Chronic Hyperventilation syndrome
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Hi, I'm a 29 year old male and for about 8 or 9 years now I've had what the doctors have told me is "anxiety" but myself doesn't feel anxious and have come across chronic hyperventilation syndrome. I feel as if this is what I have. Over the years I've had 3 ecg test a asthma test and a oxygen level test and all come back normal also had ambulances to the the house as felt was having heart attack an would die. My day consists of waking up and everysinle breathe I take I think about I just cannot forget about it. I constantly feel short of breath get chest pains. But most off all I yawn hundreds if not thousands of times a day just to get a breath and one yawn to get breathe can last 15 p 20 seconds then feel dizzy as stopped all oxygen getting to my brain. Best why I describe it to my family is my breathing is like a car that is running out of petrol and needs more to carry on. My breath feels like my body is empty so I need more and I have to yawn to get this breath. I fear it's life threatening and it's so scary. I used to play football 4 times a week now I don't do nothing no excersises at all as I will run n think damn what about my breathing then would start to yawn n the cycle continues. It's not just certain times its every second of every day I have to yawn to get a satisfying breath and I just want to live normal. Can anyone help or tell me what they think could be or anything. Sorry it's such a long message just so fed up of feeling this way all day every day and my only rest bite is when I'm asleep. Hope to hear some replies.
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Albilva matt93825
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Hello guys. Has anyone else been successful with Amitriptyline in the treatment of Chronic Hyperventilation Syndrome?
christophe43307 Albilva
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I have tried Amitriptylene 25mg combined with fluoxetine 20mg, and it worked great. Problem is, kiss all passion good-bye, never mind your sex-drive! Will try Pregablin next...Just got a diagnosis of Ankolosis Spondylitis, which I believe was the root problem all along these last 24 plus years...See what I replied to Luke 08690!! God bless!
george23939 matt93825
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has anyone found a solution to this issue? after having my last panic attack in which i was severely hyperventilating i have yet to fully catch my breath. what worries me is that people have gone years with this issue and no one seems to find a solution
this has been going on for almost a month for me and i dont know what else to do i dont hyperventilate i just have difficulty having a satifisying breath,
sometimes i have to yawn sometimes i have to take a gasp for air
but is there anyone out there that had successfully went back to a regular breathing pattern whether with the help of medicine, natural products, yoga, meditation or whatever
i cannot take this issue for years
christophe43307 matt93825
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Check out, and please pass along what I sent to Luke 08690...Ankolosing Spondylitis...It may be that, or something else that is causing interference with your central nervous system...Trust me, I know! Dont EVER!!AND I MEAN EVER!!Allow a doctor to make you feel like an anxiety case in regards to a chronic disorder such as this!! God bless, and let us know what happened in your journey!
adonay54523 matt93825
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HI,
I have been going through this for 3 months now and it's horrible. But the worst is that recently, I've been feeling lightheaded and feeling of faint. My pain moves around my body. Sometimes my chest then my feet then my head....
Any updates and advise?
Breathhelp adonay54523
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Adonay,
I too have been like this for 15 months. Do you feel out of breath? like you feel when you do after walking up a hill or is it that you feel like you just cant get a full breath in?
I also get horrible sensations on my body. What sensations do you get?
dip58448 Breathhelp
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I feel both types of breathlessness. Like I walked up a hill sometimes. Other times, struggling to get a full breath, feeling like the air is not reaching the bottoms of my lungs.
Breathhelp dip58448
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How long have you had this? Did you have any good leads on how to stop it the feeling of overbreathing (walking up a hill).
when all of this started my symptoms were much worse, where i was on a sofa or in bed panting hard to breath. You could see by just looking at me that I was hyperventilating by how my chest and stomach was heavily moving.
And I had many more symptoms than just that...lump feeling in the throat, burning sore throat, burning nostrils and pain in my ear, rapid heartbeat, feeling like I was breathing through a straw and if my throat was going to close up on me, a weird raspy feeling when I exhale, spasm in my throat, a inner feeling of doom, headaches and dizzy feeling.
With daily meditation/relaxation exercise, forcing myself to walk at least 30 minutes a day, forcing myself to get up to my job, and now the amitripyline (anti-depressant) that taken away throat symptoms and shaking/inner doom feeling, I'm still left with trying to find out how to stop the overbreathing feeling.
Im seeing a functional doctor who is having me do biofeedback breathing exercises twice a day for the next 6 weeks before I follow up with him again.
I started the amitripyline after my doctor recommended it. Its an old school antidepressant. I saw other people using it and said their symptoms very slowly after 6months went away. Look up on google: anxiety induced hyperventilation syndrome mayo clinic case study. Youll see patients on this antidepressant who said it cured them. Im on 20 mg now and in a week will move up to 30mg. I started with 10 mg.
I know all this happened from trauma that happened in my life because before a couple months before the trauma happened I was completely fine and a very happy person. Its amazing anxiety can cause the mind to make ones body have these crazy symptoms. My doctor said he had a patient who was temporarily blind from anxiety. There was nothing organically wrong with the person but his mind gave him the symptom of feeling he could not see. So, anxiety has done this to is. Please keep me posted if you find anything that cures your breathing and Ill keep you posted as well.
dip58448 Breathhelp
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I've had it for a month. I had it about 12 years ago, and at that time it lasted for a few years. But I knew less back then, and feel better equipped to deal with it this time.
There are good days and bad days. Like you, I try to force myself to do normal things, and try not to let my breathing to stop me too much. What helps me a lot is yoga. When I move with yoga, my breathing feels better. The other thing is to try soft, slow breathing. Usually, I am doing very effortful, deep breaths. But with hyperventilation, we are already breathing too much.
I haven't figured it out yet, and I have some random bad days. But you sound like you are doing all the right things. I'm sure you will start to feel better very soon.
What biofeedback breathing exercises are you doing?
dip58448 matt93825
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This is exactly how I feel! Came out of nowhere. Thinking of each breath, struggling to get that deep breath for some relief, and panicking if that doesn't happen. And experiencing breathlessness ALL DAY!
Question for all here: was you breathing fast? I counted, and I do 10 breaths per minute, which is actually on slow side. So how can I be hyperventilating? Do you have to breathe fast, or can you hyperventilate while still having normal breaths per min?
gen671 matt93825
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Hello friend. Broke my heart to read your post as I 100% relate and have the EXACT same thing. I too have self diagnosed with chronic hyperventilation syndrome and it certainly sounds like that’s what you’re dealing with as well. I’m 28 female and have had this breathing problem for at least 10 years maybe more. For the longest time I didn’t know what it was and it got to a point where it was so bad one night I made my dad drive me to the hospital as I thought I was gunna die because I could not catch a good breath no matter what I did. I went to emerg and they told me nothing was going on and that it was in my head. Well needless to say I didn’t like that answer but went home and sat with it. That same night I started doing some research online, this was about 8 or so years ago. I came across a post a girl had made on Yahoo talking about a breathing problem she was having and it was identical symptomS to what you and I are dealing with. When she mentioned the yawning and never being able to get a satisfying breath I was like WOW THATS ME!! I had never read of anyone else having this problem before. These days, it seems it’s being talked about more and more. In her post she also said that her mom had the same problem and she felt as though she subconsciously picked it up from her mom because they lived together and we’re always around eachother. This also completely resonated with me as my mom has had this issue for a long long time as well and I wouldn’t be surprised if I subconsciously took it on from her. Watching her constantly taking those extra big breaths, it became habit. I believe she took it on from stress. And I’m sure this is how it starts for most people. And mine certainly is amped up when I’m stressed. back when I read that girls post explaining her situation she also explained how she was able to start helping herself. And it was indeed all about breathing techniques. Now this next part might be hard to hear but let me tell you, it has helped me deal with this condition immensely. We THINK we need more air and bigger and better breaths. But we don’t. We take these big huge breaths or yawn a million times to get that satisfying breath but all of this is actually working against us and making it worse. It was described to me like this- imagine there are these little bungee cords on the side of your ribs just above your hips. When we take these extra big gasping breaths we are actually tightening those bungee cords making it harder to get more air. So, in order to help, the trick is to really slow down your breathing and take calm breaths as much through your nose as possible. Now at first, this will feel nearly impossible and it will feel like your making things worse but after forcing yourself to do it for a bit, and I mean really forcing yourself, you will feel some relief. Also, lying on your back is not good try lying on your side. Again, it will feel extremely difficult to do this calmer slower breathing but just remember you’re not gunna die. Your body will not allow you to just stop breathing. Mind over matter. Also, try to belly breathe. This is also challenging but so helpful. When you take in air your belly should fill and rise, and when you exhale your belly should fall. Once I really started focusing on this kind of breathing whenever I’d have a really bad breathing episode it started getting easier and easier to manage. I still have the issue but it’s manageable and I never feel like I’m about to die or pass out. I can do everything i want as far as physical activity and it doesn’t get in the way. I pray with all my heart the same can come for you. Please reach out if you have any more questions. Wishing you the best