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Question: Hi I have high blood pressure spikes, I was to cardiologist they checked heart arteries made blood test, stress test there is nothing wrong with heart. So they told probably adrenal issues. I have long list symptoms which point in that direction let's start from early years :
From around 14 I had acne it could have many reasons but adrenal issues I read could be a reason. Till age of 28 I had all time my libdo was fine sometimes even crazy. I didn't took any supplements. Then all time I had acne issues, then doctor prescribed roaccutane 6 months therapy it was I think 40mg day. I was OK libdo was very good even little crazy, at the end of roaccutane therapy I was still OK. Then week later I had feeling like my battery went dead huge libido drop big depression. Now I suspect it was adrenals over burned, I had some stressful problems but at time when depression started nothing major, OK one thing my cat die at same time so yeah could be everything together. Depression I had extremely severe like crying non stop for no reason after around year and supplementing with aswagandha and rhodiola I slowly became better, I took also phosphotidylserine which is good for adrenals, I was better but not completely my testosterone was around 360-390 so lowish, I had still episodes of good libido but more rare, also I want note when depression started I change diet and it was more or less healthy salads soups no sweets no cakes fruits, intermittent fasting chlorella spirulina, nuts greens because I wanted improve testosterone hiit strength training nothing seemed to help I think at that time I had already adrenal issues, then 2015 I decided for testosterone replacement therapy because nothing helped and I thought that will help with low mood, it helped but not completely now I understand that testosterone is only one hormone to feel good, others still were missing, so I was on this average stage another 1 year then I discovered kratom which helps for depression but what I didn't understand that it will not help completely. When I took kratom I felt fantastic but it have short effect like 2h XXXXXXX so I used and stopped periodically, now 2 years ago I started to abuse it more and more use every day same time I started to use coffee sometimes I used too much like 7 cups day because I didn't felt much I thought its no harm, year ago I started take other things modafinil which is wakefulness drug but not exactly stimulant. Later I added hgh now this where things got interesting what I read online hgh shouldn't cause racing heart and blood pressure spikes I was not swollen I used aromasin because I was on trt, so my big suspicion is that already that time I had adrenal issues when body have more hgh adrenals start releasing too much other hormones. So I was in hgh 1.5months all time my heart rate was increased around 70-80 per minute BP slightly increased around 135/80 but nothing major, I run out of hgh after 1.5 months and bought peptides cjc1295 with dac plus ipamorelin I understand it force body to produce its own hgh and so it was I felt OK and good heart was working actually better little bit calmer, I still abused caffeine maybe 400mg per day sometimes, I never had blood pressure spikes above 140 July I used again pharmacy hgh again was heart rate little bit increased 70-80 BP 130-140/80 after month run out, bought peptides now immediately with first peptide dosage cjc and ipamorelin I felt strange feeling heart racing BP go up nothing super alarming, then after 3 days I had first very serious blood pressure spike 220/110 I lay down in hot bath and eventually it disappeared I was on some stimulants but even less than before so I thought I will cut back I cut out caffeine but still had these spikes, then I thought its neck relates ostechondrosus because every time I made some stretching BP went down eventually I understand its ipamorelin so I stopped it, now huge spikes I never had but with cjc 1295 still sometimes had slightly up to 160 which always quickly went away I so some breathing exercises lay down swim that help, eventually I stopped peptides also cjc I went to doctor she recommended adrenal support supplement adrenal cortex I took felt quick burst of libido and then quickly went away, after few days started same symptoms as when on hgh peptides blood pressure spikes to 160 but no more, it seemed I became way more sensitive to supplements kratom modafinil if in past I could took same dosage now it need much less otherwise problem with BP, I started to stop all together everything still my heart was little bit strange working. One week ago I bought hgh again from pharmacy I thought if these peptides adrenal support supplements make these spikes then only hgh not so much, and it is like that with only hgh ok like before my heart rate is little bit faster BP around 130 so more or less OK but I wish it was calmer. BTW I take smallest doses 1.5-2iu day, now yesterday I took rhodiola rosea and strange things happened I got way more sensitive to kratom modafinil but even when kratom was out of system still had strange feeling in chest. It feels like my adrenals working on bursts sometimes have some burst and then flame out.
Also years ago when I didn't take nothing many people were telling I'm nervous although myself I didn't felt, year ago I had some episodes of extreme anger but it was because of my girlfriend but now I'm never so angry. Now about my family father, my father had very similar issues at my age he had extreme anger episodes, acne also blood pressure around 140/85 very average mood never quit happy not exactly very depressed, but definitely anxiety problems concentration which I feel similar many similar symptoms. So yes I abused stimulants but before I had problems already I think stimulant use just accelerated problems, currently today I'm on kratom hgh trt energy wise I'm OK but mood wise average yesterday I had some quick bursts of good mood with rhodiola plus kratom but it went away.
So 2 main quesions:
1 is it adrenal fatigue now or more serious problem, when I had 2014 adrenal fatigue then really I was super low energy barely walking from coffee I didn't had any effect zero, now stimulants work, but if I stimulate adrenal with adrenal cortex or rhodiola then even normal modafinil dosage can cause huge blood pressure spike. Adrenal cortex caused strange feelings even if I didn't take any supplements, main issue adrenal push out adrenaline very unexpectedly but only in combination with supplements which stimulating adrenals.
So you think it's possible I have tumour? Because main thing what let me think that direction is these blood pressure spikes and that stimulating adrenal glands start problems always, when I had simple adrenal fatigue then supplements stimulants simply didn't work

BTW I checked thyroid tsh t3 t4 and all is normal
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Follow up: Dr. Mirjeta Guni (0 minute later)
Hi I have high blood pressure spikes, I was to cardiologist they checked heart arteries made blood test, stress test there is nothing wrong with heart. So they told probably adrenal issues. I have long list symptoms which point in that direction let's start from early years :
From around 14 I had acne it could have many reasons but adrenal issues I read could be a reason. Till age of 28 I had all time my libdo was fine sometimes even crazy. I didn't took any supplements. Then all time I had acne issues, then doctor prescribed roaccutane 6 months therapy it was I think 40mg day. I was OK libdo was very good even little crazy, at the end of roaccutane therapy I was still OK. Then week later I had feeling like my battery went dead huge libido drop big depression. Now I suspect it was adrenals over burned, I had some stressful problems but at time when depression started nothing major, OK one thing my cat die at same time so yeah could be everything together. Depression I had extremely severe like crying non stop for no reason after around year and supplementing with aswagandha and rhodiola I slowly became better, I took also phosphotidylserine which is good for adrenals, I was better but not completely my testosterone was around 360-390 so lowish, I had still episodes of good libido but more rare, also I want note when depression started I change diet and it was more or less healthy salads soups no sweets no cakes fruits, intermittent fasting chlorella spirulina, nuts greens because I wanted improve testosterone hiit strength training nothing seemed to help I think at that time I had already adrenal issues, then 2015 I decided for testosterone replacement therapy because nothing helped and I thought that will help with low mood, it helped but not completely now I understand that testosterone is only one hormone to feel good, others still were missing, so I was on this average stage another 1 year then I discovered kratom which helps for depression but what I didn't understand that it will not help completely. When I took kratom I felt fantastic but it have short effect like 2h XXXXXXX so I used and stopped periodically, now 2 years ago I started to abuse it more and more use every day same time I started to use coffee sometimes I used too much like 7 cups day because I didn't felt much I thought its no harm, year ago I started take other things modafinil which is wakefulness drug but not exactly stimulant. Later I added hgh now this where things got interesting what I read online hgh shouldn't cause racing heart and blood pressure spikes I was not swollen I used aromasin because I was on trt, so my big suspicion is that already that time I had adrenal issues when body have more hgh adrenals start releasing too much other hormones. So I was in hgh 1.5months all time my heart rate was increased around 70-80 per minute BP slightly increased around 135/80 but nothing major, I run out of hgh after 1.5 months and bought peptides cjc1295 with dac plus ipamorelin I understand it force body to produce its own hgh and so it was I felt OK and good heart was working actually better little bit calmer, I still abused caffeine maybe 400mg per day sometimes, I never had blood pressure spikes above 140 July I used again pharmacy hgh again was heart rate little bit increased 70-80 BP 130-140/80 after month run out, bought peptides now immediately with first peptide dosage cjc and ipamorelin I felt strange feeling heart racing BP go up nothing super alarming, then after 3 days I had first very serious blood pressure spike 220/110 I lay down in hot bath and eventually it disappeared I was on some stimulants but even less than before so I thought I will cut back I cut out caffeine but still had these spikes, then I thought its neck relates ostechondrosus because every time I made some stretching BP went down eventually I understand its ipamorelin so I stopped it, now huge spikes I never had but with cjc 1295 still sometimes had slightly up to 160 which always quickly went away I so some breathing exercises lay down swim that help, eventually I stopped peptides also cjc I went to doctor she recommended adrenal support supplement adrenal cortex I took felt quick burst of libido and then quickly went away, after few days started same symptoms as when on hgh peptides blood pressure spikes to 160 but no more, it seemed I became way more sensitive to supplements kratom modafinil if in past I could took same dosage now it need much less otherwise problem with BP, I started to stop all together everything still my heart was little bit strange working. One week ago I bought hgh again from pharmacy I thought if these peptides adrenal support supplements make these spikes then only hgh not so much, and it is like that with only hgh ok like before my heart rate is little bit faster BP around 130 so more or less OK but I wish it was calmer. BTW I take smallest doses 1.5-2iu day, now yesterday I took rhodiola rosea and strange things happened I got way more sensitive to kratom modafinil but even when kratom was out of system still had strange feeling in chest. It feels like my adrenals working on bursts sometimes have some burst and then flame out.
Also years ago when I didn't take nothing many people were telling I'm nervous although myself I didn't felt, year ago I had some episodes of extreme anger but it was because of my girlfriend but now I'm never so angry. Now about my family father, my father had very similar issues at my age he had extreme anger episodes, acne also blood pressure around 140/85 very average mood never quit happy not exactly very depressed, but definitely anxiety problems concentration which I feel similar many similar symptoms. So yes I abused stimulants but before I had problems already I think stimulant use just accelerated problems, currently today I'm on kratom hgh trt energy wise I'm OK but mood wise average yesterday I had some quick bursts of good mood with rhodiola plus kratom but it went away.
So 2 main quesions:
1 is it adrenal fatigue now or more serious problem, when I had 2014 adrenal fatigue then really I was super low energy barely walking from coffee I didn't had any effect zero, now stimulants work, but if I stimulate adrenal with adrenal cortex or rhodiola then even normal modafinil dosage can cause huge blood pressure spike. Adrenal cortex caused strange feelings even if I didn't take any supplements, main issue adrenal push out adrenaline very unexpectedly but only in combination with supplements which stimulating adrenals.
So you think it's possible I have tumour? Because main thing what let me think that direction is these blood pressure spikes and that stimulating adrenal glands start problems always, when I had simple adrenal fatigue then supplements stimulants simply didn't work

BTW I checked thyroid tsh t3 t4 and all is normal
doctor
Answered by Dr. Mirjeta Guni (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
About high blood pressure and adrenal pathologies:

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for asking!
I have gone carefully through your long description.
First, we can not judge about the adrenal function as far as you have been taking stimulants. You need to stop everything for 2 weeks than, if high blood pressure persists, your physician can check for pheochromacitoma. If the blood pressure gets back to normal after 2 weeks, there will be no need for other examinations.
It is very important to stop taking stimulants and if you will have difficulties having a normal life without them, your physician will suggest what to do.
Best wishes,
Dr.Mirjeta Guni
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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doctor
Answered by Dr. Mirjeta Guni (0 minute later)
Brief Answer:
About high blood pressure and adrenal pathologies:

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for asking!
I have gone carefully through your long description.
First, we can not judge about the adrenal function as far as you have been taking stimulants. You need to stop everything for 2 weeks than, if high blood pressure persists, your physician can check for pheochromacitoma. If the blood pressure gets back to normal after 2 weeks, there will be no need for other examinations.
It is very important to stop taking stimulants and if you will have difficulties having a normal life without them, your physician will suggest what to do.
Best wishes,
Dr.Mirjeta Guni
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
doctor
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Follow up: Dr. Mirjeta Guni (1 hour later)
I forgot to tell in my initial post but I have taken many breaks last 4 months and before also,
So I would say I started use coffee modafinil 2 years ago and I definitely took breaks
I was travelling one time per month for week to 10 days I didn't take nothing even cup of coffee in hotel, when I returned I resumed coffee modafinil but not exactly every single day truths to be told when I took I took a lot sometimes. At that time I would never happen blood pressure spikes above 150 I had one time 155/90 but really it was mistake with modafinil dosage I took 400mg instead of 200 I think if I took now 400mg modafinil it would be disaster immediately, I have taken breaks also now last few months when this problem started, up to 11days during that time I'm on very average mood blood pressure still creeping near 140/90 heart rate around 70 some days better some worse. If I get stressed then I'm somehow waking up and mood improving normally no supplement day I'm very average little bit tired sleepy if I have really stressful event for example dangerous situations in mountain risk falling I got scared and remaining evening felt OK my mood improved. I know very well that if I take break from stimulants kratom I'm just returning in very average mood state and I have huge suspicion about adrenal problems. Is it possible some ultrasound diagnostics or something to do now? What I don't understand what happened in body last 6 months if I could take any stimulant and I was not sensitive at all then now I'm extremely sensitive could this be sign that during that abuse period I caused adrenal tumor or something, I can take break and I know what will happen I will have average mood and if I resume take anything like even coffee little bit stronger it can cause blood pressure spike. I know I need stay away from stimulants but what is my biggest question what happened in my body last few months usually what I thought would happen would be that I simply start feeling nothing from stimulants but now I'm like clogged engine sometimes work perfect sometimes jerking few hours and go sleep again. So blood pressure is not only issue even now I'm depressed even if take stimulants, just more easy if not take then completely numb feeling. I want to ask which hormones adrenal glands produce is they responsible for emotional feelings like wanting to socialize talk with people, appreciate nature etc. Or adrenal glands only produce cortisol and not most important for other hormones
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Follow up: Dr. Mirjeta Guni (0 minute later)
I forgot to tell in my initial post but I have taken many breaks last 4 months and before also,
So I would say I started use coffee modafinil 2 years ago and I definitely took breaks
I was travelling one time per month for week to 10 days I didn't take nothing even cup of coffee in hotel, when I returned I resumed coffee modafinil but not exactly every single day truths to be told when I took I took a lot sometimes. At that time I would never happen blood pressure spikes above 150 I had one time 155/90 but really it was mistake with modafinil dosage I took 400mg instead of 200 I think if I took now 400mg modafinil it would be disaster immediately, I have taken breaks also now last few months when this problem started, up to 11days during that time I'm on very average mood blood pressure still creeping near 140/90 heart rate around 70 some days better some worse. If I get stressed then I'm somehow waking up and mood improving normally no supplement day I'm very average little bit tired sleepy if I have really stressful event for example dangerous situations in mountain risk falling I got scared and remaining evening felt OK my mood improved. I know very well that if I take break from stimulants kratom I'm just returning in very average mood state and I have huge suspicion about adrenal problems. Is it possible some ultrasound diagnostics or something to do now? What I don't understand what happened in body last 6 months if I could take any stimulant and I was not sensitive at all then now I'm extremely sensitive could this be sign that during that abuse period I caused adrenal tumor or something, I can take break and I know what will happen I will have average mood and if I resume take anything like even coffee little bit stronger it can cause blood pressure spike. I know I need stay away from stimulants but what is my biggest question what happened in my body last few months usually what I thought would happen would be that I simply start feeling nothing from stimulants but now I'm like clogged engine sometimes work perfect sometimes jerking few hours and go sleep again. So blood pressure is not only issue even now I'm depressed even if take stimulants, just more easy if not take then completely numb feeling. I want to ask which hormones adrenal glands produce is they responsible for emotional feelings like wanting to socialize talk with people, appreciate nature etc. Or adrenal glands only produce cortisol and not most important for other hormones
doctor
Answered by Dr. Mirjeta Guni (43 hours later)
Brief Answer:
About adrenal gland exploration:

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,
From the three hormones produced by the adrenal gland (catecholamines, aldosterone, cortisol), cortisol is the one who may cause mood alterations, meanwhile all of them cause hypertension when produced in excess.
To judge about adrenal function you need to check all of them ( 2 weeks without stimulants), and MRi is the most sensitive radiologic tool who rules out/ confirms adrenal tumors. Ultrasound can help in big tumors.
Hope the information will help!
Best wishes,
Dr.Mirjeta Guni
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
doctor
doctor
Answered by Dr. Mirjeta Guni (0 minute later)
Brief Answer:
About adrenal gland exploration:

Detailed Answer:
Hi again,
From the three hormones produced by the adrenal gland (catecholamines, aldosterone, cortisol), cortisol is the one who may cause mood alterations, meanwhile all of them cause hypertension when produced in excess.
To judge about adrenal function you need to check all of them ( 2 weeks without stimulants), and MRi is the most sensitive radiologic tool who rules out/ confirms adrenal tumors. Ultrasound can help in big tumors.
Hope the information will help!
Best wishes,
Dr.Mirjeta Guni
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Hi I have high blood pressure spikes, I was to cardiologist they checked heart arteries made blood test, stress test there is nothing wrong with heart. So they told probably adrenal issues. I have long list symptoms which point in that direction let's start from early years : From around 14 I had acne it could have many reasons but adrenal issues I read could be a reason. Till age of 28 I had all time my libdo was fine sometimes even crazy. I didn't took any supplements. Then all time I had acne issues, then doctor prescribed roaccutane 6 months therapy it was I think 40mg day. I was OK libdo was very good even little crazy, at the end of roaccutane therapy I was still OK. Then week later I had feeling like my battery went dead huge libido drop big depression. Now I suspect it was adrenals over burned, I had some stressful problems but at time when depression started nothing major, OK one thing my cat die at same time so yeah could be everything together. Depression I had extremely severe like crying non stop for no reason after around year and supplementing with aswagandha and rhodiola I slowly became better, I took also phosphotidylserine which is good for adrenals, I was better but not completely my testosterone was around 360-390 so lowish, I had still episodes of good libido but more rare, also I want note when depression started I change diet and it was more or less healthy salads soups no sweets no cakes fruits, intermittent fasting chlorella spirulina, nuts greens because I wanted improve testosterone hiit strength training nothing seemed to help I think at that time I had already adrenal issues, then 2015 I decided for testosterone replacement therapy because nothing helped and I thought that will help with low mood, it helped but not completely now I understand that testosterone is only one hormone to feel good, others still were missing, so I was on this average stage another 1 year then I discovered kratom which helps for depression but what I didn't understand that it will not help completely. When I took kratom I felt fantastic but it have short effect like 2h XXXXXXX so I used and stopped periodically, now 2 years ago I started to abuse it more and more use every day same time I started to use coffee sometimes I used too much like 7 cups day because I didn't felt much I thought its no harm, year ago I started take other things modafinil which is wakefulness drug but not exactly stimulant. Later I added hgh now this where things got interesting what I read online hgh shouldn't cause racing heart and blood pressure spikes I was not swollen I used aromasin because I was on trt, so my big suspicion is that already that time I had adrenal issues when body have more hgh adrenals start releasing too much other hormones. So I was in hgh 1.5months all time my heart rate was increased around 70-80 per minute BP slightly increased around 135/80 but nothing major, I run out of hgh after 1.5 months and bought peptides cjc1295 with dac plus ipamorelin I understand it force body to produce its own hgh and so it was I felt OK and good heart was working actually better little bit calmer, I still abused caffeine maybe 400mg per day sometimes, I never had blood pressure spikes above 140 July I used again pharmacy hgh again was heart rate little bit increased 70-80 BP 130-140/80 after month run out, bought peptides now immediately with first peptide dosage cjc and ipamorelin I felt strange feeling heart racing BP go up nothing super alarming, then after 3 days I had first very serious blood pressure spike 220/110 I lay down in hot bath and eventually it disappeared I was on some stimulants but even less than before so I thought I will cut back I cut out caffeine but still had these spikes, then I thought its neck relates ostechondrosus because every time I made some stretching BP went down eventually I understand its ipamorelin so I stopped it, now huge spikes I never had but with cjc 1295 still sometimes had slightly up to 160 which always quickly went away I so some breathing exercises lay down swim that help, eventually I stopped peptides also cjc I went to doctor she recommended adrenal support supplement adrenal cortex I took felt quick burst of libido and then quickly went away, after few days started same symptoms as when on hgh peptides blood pressure spikes to 160 but no more, it seemed I became way more sensitive to supplements kratom modafinil if in past I could took same dosage now it need much less otherwise problem with BP, I started to stop all together everything still my heart was little bit strange working. One week ago I bought hgh again from pharmacy I thought if these peptides adrenal support supplements make these spikes then only hgh not so much, and it is like that with only hgh ok like before my heart rate is little bit faster BP around 130 so more or less OK but I wish it was calmer. BTW I take smallest doses 1.5-2iu day, now yesterday I took rhodiola rosea and strange things happened I got way more sensitive to kratom modafinil but even when kratom was out of system still had strange feeling in chest. It feels like my adrenals working on bursts sometimes have some burst and then flame out. Also years ago when I didn't take nothing many people were telling I'm nervous although myself I didn't felt, year ago I had some episodes of extreme anger but it was because of my girlfriend but now I'm never so angry. Now about my family father, my father had very similar issues at my age he had extreme anger episodes, acne also blood pressure around 140/85 very average mood never quit happy not exactly very depressed, but definitely anxiety problems concentration which I feel similar many similar symptoms. So yes I abused stimulants but before I had problems already I think stimulant use just accelerated problems, currently today I'm on kratom hgh trt energy wise I'm OK but mood wise average yesterday I had some quick bursts of good mood with rhodiola plus kratom but it went away. So 2 main quesions: 1 is it adrenal fatigue now or more serious problem, when I had 2014 adrenal fatigue then really I was super low energy barely walking from coffee I didn't had any effect zero, now stimulants work, but if I stimulate adrenal with adrenal cortex or rhodiola then even normal modafinil dosage can cause huge blood pressure spike. Adrenal cortex caused strange feelings even if I didn't take any supplements, main issue adrenal push out adrenaline very unexpectedly but only in combination with supplements which stimulating adrenals. So you think it's possible I have tumour? Because main thing what let me think that direction is these blood pressure spikes and that stimulating adrenal glands start problems always, when I had simple adrenal fatigue then supplements stimulants simply didn't work BTW I checked thyroid tsh t3 t4 and all is normal