Anyone else with symptoms like mine?

Paladin62

I have multiple issues but over the last 7 years I have been narrowing it down. I know there must be others like me out there and am hoping to find them so we can compare notes and see if we can help each other.

My problems started with reactive hypoglycemia only when drinking 4 or more drinks in an hour. Then it gradually got worse until I could only have one drink withouty getting VERY ill.

The symptoms are adrenaline surges, cold sweats, severe diarhea with intestinal pains that feel like I am passing broken glass. General body pains and joint pain all occuring about 4 hours after drinking.

I stopped drinking so the symptoms went away. Then I was in a very bad car crash and for weeks after I was waking up around 4 in the morning with what felt like an adrenaline surge followed by the same symptoms as when I drank but without drinking at all. This went on for about a year while I was being tested by the doctors. They tried numerous things but it just kept getting worse. I went from 235 lbs to 180 in a year. While the weight loss was good, it was rough. I was such a wreck from the lack of sleep and constant adrenaline surges that I couldn't function. I went from riding my bike 20 miles a day when these symptoms started to having trouble getting out of bed.

The symptoms generally went away after lunch and I was fine until the next morning. After trying numerous drugs, the doc tested my thyroid and found it just slightly low and he gave me synthroid. I took it that night and the next morning I slept in for the first time in a year. All the symptoms stopped right away. Now I know that true thyroid conditions take about a week to regulate so it can't be my thyroid that is the root cause. It is just another symptom.

Recently I had a major blowout with a guy at work and my stress levels went through the roof. My temp went to 103 and my heart rate was at 140. My normal temp is 97.3-97.5 and my resting rate is 54 bpm. After 5 hours I had to take .50 mg of valium to get it to shut down again even though I was calm.

So here is where I am at now. I am thinking it has something to do with the adrenals or cortisol levels since they can cause all the above symptoms.

But does synthroid stop adrenaline surges/cortisol issues? If I stop taking the thyroid meds, I start losing weight and feel like I am amped up. I do not take ANY caffeine but it feels like I drank a whole pot at once.

The doctors have told me there is no way I would be able to tell if I missed a single dose and it doesn't work right away and it has to be a placebo affect but I tested it and proved it is not placebo. I had him grind up 6 pills and place them in capsules along with one capsule of ground up tylenol and place them in a pill minder tray. He didn't tell me which was the fake pill but wrote down the day he placed it in. After taking the pills I was able to correctly id the fake pill due to the symptoms returning the next morning. Even though I was able to correctly ID the pill, he still doesn't believe that it isn't my thyroid causing it and is now looking at food allergies.

I have also tried to take the pills in the morning and they cause issue when I do. I get VERY hot in the afternoon and litterally have a temp of 101. I am also not able to sleep. I take them at night TO sleep. It's like they are shutting down my bodies desire to OD on adrenaline.

If I miss a dose, I can feel "normal" again by eating and drinking sugary foods to raise my low sugar levels.

BTW: I had to quit smoking shortly after the accident because every time I had a cigarette, it would make me feel worse. I have tried smoking cigars recently but if I have more than one I feel very ill again like before taking the thyroid meds.

The reason I am thinking adrenaline/cortisol is because it seems to be the root issue. Tobacco raises the adrenaline as does stress. Both which cause the same symptoms. On weekends I do much better. The stress of my job does have a dramatic affect. I can't quit my job and I am looking for another job but being a boss is just stressful. I can't change lines of work because this is what I do and can't afford to start over.

Does anyone else have symptoms like this? I am literally at the end of my rope and my grip is slipping. Going on like this just isn't worth it anymore. I know I am close to a solution.