Pain in back during adrenalin rush situations

Wow! I can't believe I have finally found a place where this issue is extensively discussed.I normally have this pain in a car after road rage and in meetings when I am about to make contributions that may go across the grain (Stage fright). I have this pain when sitting down, therefore, blockage in adrenaline passage may be the cause. In my case, I breathe deliberately slow and deep to alleviate the pain. Saying that I still want a more preventative solution. I am 40 year and quite tall.

i am a 61year old female,and I too get these symptoms, throbbing across my lower back,usually when I get highly emotional upset, lasts several seconds, than vanishes, very frightening when it happens, as my first thought is some kind of heart attack symptom. I am over weight and take no medications,other wise in over all good condition. Have had stress test and vascular tests done, all negative for problems,my cholesterol usually runs high .

I am a 28yo female with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I know I have something weird going on with my adrenals as I have low cortisol on every blood test I have but a short synacthen test comes back ok every time.
I have always been anxious but I started having panic attacks at the slightest thing last November, with hyperventilating and eventually passing out. I've got them under control enough to go back to work and have been working as a government telephony assistant.
I get a lot of calls where people direct their anger at me and as a trainee I start getting flutterings in my chest and then after the call when I calm down I have the most horrendous pain in my lower back around my kidneys which is like someone is kicking me in the spine repeatedly but rhythmically like a pulse and then it stops. It hurts for a while afterwards but it is unlike any pain I've ever had. I had trapped nerves when I was pregnant and it felt nothing like that. Anyone have any answers? I don't think it's from tensing as I try to hide my anxiety so I don't get fired and I'm pretty good at it except someone noticed my hands shaking once.

One more thing when i was younger when i got highly up set, i'd get such a high Adrenalin rush it would cause my body to shake, and I wouldn't know my own strength and if in a physical altercation I wouldn't feel any blows that were given me, and my agility was super speedy more than normally.Don't know if this is related but I don't react to stressful situations this way anymore (physically)though when i verbalize,or cry in a heated argument i get this pain across my back

A few people mention kind of a n enlighten sense after wards, I too start thinking god is reminding me not to let circumstances control me,that's usually my thought along those lines as i'am in a spiritual program trying to live alcohol and drug free 30 years now and acting differently to things than I did in the past, except when this happens as a result of reacting emotionally upset or angry, instead of pausing and praying

yes not every time though

This is cr62 (my age). I've posted previously in this thread.

Well, I went through your message closely.

You wrote: "Diet is ESSENTIAL. NO CAFFEINE as caffeine stimulates the adrenals to work - and if they are fatigued the caffeine FORCES them to work."

I don't drink coffee.

You wrote: "Same with Chocolate - theobromine does the same as caffeine. Bummer- I know."

I love chocolate, but I've tried to stay away from it as much as possible since 97, when I had a stent put in due to an artery blockage (my symptoms precede and follow that procedure, so I don't think it's related). I'm not a teetotaler; I do have the occasional chocolate if offered, but probably something like once every three to four months; very rare.

You wrote: "If you exercise a lot - STOP. I was a personal trainer that REALLY enjoyed working out TOO MUCH."

Now I gotta say that that does not make sense. The consensus in this thread so far is that physical activity, like standing up, seems to dissipate and minimize the severity of the symptoms. In my case, when I had my first attack back in the 80's, I was several pounds overweight and never exercised. After the stent, I started running regularly and lost thirty pounds. I have not noticed any improvement or degradation in the attacks, although they are less frequent. I suspect they are less frequent however because I know better what can trigger them, and I try to minimize their effect as much as possible, most frequently by standing up until the attack passes.

I have to say that, in my case, it is no longer the boogeyman I dread that it used to be. I suspect that's just because I believe I have a bit of a handle on how to prevent and control it. But it has had one long-term psychological effect that is unfortunate. I'm quite afraid of sex now. Masturbation is not a problem, but sex causes my heart rate to go up much more than masturbation. I've always been that way, and I've always had a feeling that a fast heart rate would aggravate the severity of the attack. And reading that experience from someone else on this thread that he got an attack that lasted FOUR HOURS just after he climaxed has certainly not made me feel better about this. I'd be really curious as to whether anyone who has had this problem during sex has figured out how to work around the problem. Standing up in the middle of sex is obviously not a practical solution! So what is?

As I say, other than sex, I find that it is not a constant preoccupation with me, and has not prevented me from living a normal active life otherwise. So, when you reference that it is a long hard climb back to normalcy, I'm relieved to say that it has not impacted my life as badly as it appears to have impacted yours.

I have now experienced ongoing back problems since I was 25 - I am now 43 with a bulging and a cracked disc. Any major incident of acute stress (e.g - argument with my partner or work incident) will trigger an adrenal response. Unlike others - I don't get immediate pain - it takes between 30mins to half a day for my back to 'go' - and by go I mean near paralysed with extreme inflammation in the lower back. It then takes two to three days for me to recover - and I rely on a chiropractor to accelerate the healing process but I believe acupuncture or even massage deliver accelerated healing. Personally I have learnt to let a lot of things go - but I am highly strung by nature - and even if I don't get 'angry' my body still has the same physiological response - extend adrenal rush. So in summary - I believe my adrenals overproduce adrenaline after a fright or flight physiological response, which then becomes a toxin in the body causing severe stress. The body fights this toxin - causing physical and neurological paths to weaken and break down delivering excruciating lower back pain. Best strategy is to immediately exercise (work out the adrenaline before it becomes s stored toxin) when I experience a 'rush' - however seldom feasible or possible

I work as a bouncer and suffered this last Saturday for the first time during an altercation with three males at the door of the bar I was working in. I can handle myself in a fight, wouldn't back down from anyone, I had three other bouncers alongside me and the three males weren't the biggest/scariest guys I've ever encountered - yet I was frozen on the spot with a pain so bad I thought I was going to collapse. Tonight, while working in a different venue I had to remove a large male for being aggressive and it turned into a verbal confrontation before his friends convinced him to leave. Again, I was surrounded by other bouncers so there was little chance of me coming out on the losing side of any altercation but I got the exact same excrutiating, throbbing pain in my lower back for a few minutes during the adrenalin rush.

If this continues I would not be able to keep working as a bouncer. Imagine a situation where there is a verbal confrontation, my body starts producing adrenalin and the debilitating pain renders me unable to defend myself if the situation does turn into a fight? I would be completely defenceless.

I have suffered from lower back muscle spams/strains for many years as well as a slipped disc a few years ago. This pain feels similar but much more painful. It's in the same area but the fact it subsides within a few minutes means it can't be a muscular/spinal problem.

I googled 'adrenalin back pain' and that brought me straight here. I would really appreciate some answers as to what it can be as, if it becomes a regular occurance, I'll have to start looking for a new job.

Yes I too have had anxiety and panic attacks for the last 25,,yesrs and also when I have a major panic attack I feel the pain from the lower back of the adrenals pulsate up my back with pain and yes it takes a few minutes for it to subside it's a terrible thing... I'm thinking of purchasing some tranquilene I read a lot about it and it seems to have helped a lot of people so I am thinking I will give it a try to see if it corrects my imbalancement I guess so anyway it's a real thing that most people don't understand unless they go through it there's so much more to be said about it but with family and your kids especially they don't it's hard for them two realize you're to understand when he specially you can't take them places and do things with him it's it's real sad it's terrible...

I am having the same issue I am only 21 pregnant with my 3rd baby and when me and my bf fight or something upsets me I get the crippling pains in the middle of my back I have to hold my back and just sit still till it's over.

OMG! I have had this problem for the past 10 years. Thought it was related to a fall I had that injured my tailbone...but xrays showed nothing. I experience this paralyzing pain in my back often after fervently speaking/ praying in a group setting(I'm a preacher) the pain used to be in my lower back but now(I'm 65) moves into my arms & legs causing me to be immobile for 30-40 seconds. I just Googled these symptoms and discovered it could be due to an adrenalin rush...which makes sense. I will suggest this to my doctor when I go for my check up next month!

I have had this problem for maybe a year now. It doesn't happen often but like most seem to say in here it seems to come from adrenalin rush. I was never a sick person, but just over 2 years ago now I got real sick with infection in my body and now have kidney and bladder issues. I am type 2 diabetic but haven't been told that causes anything other than greater chance of infections. When ever i've had some type of small surgery from these illnesses I get sepsis, i've had it about 4 times. Now I take antibiotics before any procedure. It is so frustrating because nothing that is wrong with me can be figured out by any doctors. I'm glad to see this forum with this back issue. I worry it has something do to with my other issues. Sick of being a sick person. I worry these spasms will get worse even though they don't happen often and there is no lingering pain like some others on here. maybe we all have something in common that doctors can work with.

I have had this pain in my neck/shoulder blades, I've had to deal with being assaulted by my mum all my life, but have her living with me now, and been attacked by her three time in as many months, and she had a verbal onslaught at me a few moments ago, and this happened to me instantly, I thought I was heading for a heart attack as the pain is immense, but it stops in a few minuets, best wishes to you all

I am 54, female, and have had episodes of the lower back pain lately, which I had a couple of years back which I noticed after getting back to my seat after a little ballroom dancing but ignored thinking that it may just be due to sudden twists and turns. I searched and googled and even feared that it may be caused by some bad "popular" cells that scared me off my feet. However, just this time, after sharing my thoughts in an ongoing discussion it came to thought that it must be adrenalin rush because it almost surged but subsided after I talked. I have friend doctors and will share my thoughts after consultations with them. Thanks all for sharing. The discussions gave me relief.