肾上腺素激增和躁郁症
有一天，当我挂在西半球最高的独立建筑——加拿大国家电视塔的侧面时，我想到了肾上腺素激增和躁郁症。他们称之为“边缘漫步”(Edge Walk)，在大楼外1168英尺高的地方走一圈，会让人肾上腺素激增。双相情感障碍治疗与风险承受)．那么肾上腺素激增对双相情感障碍有什么影响呢?
肾上腺素激增，忽视双相情感障碍
当我过去玩滑翔伞和跳伞时，我的肾上腺素激增。这两项活动让我的肾上腺素激增了大约200次，我很享受其中的绝大多数(濒临死亡也会让你的肾上腺素激增，至少在我的跳伞中完成了一次，但它远没有那么有趣)。但是，说真的，我觉得我对这些都不够关注双相情感障碍的症状当时，我想真正看到肾上腺素对我的躁郁症产生的影响。
我确实记得当时的匆忙和后来的车祸，但这些都是很正常的肾上腺素反应。当然，我的双相情感障碍在这段时间并没有那么糟糕，所以这可能影响了我的肾上腺素体验。
我最近的肾上腺素激增和躁郁症
但最近的肾上腺素激增是不同的。当我走在大楼外面的时候，我吓坏了。我没想过我会是，但我是。当导游指出地标等时，直直地往下看让人目瞪口呆。一开始，我所能做的只是不把我绑在建筑物上的绳索弄断，我的双手用尽了所有的力气。
但最终，(实际上是相当快的)是时候真正地悬挂在建筑物的一侧了。我向后和向前都是这样做的。现在想起来我的胃都有点不舒服。当时我很确定，我将成为85,000人中的第一个打破安全带或系绳的人。认真对待。
当然，我没有。当然，我和其他人一样，都很好。安全是他们的事，在那上面。
肾上腺素对我的躁郁症的影响
当我掉到地上的时候，肾上腺素疯狂地飙升。我无法停止微笑，我对自己印象深刻。感觉不像双极轻度躁狂但它确实让人感觉精力充沛。然后我意识到，我的感觉不仅仅是疼痛和抑郁这么多年来第一次。这么多年来，我第一次感觉到某物类似于正常。这么多年来，我第一次觉得自己不再痛苦;感觉我可以呼吸了。
我必须挂在1168英尺高的建筑物上才能感觉自己是个人，这是一种令人沮丧的意识。我把这个想法告诉了和我在一起的人，他很伤心。这真是一件令人悲伤的事情。
说了这么多，和我的双相情感障碍的正常经历很受欢迎，实际上呢给了我希望。是的，我有一个令人沮丧的认识，但我也意识到我的身体除了疼痛之外还有其他感觉。过了这么久，我不知道还能不能。但它可以。
所以也许，只是也许，这意味着有一天我会以一种更可持续的方式找回那种感觉。也许我能想出更多的办法来击退这种躁郁症。也许我未来的日子都不一样了。
这一点也不令人沮丧。
你可以找到娜塔莎·特雷西在Facebook上或谷歌+或@Natasha_Tracy在推特上或在双相情感嘟囔，她的博客。
[后记:如果你想知道，那么多肾上腺素之后的撞车是令人讨厌的。它需要大量的休息和大量的无所事事。好吧，如果你是我的话。
APA的参考
特雷西，N.(2015年11月10日)。肾上腺素激增和躁郁症，HealthyPlace。检索时间为2022年5月28日，网址为//www.lharmeroult.com/blogs/breakingbipolar/2015/11/adrenaline-rushes-and-bipolar-disorder
作者:Natasha Tracy
我是一名58岁的医学博士，由于我的双相情感障碍/药物滥用/多动症，我不幸地在2003年失去了行医的特权。当然是毁灭性的损失。这是一次改变思想/生活的经历。我打算把我的故事写下来，看看能不能让人把它出版。问题是我的能量水平。我是在30岁的时候自我诊断的(我去看的精神病医生也同意我的说法!!)那时我正在实习。我知道我在12岁的时候就有了这些症状，因为那时候我尝试了酒精，它成了我的解决方案。酒精很快就帮我做了我自己做不到的事。自1990年3月以来，我一直在治疗中心进进出出。 I have been sober now for a year and 8 months this time. I feel like if I relapse again I won't have the strength nor interest to ever stop again. Since I first saw Nicholas Cage in the movie "Leaving Las Vegas" I decided that was my fate. That is the type of thinking that comes from my mental illnesses. In any case, my experience with adrenaline rushes (in hypomanic and manic phases) is mixed. If I'm in low hypomanic phase it is WONDERFUL!!!! If I could figure out a way to stay at that level or even in a medium hypomanic state I would have a GOOD life. My experience with Bipolar Disorder is being in hypomanic states that eventually turned into full blown manic states. In full blown mania I am a person that nobody wants to be around. It is a person that I don't recognize nor does anyone else. The adrenaline rushes feel FANTASTIC while you are in the rushes. Basically with the dump of dopamine into the brain and the adrenaline rushing through my bloodstream it is like being on methamphetamine or cocaine. Ergo and to wit my tolerance for alcohol and other CNS depressants. I could tell stories about many drugs but alcohol has ALWAYS been my drug of choice. Before I went to my first treatment in 3/1990 my tolerance had reached quite a high level. I could drink a case of beer and a fifth of vodka and still function without slurring my words. That is due to the dopamine and adrenaline. I have always has this theory about adrenaline having analgesic properties, at least for me, due to many instances. For the last year or so I was in a mildly depressed state. I HATE the depression side of Bipolar!!! I have a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder. Even without lifting anything if I place my right shoulder/arm in the wrong position I experience severe shooting pain and then some numbness in my hand. I have just been through a high hypomanic. I had so much energy that I didn't know what to do with it. I decided to mow my lawn and I did it quickly and vigorously. I realized that I was not feeling ANY pain in my right shoulder/arm. Several hours later, after I had done some things that help slow me down (other than CNS depressants) I noticed the pain returning. At that point I realized that my theory had been proven. I don't know if anyone else has similar experiences with adrenaline rushes but that is my experience. Thanks for listening.
嗨，詹姆斯，你描述的很多东西引发了我对自己经历的思考。我被诊断得很晚，在30多年的症状之后。我尽量写得很短:37年前的一场几乎致命的车祸，多年的康复，从那以后一直在慢性疼痛中——但我已经学会了忍受它。抑郁:我以为是因为要应对持续的疼痛。轻躁狂:我认为这是我的正常状态，不明白为什么其他人这么懒，这么慢，还要睡那么多。:)我曾经是一名艺术家，几乎“享受”了抑郁，因为他们给了我一个创作的主题。非常成功，获得了很多奖项。第一次向别人展示我的作品让我肾上腺素激增。与此同时，我也做过危险的事情——(在我狂躁的阶段，感觉不到疼痛，寻找另一种方式来获得肾上腺素激增，让我感觉我还活着)我想我需要它来证明自己，事故并没有带走一切。当我遇到别人时，我要么处于轻度躁狂状态，吹嘘我曾经去过的地方，我所完成的事情(当然没有意识到“吹嘘”的因素或我留下的糟糕印象)，其他时候我不跟别人说话，因为我害怕交流，害怕我无话可说，害怕我说错话…… Later I learned that people thought I was extremely arrogant. Sleeping just 3 -4 hours/night burned me out. constant jetlag didn't help. I was offered a job, I took it and managed to keep it for 10 years, but had to work more and more and became less efficient because my brain was so foggy for not sleeping sufficiently. After 3 times in the ER within a month, I successfully applied for disability. Losing my job and losing my income got me in a deep phase of depression. I had my drinking under control while I was working, but it became uncontrolled it after I lost my job. I started in the late afternoon and needed much less than you because my tolerance level was much lower, but still, I drank to feel better, to forget, and avoiding to face reality. Since it was a relatively short time (2 years till I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and got my pills), I managed to get out of my drinking habits on my own. I can hardly imagine what it takes to break a very long habit. Congratulations to you for being sober! I saw two fantastic doctors, one for psychiatric and one for psychology, who worked together. The psychologist finally diagnosed me with being bipolar and I got the right pills to level me. I am taking the least amount possible, otherwise, I feel like a zombie with no energy at all, sleeping 9 -11 hours or even longer. I still don't feel pain when I am in my hypomanic state and hurt my body through work, but I forego the pain for the pleasure I get from working in my garden in a hypomanic phase. Sometimes I miss my manic phases, the feeling to be on top of the world, being brilliant, and invulnerable. Since I am on pills I am not seeking for adrenaline rushes anymore - there is a clear connection for me. Unfortunately, my creative drive is gone as well. I moved, I changed my life totally, my awards are in a box, nothing around me reminds me of my past. I am trying to live NOW, and most of the time I can manage. Write your book. You'll do it probably more for yourself than for anyone else. Rethink the idea of searching for a publisher. Do you have the tenacity to go on and on when you get on rejection after the other? Will any rejection be seen as a failure that gets you into another phase of depression? The market is small, stories written by people with bipolar disorder/addictions have already been published. And finally, I agree: adrenaline rushes, manic phases and feeling no pain go hand in hand.
是的，你必须在生命受到威胁的时刻祝福自己，让自己感觉像一个真实的人，或者任何类似上帝在给你呼吸生命时所希望的东西。因为我们都是不同的，所以不同是可以的。我在纽约未完工的Americana酒店(1962年)顶上的类似经历也是一种真实/虚幻的冲动。我从灾难中走出来，感觉自己又完整了。绝对不是每个人都适合。然而，并不是每个人都觉得生活不值得过。你做了让我有感觉的事!!