Stress

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Stress

• Any reaction to a physical, emotional, mental or
  social stimulus
• Occasional feeling of anger, concern or sadness
  is normal but when more frequent or chronic, this
  reaction becomes pathologic
• For demonstration purposes, we can refer to the
  stress reaction

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Stress Reaction

• Start of the Fight or Flight changes in
• Respiratory system
• Circulatory system
• Splanchnic circulation
• Nervous system

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Respiratory changes

• Hyperventilation
• Reduced oxygen delivery
• Decreased expansion of the thoracic cage and
  chest, back musculature
• CO2 retention leads to acidic pH environment
  called respiratory acidosis

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Causing

• Shortness of breath
• Feeling of exhaustion
• Back spasm, side stitch
• Hyperventilation tingling

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Circulatory changes

• Tachycardia
• Hypertensive response (white coat)
• Shunting of blood to muscles
• Vascular bed vasoconstricted

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Feelings of

• Palpitations
• Pounding chest
• Chest pain
• Pounding head ache
• Distraction

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The Splanchnic Circulation

• Less blood flow to the digestive system
• Less mucous formation to the stomach and its
  contents
• More acidic chyme to small intestine
• Poorly digested chyle to the large intestine and
  its flora
• Less vagus nerve stimulation/movement by the
  entire system

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Translation

• Gastritis, reflux, ulcers
• Diarrhea, bloating, malabsorption
• Dumping lining damage and leaky gut
• Resultant nutritional deficiency

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Nervous system

• Adrenalin production from kidney/adrenals
• Pituitary produces ACTH-cortisol/cortisone
• Depleated neurotransmitters
• Increased metabolism of pro fat carb with
  excessive mineral depletion

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Result

• Difficulty with concentration
• Fatigue (stimulant seeking)
• Poor resultant rest and nutrition
• Poor metabolism and increased free radical
  formation with inflammatory response heightened
• Poor immune response- infection
• Further stress intolerance

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Depeated neurotransmitter
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-Free radical formation and endothelial
damage -heart muscletaxed (demand outruns
supply) from higher systemic pressures, poor
nutrient supply,faster rate and sensitized
electical system
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The start of muscle and joint pain
------------------------------- Tendinitis and
Bursitis
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Treatment

• No dairy, processed food
• No caffeine or alcohol
• Daily exercise
• Daily relaxing ritual (breathing)
• Regular sleep
• Change internal conversations
• Stress ID

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• Medical leave
• Feng shue
• Aromatherapy
• Outdoor escape
• psychotherapy
• Medicine BZ, SSRI
• Herbs camomille, valerian,
• passion flower

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• Benzodiazepines work by the central nervous
  system via modulating the GABAa receptor
  andhyperpolarizing neurons (causing sedation)
• SSRIs inhibit the reuptake of the
  neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine
  or 5-HT) into the presynaptic cell, increasing
  levels of 5-HT within the synaptic cleft

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• Passion flower has been found to contain
  beta-carboline harmala alkaloids which are MAOIs
  with anti-depressant properties.
• Valerian in general, as a mild sedative in
  particular, remains unknown. Valerian extracts
  appear to have some affinity for the GABAa
  (benzodiazepine) receptor .