Small mini rushes of adrenaline in chest all day. Anyone else?

[justov 0]

Im a 33 year old male in good physical shape (exercise daily).

The only way to describe what i'm feeling is little tiny rushes of adrenaline in the chest area that only lasts a second or two. You know the feeling if you got startled and you get that rush of adrenaline feeling in your chest or you get really nervous and feel it, it's like that just not as intense. Like mini ones all throughout the day, seemly for no reason and also when i'm even just slightly caught of guard. (phone vibrates, email dings, even the changing of a thought pattern to something else). Seems like anything will cause it and sometimes nothing at all.

I've had this happen in the past and it usually goes away, it's just been happening longer this time (on the 2nd day of this). Also it sometimes happens when trying to fall asleep at night and it can keep me awake. This feeling of adrenaline rushes while i'm trying to sleep. My heart has seemly been pounding a tad harder than normal as well, just enough to make it noticeable and annoying. (again, I've had this feeling also but not for this long). I happened to read a somewhat similar story on a forum and someone mentioned it could be "Temporal Lobe Epilepsy", so that's got me freaked out a bit. I also get heart palpitations, something I've delt with for many many years.

I do have health related anxiety for sure. Have had many many tests done in the past and it seems like a new "issue" pops up out of nowhere and I get freaked out about it. Countless different blood tests, Brain MRI, 30 day EKG holster monitor, Echo-cardiogram, Apnea sleep test, EMG of hands, arms, feet, legs, CT scans of abdomen and head, etc. Everything always comes back normal.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar to this. Any recommendations?

[MARC 431]

It may be just the tensing of the muscles in your chest when you are anxious. 

[Emils 1]

This is a great description of what I’ve felt for a long time. I’ve had anxiety as long as I can remember but only finally sought medical advice this year. I am embarrassed to bother my primary care doctor for it so I’ve been going to an NP and now I’m having doubts about his advice. (Probably anxiety doubts)

Yes I can feel little squeezes of adrenaline or something when I get palpitations and I assume it’s a stress reaction to the heart flutter? My np offered some hydroxyzine. Do you ever get too anxious to take medicine just in case anxiety isn’t the problem? Like I’m afraid to take this new med because now I’m sure I’ve got heart problems 🤦‍♀️

[newday 49]

I get these when I'm asleep or falling asleep.  It's hard to describe to people because they assume it's that little jerk you sometimes get falling asleep, like you're falling.  Or a panic attack.  Nope!  That's not it.  I've had both of those and this is different.  It's just like you describe, a little jolt of adrenaline in my heart.  My breathing doesn't increase or anything, just woosh!  As if someone jumped out at me.  They come and go, and when they're "on" it may happen a few times a night for several nights in a row, then nothing for a long time.  I googled it a bit (bad), but mostly to see what other people say about it.  Someone called it hyperarousal, excess stress or anxiety that triggers this.  Well that fits.  I worry about a lot of things, but I decided not to worry about this.  When it happens, I actually smile and I'm like "oh hey, that again, it's been awhile!" and go back to sleep.  And guess what.  They started to disappear.  Every once and awhile I'll get a little one, and I think ah my old friend, and that's it.  Now why can't I use that technique on my other anxieties?  🙂

[Po5hie1 0]

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