Are There Any Medical Tests To Confirm Hyperstimulation?

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Are there any medical tests to confirm hyperstimulation?

There’s no direct medical test for hyperstimulation, but some medical markers can hint at it. Elevated cortisol, thyroid levels, and high and low blood sugar may indicate hyperstimulation. However, they’re also linked to conditions like Cushing’s Disease or hyperthyroidism, leading to misdiagnosis.

A diagnosis of nervous system dysregulation can suggest hyperstimulation, but doctors rarely connect it to anxiety. Many anxious and hyperstimulated people receive incorrect diagnoses because the medical community isn’t fully aware of how chronic anxiety can lead to hyperstimulation, and then how long it takes to recover from hyperstimulation.

However, if all your medical tests come back normal yet symptoms persist, it strongly suggests hyperstimulation.

The best confirmation? When anxiety recovery eliminates your symptoms, proving hyperstimulation was the cause all along.

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Apart from my symptoms, are there any medical tests to confirm hyperstimulation?

Directly, no. Indirectly, possibly.

Elevated cortisol is a common indication of hyperstimulation. However, because elevated cortisol can also indicate a medical illness, such as Cushing’s Disease, adrenal tumor, and others, having your blood checked for elevated cortisol may produce an incorrect diagnosis.

This happened to me (Jim Folk) when I was struggling with anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed with hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s Disease) when my problematic anxiety was the cause of my elevated cortisol.

Also, hyperstimulation can occur even though cortisol test results are within the normal range. So, a cortisol test might not be that helpful.

Elevated thyroid is another common indication of hyperstimulation. Since stress hormones affect the production of other hormones, hyperstimulation can cause an increase in some hormones and a decrease in others.

Elevated thyroid, too, is often misdiagnosed as an overactive thyroid gland. We’ve seen numerous anxiety clients diagnosed and treated for hyperthyroidism when their anxiety was the cause of their elevated thyroid hormone.

Elevated blood sugar, MRI and fMRI scans, and other tests could also be used to show hyperstimulation. For instance, a diagnosis of a dysregulated nervous system could point to hyperstimulation if the cause of a dysregulated nervous system isn’t established. But again, these test results can be interpreted to show other medical conditions rather than hyperstimulation.

And since the medical community is currently mostly unaware of anxiety-caused hyperstimulation, they generally don’t connect the dots.

Hopefully, as the medical community gains a better understanding of anxiety, its cause, and treatment, a combination of tests can be used to show hyperstimulation and the degree.

Until then, going to your doctor about hyperstimulation would most likely be unhelpful and maybe even harmful if you are given an incorrect medical diagnosis. Too often, we’ve seen incorrect diagnoses and treatments.

However, on the flip side, having all your medical test results come back normal even though you are symptomatic is another indirect indication.

For instance, if all of your medical tests came back normal and your doctor diagnoses anxiety disorder or stress, yet you are highly symptomatic, that can also be used to confirm hyperstimulation since there isn’t a medical cause for your symptoms.

Chronic stress and how it affects the body is another indirect indication.

Research to date is clear on stress’s negative effects. For more information, visit our “Hyperstimulation And Its Effects” section in Chapter 14.

When you factor in all the ways chronic stress can adversely affect the body, you have the perfect correlation between anxiety, the stress it causes, and symptoms. In this regard, it’s a perfect match!

Then, when you eliminate hyperstimulation and its symptoms through your recovery efforts, the connection is absolutely clear. Practical evidence will be your final confirmation.