Posted by Cairo on April 21, 2006, at 11:58:01
In reply to Klonopin use and episodes related to eating??, posted by Glydin on April 20, 2006, at 8:55:06
I had a couple of episodes where immediately after eating, I'd experience profound relaxation and almost euphoria. My husband said it might be due to vagus nerve stimulation. Here's what I found:
"We have a growing number of post-polio patients who feel exhausted after a meal. When their stomachs fill with food, the vagus is apparently overstimulated and triggers a drop in blood pressure, causing feelings of fatigue and sometimes palpitations. Polio survivors have also been reporting another problem: food sticking in the upper esophagus. We think this is due to the vagus not stimulating esophagus muscles to move the food downward. When food gets stuck, irritation triggers a painful esophagus muscle spasm that also stimulates the vagus nerve, causing blood pressure to drop and the heart to race or to slow."
http://www.newmobility.com/review_article.cfm?id=488&action=browseSo increased heart rate might seem like a panic attack and increase anxiety in some, and lower heart rate in others.
Some other articles that caught my interest:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1684865&dopt=Abstract
http://stresseraser.com/stresseraser-science.htmlThe Stresseraser sounds interesting. I read they're going to do a study comparing the Stresseraser to muscle relaxation techniques and to something else I can't remember. Believe it's going to be at NYU. Probably one can get similar results by just doing relaxation/visualization techniques several times a day, but if a device helps you do that where you normally wouldn't spend the time 3-4 times a day practicing relaxation, then I guess it's a good thing.
Cairo
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