Vagus nerve

[belita857]

I am having  the similar problems.  I feel dizzy and then my heart starts racing and I feel like I need to have a bowel movement. It is very scary.


This discussion is related to VAGUS NERVE and STOMACH or HEART LURCHES (spasms).

[hurtingbird77]

It was a complete mystery to me and my doctor why I was in so much pain. She wanted to conduct several tests, thought maybe I had an ulcer. I'm so happy I told my B.E.S.T. practitioner about this b/c she right away nailed what was wrong with me and did a manual adjustment w/ her had. Basically stuck her fingers in my stomach and flicked it over, it was very painful BUT the pain went away...finally some relief from months of sharp stabbing pain that made me feel like I was someone's voodoo doll. I still get pain once in a while, usually when I wake up and lay in bed too long. Once I get up it goes away. I have other "strange" symtoms that I think are corralated to a root problem I haven't been able to identify yet. Other symtoms include insomnia, daily neck tension headaches, lump in my throat feeling, heart palps, generall joint pain (neck/arms/hands/feet) pain in my uppper/back of arms and side of thighs when touched, RLS & chronic fatigue. I was thinking it was maybe fibromyalgia?? Maybe family history of parkinsons has anything to do with nerve pain?? Any thoughts on a root cause?

[daisydown]

I have similar symptoms to you. It is driving me crazy at the moment. But mine seems to come from a movement of the neck. And I get the dizzy the heart pounding and need to emprty bowel immediately. Have you ever hurt your neck/head? My GP told me this week that it could not be vagus nerve as it is too deep but I experience all the symptoms some times. Heart, voice, gurgling in throat, I had been doing so well and this is a set back - very fed up at the moment.

[bellywinks]

Just signed up after researching why I am feeling so badly. Seem to trace it to the Vagus Nerve after reading all (or most ) of the above comments. My symptoms are similiar to everyones.  I was diagnosed last year with pre-diabetes, HB, and HC.  I have since gone off all meds.  I am not big on popping pills and my #'s are better too. . I think I made my Dr's mad cuz I keep wanting to find the cause as well as a solution. Right now I have incredibly loud pulsing in my ear (it switchs from left to right by the minute), hard heartbeat and heavy chest, left arm keeps going numb and tingly.. When I lay down my upper chest and arms begin this internal vibration. It starts between 10-15minutes after getting in bed.I just had an endoscopy done with no issues and have seen enough cardio dr's to last me awhile. I sometimes have so much bloating I look 9 months preg and I get a pain that wraps all around my mid section and my back. I had my gallbladder checked with no problems.  I am going to try the magnesium as well as  meditations and avoid wheat.  I don't want to try too many changes or I wont know which is helping so I am sure I am looking at months of finding some relief or cause.  I also have issues with joint pain.  I tried taking yoga a few yrs ago but it actually made me feel achier I also couldn't do some of the bending moves cuz sometimes I feel this weird feeling under my left side under left rib like I am stuck and can't rise up again.  It hurts like a muscle pull and takes a minute to release. Thank You for any thoughts or comments.

[Vagusnerveanswers]

I have a nearly identical story to yours, and am wondering what the last few years have shown for you and whether you have gotten any resolution?

[PastorGary]

For two weeks, I have been thru a nightmare....three ER trips, two in an ambulance, several times to doctor and a two-day stay in the hospital this week. I thought I was dying a couple times.  Severe tingling in lips, feet and hands...even became brain-numb three times.  Then, at the hospital, they decided I had anxiety and treated me with a beta blocker to slow the heart and for anxiety ( bad diagnosis) which began another nightmare. I weaned myself off the beta blocker and started Clonidine along with my Lisinnipril. I take 10mg of it plus .1 Clonidine every twelve hrs.  Tingling episodes almost gone, meds keep racing heart in check. Weak, exhausted but stirred a bit today to start getting strength back.  After doing research, and after evaluating all symptoms, and after a neurologist mentioned some nervous system involvement, I began to suspect the Vagus nerve.  I would get worse every time I ate, especially if I ate more than a very small amount or especially if I ate sweets. Then, I found this forum....bingo!  I plan to educate some doctors!    

[Robb S]

Robin,  I don't know if you will ever check back for an answer to your comment to me from 2011 but will post this in case you do and for anyone who is interested.  I have struggled with the vagally-mediated atrial fibrillation since my last post here (2009?)  It has gotten some worse, with my time in a-fib about 25% of the time.  Often the triggers are related to physical activity that stresses my vagus nerve near my stomach area.  Other times, a-fib just comes on because it is that time of the cycle.  The longest that I go without an episode is maybe 2 weeks, which is rare.  Three weeks ago I had a catheter ablation done to remove the 'short circuit' paths in my heart atria that are allowing a-fib.  I have been told that to have a-fib your heart must be susceptible to a circulating electrical signal in the atria and you need to have a trigger, be it the vagus nerve or some other physical cause.  So the ablation should stop the circulating paths and prevent a-fib.  So far I have not seen any improvement in the time spent in a-fib but it can take 3 months for the healing of the inflammation on the lesions that were made during the procedure.  I will probably still feel the flutters from the vagus nerve but should not have any more a-fib episodes if the ablation is successful.  My advice is for your boyfriend to see an electrophysiologist soon.  He can try the anti-arrhythmic drugs like I did, but if they don't help I suggest the ablation procedure.  Actually there is quite a bit of documentation that shows that the ablation is much more successful and safer than drug therapy.  I wish him the best.