adrenaline surges

[peggy64]

Hello Dr Lupo, thank you for your time.

I have been waking up every 1.5-2 hours like a rush of adrenaline surges into me. I have not had a good night sleep in 2 years. Needless to say, I am exhausted. It is not anxiety as xanax, ativan and atarax have been tried and proven useless.

What is your take on this?

Again, I'd like to thank you for your time.

[stella5349]

I am not impressed with relying on just serum blood work for adrenals. The best and most accurate gold seal testing would be a 24 hr cortisol saliva test.

[peggy64]

thanks stella,

He did do a blood test this week to test that out. Says it will be 2 weeks before I get the results

[stella5349]

Great advice for you Peg from Dr Lupo and.....

maybe suggest to your doctor adrenal fatigue testing to rule that out.

[Mark Lupo, M.D.]

Would have thyroid tested.  Doubt it's a pheochromocytoma (adrenaline producing tumor), but could ask your doctor about that.  If all else fails, see a sleep specialist.