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Posted 4/6/2014 6:11 PM (GMT 0)
Do you feel like you are going to jump out of your skin of blast off to the moon but you just don't have the energy? Tired during the day but then can't sleep at night?

It could be adrenaline is the problem. When you experience pain your body goes into "fight or flight" mode and releases adrenaline into your body. Your heart rate and blood pressure increase and your muscles tighten up preparing for battle or running away. Our problem is we have nothing to fight or run away from but if you have chronic pain you can be dumping adrenaline all the time and no way to get rid of it.

Vigorous exercise is one way to get it out but that is a problem for me as well as most of the rest of you. I am trying to figure out some exercise I can do for at least 20 minutes without aggravating my pain. One article I read said that while walking may feel good it's not enough to dump the adrenaline.

Sweating is another way to get rid of it but I don't have a sauna. Trying to think of other methods for this too. (snow doesn't help)

Along with the adrenaline you also get cortisol mixed in with it.. This screws everything up and can make you tired even in the morning.

There is actually lots of reading out there if you want to look into this just do a search using "chronic pain adrenaline" or "chronic pain fight or flight". All types of other symptoms I have not mentioned here including physical changes in the brain, yikes!

t9
Posted 4/6/2014 7:23 PM (GMT 0)
….my blood pressure is a good indication of whether or not my pain meds are doing their job. At almost every single Dr visit where I needed an adjustment, the blood pressure confirmed it.

Since I work, I suppose I'm not your average chronic pain patient, and am horribly worn out when I get home. Sleeping is not a problem, but deep sleep is, and I don't think I'm getting the quality of sleep needed to restore my energy for the next day. This makes my mornings a real challenge both Physically and mentally, and it wears hard on me.

Pain meds give me the ability to function during the work hours, and I don't really have a complaint for those hours worked.

I can see if a patient was home bound most all of the time, that it may bring about the problems that you mention.

SE
Posted 4/21/2014 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
Man, I wish I could work. I am a long way from that right now. Most of my jobs didn't involve much physical labor though.

Have been having a really rough time lately and don't know why. A couple months ago I would have said things were looking better but something happened. I was trying to figure it out and remembered a doctor telling me about the adrenaline thing. I am tired all the time now.

Oh well, Wednesday is my monthly visit and maybe I will be the poster kid for Zohydro soon.
Posted 7/21/2014 1:47 AM (GMT 0)
T-9crushed,
I hope you don't mind my responding on this older post. I found it very interesting. On another thread it was just mentioned about searching the prior day's activities to understand what we had overdone to cause the increase in pain. I guess it's a constant trial and error game to see if we can find a cause. Adrenaline may be the cause for more of us. Now to find a way to exercise. Are you able to walk in the woods now?
Posted 7/21/2014 5:56 AM (GMT 0)
Abilene just so you know this person is no longer an active member here at the forum. If you would when looking through older posts, please click on the members name & it will show you when this person last posted at the forum. We try to keep the older posts from appearing when the original poster is no longer around that way us mods do not have to lock the thread.

Thanks...
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