cortisol and adrenaline - stress system seems broken - exaggerated response to normal stress

[Applethorpe]

My thyroid blood tests are normal, so I don’t have a thyroid condition - though I don’t know what I do have, as I had de Quervain’s thyroiditis eight years ago, and I haven’t been the same since.

My recent blood test showed normal cortisol too. That’s if you say that my 3pm finger prick is a morning value, given that my body decrees that night time sleep is from 1am to 1pm.

My problem now is that small stress causes a large effect. One example : I was waiting for an online sale. I noticed it had arrived, and a bolt of adrenaline like lightning went through my body. It took a week for my heart to go back to normal, and stop waking me with a surge near morning. It has made my ME bad and I haven’t recovered yet. I’m getting far more involuntary movements than normal.

This has happened three times in the last, oh , three months. Something has gone ‘snap’ because I used to get a milder form of this but I could calm it down with diazepam. Then it improved and my body could come down by itself , even though it took a couple of days. I haven’t got any diazepam and I could ask the GP, but this is so much worse that I want to get to the bottom of what causes it. (I don’t take thyroid meds)

Any point in a saliva test ? Does this lead to diagnosis or treatment ?

Thanks for you help.

[TiggerMe]

Do you have any recent full blood test results covering iron, vitamin and mineral levels? It is amazing how awful you can feel and your body overreacts when the basics are off and the medics rarely take any notice.

If you have a twitchy (medical term 😏) thyroid then you really want to know where you are with Vit D, B12, Folate, Ferritin....

Pop results and ranges up and the advice will flow 🤗