What will happen to my body now?

[Mgs333]

Hello...I am a 68 yr old male who is relatively fit and excercise daily. However I have always been a poor sleeper but at the moment things are getting crazy. I am just coming off a 6 year episode of investigations and tests for heart palpitations which only happen at night when I am trying to sleep. As part of the heart investigations I had a couple of sleep studies which all came to nothing.

My cardio consultant has now signed me off saying that my palpitations are not really a heart problem but rather a symtom of something else going on......he suggested another bloody sleep study !

This has just given me more anxaiety and the feeling of reaching a dead end. Hence my sleep is now shot to pieces and I am getting around 3-4 hours a night....and still the palpitations.

So my question is what will happen to my body with sleep deprivation and insomnia ? How can I break the circle ? I know I can always take sleeping pills but that is not a route that I want to go down right now. Thanks for reading.

[kaliska0]

Sudden spikes in heart rate and respiration when trying to sleep turned out to be connected to metabolic problems for me. My body acted like I'd just been out jogging when I was relaxing. The buildup of metabolic waste products like lactic acid caused the exact same response it does when you exercise. I was sent to cardiology and pulmonary specialists with no abnormal results. It kept getting diagnosed as anxiety or panic attacks when I was often the most relaxed when it happened.

An integrative health or functional medicine doctor helped discover the issue and OTC solutions. I take methylated b vitamins so methylfolate instead of folic acid, sublingual glutathione, add a broad liquid mineral supplement to drinks, and try to drink more fluid. Especially with added electrolytes. Whenever my ability for physical activity declines a little or my heart rate starts spiking randomly it means I skipped taking those supplements too many times recently or didn't drink enough fluid the past few days.

Vitamins and minerals are cofactors. They help convert what you eat into useful things and breakdown or neutralize waste products. Fluids help the body get rid of what can't be converted into something useful. Genetics and age can make the body less efficient at processing some things and cause extremely vague symptoms that don't match any specific health disorder.