@charlie Seems you may not be watching this thread anymore but I will post with a hopeful heart...
I have been dealing with this exact thing the past few weeks on and off (mostly on). I am barely getting sleep because 5-6 nights out of the week I am EXHAUSTED and feel like under normal circumstances I would fall right to sleep. But I am basically falling right to sleep then slamming awake like you described. Once that happens once, it happens over and over and over for the next several hours until I finally go to sleep in the wee hours of the morning and get a few hours of sleep before getting up for work.
Today was the first day that I have had constant heart palpitations all day; it has happened a time or two during the day in the past few weeks, but other than that my struggle has only been the heart pounding/adrenaline feeling at night.
My palpitations today have happened all day long, and seem to be a carryover from last night's episode of How Miserable Can Trying to Sleep Be
because while I had the same issues with slamming awake as usual, my heart just seemed to be POUNDING so hard in my chest, even more than normal. The quote from Dr. John Lowe about lying in bed acting as a sounding board totally resonated with me - I didn't want to lie back down because I felt like it was echoing so loudly throughout my whole body. Also have been having to pee a ton like every hour or less during these night episodes.
Thankfully, once I got to this point in the thread, my anxiety lowered from hearing that your anxiety lowered! I have been feeling terrible all day - so anxious, pretty much thought I was having a heart attack, only able to get a few sips of OJ and milk down for lunch because I'm so nauseous and fidgety and have pretty much bitten my lip off.
But now the anxiety is gone and all that's left is my Hard Heart Pounding----I mean my "normal" heartbeat...?? :)
Basically my question is:
I read the whole thread but you sort of lost me toward the end...
Was your end theory that you were having HYPERthyroid symptoms and needed to back off of the supplement? Or that you were HYPO and were experiencing adrenaline?
I am not on a thyroid supplement yet, but have been taking progesterone, Vit A, and aspirin and suspect one of these is affecting thyroid somehow. Contemplating if I should stick with current dosage or lower.
It seems like its adrenaline because at night when I have it and go to sleep, I slam right back out of sleep somtimes, not fun.
I have been dealing with this exact thing the past few weeks on and off (mostly on). I am barely getting sleep because 5-6 nights out of the week I am EXHAUSTED and feel like under normal circumstances I would fall right to sleep. But I am basically falling right to sleep then slamming awake like you described. Once that happens once, it happens over and over and over for the next several hours until I finally go to sleep in the wee hours of the morning and get a few hours of sleep before getting up for work.
Today was the first day that I have had constant heart palpitations all day; it has happened a time or two during the day in the past few weeks, but other than that my struggle has only been the heart pounding/adrenaline feeling at night.
My palpitations today have happened all day long, and seem to be a carryover from last night's episode of How Miserable Can Trying to Sleep Be
because while I had the same issues with slamming awake as usual, my heart just seemed to be POUNDING so hard in my chest, even more than normal. The quote from Dr. John Lowe about lying in bed acting as a sounding board totally resonated with me - I didn't want to lie back down because I felt like it was echoing so loudly throughout my whole body. Also have been having to pee a ton like every hour or less during these night episodes.
Me too. The anxiety level went from a 9 down to a 2, or maybe even 1. Relief!
Thankfully, once I got to this point in the thread, my anxiety lowered from hearing that your anxiety lowered! I have been feeling terrible all day - so anxious, pretty much thought I was having a heart attack, only able to get a few sips of OJ and milk down for lunch because I'm so nauseous and fidgety and have pretty much bitten my lip off.
But now the anxiety is gone and all that's left is my Hard Heart Pounding----I mean my "normal" heartbeat...?? :)
Basically my question is:
I read the whole thread but you sort of lost me toward the end...
Was your end theory that you were having HYPERthyroid symptoms and needed to back off of the supplement? Or that you were HYPO and were experiencing adrenaline?
I am not on a thyroid supplement yet, but have been taking progesterone, Vit A, and aspirin and suspect one of these is affecting thyroid somehow. Contemplating if I should stick with current dosage or lower.