can't handle any stress???

Ok....so...for a person who used to thrive on stress and work better... now with Lyme... if something small happens...or a disagreement with someone... my body crashes... shortness breath heart pounding out of chest and feeling faint.... over dumb petty stuff... feels like I'm gonna have a heart attack or pass out.... So wth... is happening... is it adrenal?? What??? Can't function

I have this too. It's actually one of my top remaining issues.

I feel like I put off doing alot of things and they just build up due to high stress of even starting them.

Then every few months I get a couple of days where I don't have it and I try to plow through the backlog of things.

This is so sad that I can't handle really any stress either. As much as I've toned down my life, doing a lower stress job, I'm self-employed but even I can't give myself a break sometimes, and just a hectic day on the road or at the grocery store can send me into a crazy tailspin.

I have family stress that doesn't involve me (they have another set of problems and stress that I just cannot handle) that I've just completely checked out of it, they lean on me like I'm still normal, as if they didn't get the memo that I'm sick.

(I've got no spoons left for them at all, and it doesn't help when they rage at me for said spoons, they still get next to nothing, after I use the 1 or 2 spoons for self-care, which of course makes them furious...they just don't understand, then I sleep 18 hours after troubling drama and threats again, and wake up exhausted, and this stress literally makes me sick, well more sick now in a way that I just shut down completely instead of handling it like I used to. )

At l least some of y'all are able to work and function and have jobs.. that's great... haven't been able to work in almost 3 years... and I noticed that some of y'all say that you have Lyme and a couple of Co infections.. that's also a blessing... I am unfortunate enough to have lyme.. 11 Co infections.. mold.. Candida and more.. going to have to look into this Holy BAsil.. and also remove myself From this stressful relationship I'm in.... just a small disagreement or fuss and I'm almost fainting.. gasping for air.. heart pounding.. weak all over... just not normal... and tired of having to pop Xanax to calm down... half time doesn't work

Yeah I'm bad with stress too. I will get increased heart rate from someone cutting me off and being a general jerk while driving so it makes it hard to drive. I can't handle basic stuff like making phone calls and handling bills and all of that. I have to live with my mother so she handles all that. Im not sure if it's Lyme related or poor executive functioning from mental illness but it's really frustrating. I can't work either. I feel lazy or like i'm just malfunctioning (which I am but I guess it's not my fault though it's hard to feel that way).

Lithium in the doses you find over the counter should not interfere significantly with thyroid, just take them about an hour apart just like vitamins/minerals.

I resigned from college coaching in track a few weeks ago. Even though I miss the coaching aspect and runners, the stress level has decreased tremendously. The catch is I'm experiencing depression while trying to adapt. But, it seems, the drop in stress from administration, NCAA rules and expectations allows a chance to work on health.

The mental aspect of any disease is not considered enough, in my humble opinion. As far as adrenals, I have yet to have a "regular" doctor, LLMD recognize the adrenal symptoms, such as bad anxiety upon awakening (high cortisol), or times of deep fatigue. The brain does so much good but also the opposite.

There bare so many out there experiencing as you are.