Cardiotrophin PMG -3M 3N
Cataplex B Core - 2B 2D
Min-Chex - 3B 3D
Cataplex F Tablets
Additional Considerations
Hawthorne - 2N
BROKEN HEART SYNDROME
A “broken heart” isn’t metaphorical—it’s a real neuro-cardiac event. A sudden emotional hit flips the nervous system into full fight-or-flight, flooding the body with adrenaline and noradrenaline. That surge is supposed to help you survive danger, but when it’s intense or prolonged, it overwhelms the heart. The brain pulls the alarm, the adrenals dump fuel, and the heart pays the price.
At the tissue level, excess catecholamines disrupt calcium handling inside heart cells, impair mitochondrial energy production, and clamp down on the heart’s microvasculature. The left ventricle—especially the apex—loses its ability to contract normally. Clinically, this looks exactly like a heart attack: chest pain, shortness of breath, abnormal ECGs. The difference is there’s no blocked artery. The heart muscle isn’t dead—it’s stunned.
Layer on cortisol, inflammation, vagal withdrawal, and blood pressure instability, and you get a system stuck in survival mode. That’s why emotional trauma can feel physically crushing in the chest. The good news is this state is usually reversible. When the nervous system settles and stress chemistry normalizes, the heart recovers. In short: a broken heart is a nervous-system injury that shows up in cardiac tissue.