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Originally Posted by BudFox
I had pretty bad issues with tachycardia for a while. Is significantly better now. The difference was a variety of purely physiological interventions involving reducing toxin load, changing diet, dealing with chronic infections, calming the nervous system, and endocrine stuff.
I had a few panic attacks also and have had problems with severe anxiety and agitation, depression, mood disturbance, and more. These are all common in Lyme disease and in mercury toxicity and even severe nutrient deficiencies.
I also have some trauma and prolonged emotional distress in the picture, so yea it's confusing. But I thikn the physiological factors need to be addressed. They will not go away and could be the root cause. Things like panic and anxiety can seemingly be psychological phenomenon OR purely physiological.
Incidentally, a cardiac work-up revealed nothing. The cardiologist was pretty much useless. He only knew how to order tests, review the data, and feed it back to me.
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In my case, I had a doctor who was pretty diligent in trying to help me. We looked into all manner of causes. Vitamin/nutrient deficiencies, endocrine tumors, blood work, gut stuff, etc.
I, and they, wanted to rule out any physiological cause because A) heart problems are something doctors take seriously, and B) I kept getting sick. As it turns out, I'm pretty darn healthy, physically speaking and as far as my levels go. No deficiencies. Nothing in my system to bring up any red flags. But my body keeps playing games.
You are right, it is important to rule out anything medical that could be the root cause and it should be addressed. Some diseases can mess with the neurotransmitters in your head, bringing on anxiety and depression. But as I said before, I think our mind can also make you physically ill as a side-effect of a mental illness. As I feel better, my body feels better. When I feel worse, I get sick again or have more problems.