Inability to exercise, Da Costa Syndrome or Dystonia Neurocirculatoria? Somatic Anxiety?
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2 years ago i took a lot of caffeine before i went to the gym. I drinked 2 bottles of energy drink. And after that while i was working out suddenly my heart started to beat so fast and loud i thought i was gonna pass out, i had so strong palpitations and i started shaking and feeling dizzy, i thought i was going to die and then my friend drived me to the hospital. My heart was beating so fast and loud for 30 minutes so then they gave me some beta blockers and diazepam and after 30 minutes i was okay. And after that day my life changed forever. I could not workout anymore. I could not do any kind of exercise. Even when i was doing the smallest physical activity my heart was beating so loud and fast and palpitating and i felt dizzy all the time. Now 2 years later i still cannot exercise. Even when i exercise with small weights my heart beats and palpitates so loud i cant handle it. It feels like im gonna have heart attack. If i try to exercise harder i get chest pains and loud heart beats with palpitations and at the end i get very hard panic attacks. So i no longer dare to exercise. Im very anxious and deppresed now for a long time because i cant workout and im addicted to workouts and gym. Just to mention ive done all the tests with my heart with 2 different cardiologist and they said everything is fine with my heart. One private doctor told me that my symptoms could be Da Costa Syndrome or dystonia neurocirculatoria(neurovegetativa). Does anyone have similar problem? Anyone knows how to cure this or is this even curable? Could this be just somatic Anxiety?
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david76205 mark73556
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absolutely, and you can pronounce anxiety unlike that thing your doctor said you might have. i tend to go with the easiest, common sense answer over complicated words that i cant pronounce. your anxiety can be managed one of two ways, you can go the all natural way, with meditation and yoga and/or other techniques. Or you can see a psychiatrist and get medicated for it. the second option was easiest and quickest relief for me, but others swear by the natural way. its up to you which way you chose to handle it, but those are your options if you plan to go with the anxiety diagnosis. good luck and you are not alone.
mark73556 david76205
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I tried with antidepressant fluvoxamine ( Faverin ) for a 7 months.... But it didnt help....
david76205 mark73556
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from your post you make it sound like you have not been diagnosed with anxiety yet?
if it does turn out that you have anxiety disorder....., there are a ton of different medications to control anxiety. Just because one did not work for you, does not mean another wont work for you. everybodies chemical make up is different and why there are different medications.
so, if your convinced it is anxiety, find a good psychiatrist and see them. its a process, most medications take two to three weeks in your system before their full effectiveness can be felt. and theres no guarentee your first go around will be a success, so you may have to keep trying different medications until you find the right ones for you. your psychiatrist, if he is any good, will most probably know which medication would suit you based upon the symptoms you tell him you have.
ccosta mark73556
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Mark,
You are provably the closest person I found with the way my issue started. Back in August 2019, I took a preworkout that changed my life. Get this, I never had issues with high caffiene products. I was trying a new one called Mr. Hyde. I've taken so many others with no issues, The day it happened, my heart started racing and my breathing was super rapid. Took awhile to calm down and I thought I was going to pass out. Since then, I've never been the same. I started getting similar attacks for many months. It felt like I was losing control. Doctors said its anxiety from that fearful day. I hardly do anything active now because the fear of it happening again still lingers. I still get anxious to where my adrenaline kicks in once awhile, and my heart starts to pound faster until I can take some deep breaths.
I've learned to accept that its anxiety and it was induced by that particular day. It's like a switch came on and it doesn't want to go off. It's been close to 8 months now and I don't let the small anxiety attacks get to me as much. I did so many heart tests and holter monitors for 30-days. They come back normal. Feel free to hit me up
Hey, we are here and still breathing. I'm blessed to say that even though I have my battle.
mark73556 ccosta
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I took preworkout that day too... It was preworkout from " Rich Piana" and + i took one energy drink.I didnt write preworkout because most of people doesnt know what it is so i just said i took 2 energy drinks instead of saying preworkout.Can you workout now? Do you too have problems with racing heart while doing any kind of physical activity? Even when im walking up the stairs my heart starts racing badly... not to mention what is happening when i try to lift heavier weights... it feels like my heart will explode and my brain gets so dizzy like im gonna pass out. And sometimes even if im not working out i get episodes of racing heart.. When im laying in my bed and watching movies and sometimes it wakes me up in the middle of the night... It feels like im gonna have heart attack. And i have that weird feeling all the day in my brain.. something between dizziness and passing out. I cant concentrate or focus normally.... So can you workout now? Do you too have problems with racing heart and palpitations while doing any kind of physical activity? And what symptoms do you have now and how are you feeling?
ccosta mark73556
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To answer your question, it's most likely anxiety. Somatic typically starts with anxiety since we are concerned with symptoms of the heart. For others, it may be something else.
dalonte59051 ccosta
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thank you
k08610 mark73556
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I think it's a form of PTSD, the experience traumatized you. I've had this it takes time but start slowly. I could barely walk at one point, and now I'm so much better then I ever imagined, physically that is.
MrFrisky mark73556
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It certainly sounds like anxiety caused by what happened 2 years ago when you were exercising. When you try exercising now your subconscious may be trying to stop you as it remembers what happened the last time.