Posted by blueberry on April 13, 2006, at 19:59:12
OK, so I've mentioned it in several posts and folks here have been very kind with responses. No meds right. At about 4:00am I get a massive rush or either dopamine or norepinephrine, can't tell which. It results in immediate terror, fear, paranoia, over-speeding, viscious anxiety, insane-like. By 9am or 10am, it fades away on its own and transforms into depression. All kinds of tests have resulted in nothing except low cortisol levels and elevated mercury/lead.
Out of the dozen or so things I think could be at fault...unknown tumor secretion, weird glucose insulin condition, adrenal gland malfunction, pituitary gland malfunction, strange form of bipolar...the glandular thing makes the most sense, considering the daily/nightly repetitive predictable pattern.
I quick diagnosis and fix is not coming. Doctors are stumped. So I am forced into a situation of suppressing symptoms. How to shut down a catecholamine/adrenaline rush during sleep? Whatever the cause, how do I shut it down for a few hours?
I was thinking maybe medium to high dose benzo of about 8 hour duration? I tried squashing it out with lexapro and it only helped a little, while at the same time deepening the daytime depression. Regardless of the cause, do you think a benzo could shut something like that down?
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