firebreather
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I have three specific questions regarding adrenaline - (1) adrenaline and exercise for stress relief, (2) adrenaline and sex, (3) adrenaline and carbs
1) Exercise
I believe now that there were 2 things that I changed that sent me over the edge a few years ago in regards to health. I went from paleo (which I believe put me on the bad path) to low carb and I also stopped exercising. Within a couple of week of those 2 changes my sleep went to hell and every day totally sucked. I've had several times since where I started working out again but it hasn't really seemed to help with the stress relief or the working out seemed to make it worse. Before things got bad I was crossfitting faithfully which now I see also wasn't good. Now it seems like sometimes the least little bit of exercise sends my heart racing. Sometimes just getting up from a sitting position and walking across the room causes my heart to pound wildly.
I believe that some rigorous exercise seems to help relieve stress but I'm not sure how to go about this. If any of you have been in a similar situation what kinds of exercise have you found helpful.
2) For several years now I've had this problem where about half the time after sex in the evening I have a really hard time going to sleep. Actually sometimes within minutes I'll dose off but then I'll wake up and can't go back to sleep for a couple hours. But half the time I don't seem to have this problem.
I'm sure that it's adrenaline but I don't understand why I only seem to have the problem about half the time. And why can I fall asleep for about 10 - 20 minutes right after for about 10 to 20 minutes.
3) Trying to figure out carbs and sugar and how I seem to get an adrenaline response. When I first came across peat and started doing more simple carbs like fruit and sugary foods I seemed to start urinating a lot even with protein and some fat. So I tried mixing in some starches like pancakes or oats or something with the sugar which definitely seems to help with the frequent urination but within and hour I start feeling jittery and anxious and my pulse will be all over the place. This jittery feeling after sugar and starch mostly seems to be a response in the morning.
I assume the problem is the starches because I remember several years ago I would get up early and have a cup of black coffee and go workout without any food. After working out I would have a protein shake and some oatmeal with some kind of simple carb and I felt very similar and ended up blaming the problem on carbs in general
Another thing is that starch really help to keep my temperature up throughout the day.
I'm eating a ton of simple sugars throughout the day which is why these adrenaline responses are so complexing to me
If it bears any weight for supplements I'm using aspirin, niacinamide, K2, biotin. I'm also on 3 grains of NDT.
Thank you for any insight any of you have.
1) Exercise
I believe now that there were 2 things that I changed that sent me over the edge a few years ago in regards to health. I went from paleo (which I believe put me on the bad path) to low carb and I also stopped exercising. Within a couple of week of those 2 changes my sleep went to hell and every day totally sucked. I've had several times since where I started working out again but it hasn't really seemed to help with the stress relief or the working out seemed to make it worse. Before things got bad I was crossfitting faithfully which now I see also wasn't good. Now it seems like sometimes the least little bit of exercise sends my heart racing. Sometimes just getting up from a sitting position and walking across the room causes my heart to pound wildly.
I believe that some rigorous exercise seems to help relieve stress but I'm not sure how to go about this. If any of you have been in a similar situation what kinds of exercise have you found helpful.
2) For several years now I've had this problem where about half the time after sex in the evening I have a really hard time going to sleep. Actually sometimes within minutes I'll dose off but then I'll wake up and can't go back to sleep for a couple hours. But half the time I don't seem to have this problem.
I'm sure that it's adrenaline but I don't understand why I only seem to have the problem about half the time. And why can I fall asleep for about 10 - 20 minutes right after for about 10 to 20 minutes.
3) Trying to figure out carbs and sugar and how I seem to get an adrenaline response. When I first came across peat and started doing more simple carbs like fruit and sugary foods I seemed to start urinating a lot even with protein and some fat. So I tried mixing in some starches like pancakes or oats or something with the sugar which definitely seems to help with the frequent urination but within and hour I start feeling jittery and anxious and my pulse will be all over the place. This jittery feeling after sugar and starch mostly seems to be a response in the morning.
I assume the problem is the starches because I remember several years ago I would get up early and have a cup of black coffee and go workout without any food. After working out I would have a protein shake and some oatmeal with some kind of simple carb and I felt very similar and ended up blaming the problem on carbs in general
Another thing is that starch really help to keep my temperature up throughout the day.
I'm eating a ton of simple sugars throughout the day which is why these adrenaline responses are so complexing to me
If it bears any weight for supplements I'm using aspirin, niacinamide, K2, biotin. I'm also on 3 grains of NDT.
Thank you for any insight any of you have.