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Hi lemonfish, it certainly sounds like you went through a very stressful period and may be experiencing HPA axis dysfunction of some kind. Did you ask your naturopath to run a 24 hour salivary cortisol test? That would give you lots of useful information about the current state of your adrenals. The lack of sleep, over-reactivity to stress, heart palpitations and anxiety all suggest some kind of stress-related disorder.
Fawne and Dr Eric write in their book about the connection between the thyroid, adrenals, and the various feedback loops that control them. Dysfunction in one often contributes to problems with the other. Make sure you are getting a full range of thyroid tests done (not just TSH) in addition to the adrenal testing.
It sounds like you’re on the right track with your lifestyle changes. Low intensity exercise, nutritive food, and lots of sleep will help. Take your time, learn as much as you can, and don’t expect to feel better immediately! It sounds like this situation was building up for some time, so you need to give your body plenty of time to recover..
Keep us updated!
I went through a similar thing. I would get heart palpitations, almost like my heart was hiccupping, dizziness, sleep problems, etc. If you are getting some relief from taurine you could have low gaba production, it is the thing that regulates your brains response to stress. To generate gaba you need B6 and zinc. Some people have problems absorbing b6, so they take p5p.
It may be a good test to try some gaba supplement, it doesn’t always work, because of the brain blood barrier, but sometimes people get good results. You can also look into pyroluria. If you are B6 deficient and your gaba production is down, then your adrenals can get overloaded.
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