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Everything folks are saying here is so interesting to me. I have "returned" to investigating the physical underpinnings of my symptoms and...bingo...have found more jackpots. I am beginning to understand better why so many medical/psychiatric/psychological people haven't been more helpful to me (even though I have some good folks with whom I am working). It is extremely complicated, and the lack of understanding is made so much worse by western medicine's continuing inability to see the profound interrelatedness of mind and body--and that these are connected via the central nervous system. When that goes out of whack, for whatever reason, and then gets stuck out of whack, all kinds of problems ensue. And psychological trauma of any sort can get the central nervous system "stuck."
One of my "jackpots" I hit in my reading and research is something called POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome). Tah-dah! I may have found the cause of one of my most difficult symptoms...and perhaps the root of the panic attacks which are (for me) exquisitely different from flashbacks or switching parts. I think I never would have even known this was an issue except that I have been wearing a fitbit regularly for a while now, and have been stymied as to why my heart rate is normal/low (in the 60s) when I am lying down, but spikes up over a hundred and sometimes higher when I am standing or even sitting for any period of time beyond 10 or so minutes and l feel physically and mentally exhausted. And panicky. And in pain. And then I feel better after I lie down. This new realization is now pushing me toward trying to find a decent physician who may be able to help me with all these physical symptoms (which I have mistakenly chalked up to my PTSD and DID for so long).
One of my "jackpots" I hit in my reading and research is something called POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome). Tah-dah! I may have found the cause of one of my most difficult symptoms...and perhaps the root of the panic attacks which are (for me) exquisitely different from flashbacks or switching parts. I think I never would have even known this was an issue except that I have been wearing a fitbit regularly for a while now, and have been stymied as to why my heart rate is normal/low (in the 60s) when I am lying down, but spikes up over a hundred and sometimes higher when I am standing or even sitting for any period of time beyond 10 or so minutes and l feel physically and mentally exhausted. And panicky. And in pain. And then I feel better after I lie down. This new realization is now pushing me toward trying to find a decent physician who may be able to help me with all these physical symptoms (which I have mistakenly chalked up to my PTSD and DID for so long).