a complete shock.
Being medically inclined I was lucky enough to see my change as an interesting event but it was initially extremely disconcerting. Our bodies can just switch to an anxious, labile state. Tachycardias linked to this are less common but palpitation is frequent as is IBS.
Your physical symptoms sound slightly different but the message is always the same if stress is the cause: change to a simpler, calmer, better life.
Thank you for reading and your addition to the conversation.
I had other issues, but my heart often went into overdrive, and I would collapse to the ground under slight stress, like working out, taking a walk, etc. Anxiety was a more permanent feature, and it took me a decade to mold my mentality so that it is now rarely present.
They say that stress is a silent killer for a reason - no one sees it coming. We often don't realize we've reached our breaking point until it's too late.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
I had a hard time in my late 20s. Whenever I sat down to write my PhD I got atrial tachycardia (200 bpm). My whole sympathetic nervous system reset to labile and I had sweaty hands for the first time in my life. The reset lasted about a year and eventually the system returned to normal. I have since noticed this reset in women after they have given birth and in people after serious accidents as well as in people under high stress. It was a good warning for me, it showed where my limits lay, before it happened I didn't even know there was a limit of that type. No idea, it was a complete shock.
Being medically inclined I was lucky enough to see my change as an interesting event but it was initially extremely disconcerting. Our bodies can just switch to an anxious, labile state. Tachycardias linked to this are less common but palpitation is frequent as is IBS.
Your physical symptoms sound slightly different but the message is always the same if stress is the cause: change to a simpler, calmer, better life.
Thank you for reading and your addition to the conversation.
I had other issues, but my heart often went into overdrive, and I would collapse to the ground under slight stress, like working out, taking a walk, etc. Anxiety was a more permanent feature, and it took me a decade to mold my mentality so that it is now rarely present.
They say that stress is a silent killer for a reason - no one sees it coming. We often don't realize we've reached our breaking point until it's too late.
Such an insightful and telling post. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for reading.