Overactive Hyperactive
I found out I have something else wrong with me! Go figure!
Well, it really isn’t a NEW thing…its more a branch off of my form of dysautonomia. I was looking online to see exactly how sounds affect us dysautonomics and I found out there is something called “Overactive Dysautonomia”. Here is the little blurb that explains what it is:
Dysautonomia is when the autonomic nervous system (ANS) fails to work correctly, causing problems with unconscious regulation of multiple body systems and functions. Many doctors are familiar with forms of dysautonomia in which the ANS is underactive, but the opposite problem can also occur: the ANS can be overactive. This type of ANS dysfunction is rarely even recognized by doctors, because it has never acquired the official status of a specific disease.
A person suffering from overactive dysautonomia may have overactivity of the sympathetic branch of the ANS, causing symptoms such as hypervigilance, insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks, tachycardia, muscle spasms and pain, irritable bowel, and excessive vasoconstriction and oxygen deprivation anywhere in the body. Other times, the parasympathetic branch of the ANS may be overactive, causing fatigue, weakness, orthostatic hypotension, lightheadedness and dizziness, etc. A person may alternate back and forth between these two states, as the ANS constantly overreacts and struggles to maintain homeostasis. Often, people with this disease have a very difficult time dealing with stress, and normal stimuli of daily life (lights, noises, smells, temperature changes, work demands, emotional conflicts) affect them in exaggerated ways.
I thought that was kind of interesting because I had never heard of it before. My mom, the nurse, had never even heard of it before. It explains a lot though because if there is too much going on…too much noise, I start feeling goofy or spazz out. Or when I was younger, when the Fermi siren went off, I would freak out. My mom didn’t even like to take me to malls, just because too much was going on for my head to deal with. Maybe that has to do with how sometimes before I pass out, if people keep asking me how I am doing…I will get M-E-A-N!!!
How much does that suck though? “I have a heart condition…but here is a list of all my symptoms. Oh yeah, and don’t make too much noise.” Its ridiculous! Sometimes I wish I had something nice and simple so that when people ask me what I have, I tell them, they know what I am talking about. Usually when people ask I am like “I have a pacemaker and I pass out.” Clear and simple.
So I wanted to share that with you all out there with may experience some of those symptoms. Hope you guys have a great Christmas!!