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Posted by FloydAS on September 24, 2015, at 14:28:56
I detailed my daughter's struggles with rare medical disorders in another thread - those being a primary immunodeficiency and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Well, in doing more research into her continuing significant issues with anxiety and panic disorder, I came across the following link that I found very interesting.
It reveals details about the difficulties in treating individuals with anxiety that suffer from hypermobility disorders due to their overwhelming propensity to overproduce adrenaline.
Here's an excerpt:
Hypermobility and Anxiety
The bodys tendency to overreact to stresses by making too much adrenaline can lead others to think that hypermobile people are too sensitive, irritable, or anxious. Patients themselves may notice this, saying, Ive always overreacted to little things. I cant help it. It is very important to recognize two things about this phenomenon. First, it is a physical reaction, so that counseling usually will not be effective in treating this type of anxiety. Similarly, adrenaline highs and lows may be mistaken for the mood fluctuations of bipolar disorder, but mood-stabilizing medications usually are not indicated. When medication is required, beta blockers, which block adrenaline, may be as effective with fewer side effects than SSRIs like Prozac and Lexapro or benzodiazepines like Xanax and Valium. Second, while a feeling of anxiety can be produced by emotional stress, it is just as likely that such symptoms have a physical cause, most often fatigue, pain, or dehydration, and less commonly by a drop in blood sugar or blood pressure. Not surprisingly, researchers have found that anxiety and panic disorder are more common in hypermobile people.
Here's the full link:
http://www.dynakids.org/Documents/hypermobility.pdf
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