Excessive Yawning and Constant Need to Breathe Deep

i have the exact thing i have had it many times before for a month or so and then it would go away i went doctors couple of times and they did blood test others tests too everything was ok but again it came back so i went to the doctor , so the doctor gave me some pills ant depresents or some kind of calm down pills ( although in my point of view im alright not depressed and not necesserly worried ) but you know whay ? hey helped me they really did but one thing the pills would make you feel dizzy at times and loss cocentration as well as feel tired as im a driver i stopped taking them i was a danger to my self and others. 

I was hit by a car when I was 12 and have had this problem on and off for years, went to an asthma Dr and he suggested VCD (vocal cord disfunction) I went to a speech therapist and for almost a year it did nothing. I then figured I'd look through the Internet and figure it's probably post concussion syndrome, it can cause spasms. Since the problem doesn't actually impede my breathing, it's honestly just annoying, I've just loved with it. I'm having a fit right now and found your post, if it is anxiety, I'm glad I found other people with this same problem with the exact same description. I've been feeling crazy!

I have been feeling the same for the past two days. It started yesterday after working out at the gym and today was awful. Reading the comments here with advices and breathing through the belly is helping me very much right now. But it gave me a terrible headache and stress.

First know I AM NOT A DOCTOR just sharing my story and some research I found which may help. If you have severe breathing troubles always consult a doctor however if you have gone to the doctors and nothing comes up and your feeling frustrated read below!

I did post before how I suffered with this as well and I was eager to do research into this I’m am so excited to come on here and give this explanation as to what I found, being this was something I dealt with for 3 longs months. There is an answer as to why we have had or for some of us still have this urge to take these deep breaths. We also have had or for some of us still have this want for a “satisfying breath”. This satisfying breath as most can only describe as being achieved by either a deep sigh or a yawn and due to this everyone experiencing this wants to sigh all the time or yawn.  When we sigh we get that satisfying breath and want to repeat them back to back but we can’t and assume something is wrong medically or that we cant breath.  The reason you can’t get these satisfying breaths back to back is because these satisfying breaths are just long sighs and YOU CANT sigh back to back. Its impossible. Sighing is more then just a sign of anxiety, stress or even depression, sighing is a reflex controlled by your brain that’s an essential task to survival.

We UNKNOWINGLY sigh every 5 minutes. Our brain has cluster of neurons that contain receptors that trigger our breathing behavior, these neurons contain peptides that send a signal to our body to produce sighs. Sighing is a reflex that our life depends on. When we sigh we re-inflate tiny sacs in our lungs called alveioli. These alveioli control the bodys oxygen flow. These sacs deflate over time and our brain sends a signal for our body to sigh to inflate these sacs and expand the lungs. This signal is sent about every 5 minutes or 12 times every hour. Once you sigh and your lungs expand and your alveoli sacs are filled YOU CAN NOT take another Sigh or “deep breath” once your lungs are expanded. This is why someone may feel like they cant get good deep satisfying breaths back to back, because its impossible. However I can almost bet that if you waited 5 or more minutes you would be able to get another one of those “satisfying breaths” you can actually get one of these breaths 12 times within an hour. So in fact your breathing is 100% perfect and your lungs are nice and filled with air when you cant get these deep breaths. Your not supposed to. Take a deep sigh and your will feel relieved try to do it back to back and soon youll be hyperventilating, wait 5,6,7 minutes and try again. BAM success.

So theres no need to worry, once you stop paying attention to your breath and obsessing over those deep satisfying breaths IT WILL GO AWAY. Your body will breath how it needs to and your brain will send signals to sigh when you NEED to.

            Now a quick note on the anxiety aspect of this. There is no surprise that anxiety is often diagnosed when someone feels this or someone may be taking anxiety pills. This is because when we are anxious, stressed, or depressed we SIGH MORE. We have an URGE to sigh more. This is not yet known why we sigh more when we have anxiety but its related to the signals our brain sends our breathing center. So now when were anxious we want to sigh back to back and our bodies can not physically handle that much air. So when you anxious your going to try to take deep breaths or sigh back to back and you wont be able to so your going to think you cant breathe and you may panic and then you find our self on anxiety medicine. The reason doctors are quick to give anxiety medicine is because it will relax the nervous system which will slow down the response in your brain which then will slow down your urge to sigh and will slowly allow your body to breath/sigh a little more naturally. HOWEVER not everyone but in most cases you can do this yourself WITHOUT medicine. Just know that when you can’t take those deep breaths nothing is wrong! There is nothing to worry about (unless you have asthma and really can’t take deep breaths). You can only truly get those breaths 12 times within an hour don’t try to push more, you don’t need it. Just keep that in mind and relax, STOP focusing on your breath and once you get a good deep sigh fight the urge that’s going to immediately come next for another one, fight the urge, it will be hard but it will be your cure. Just tell yourself as hard as you try and give in you will not get that breath because your lungs are already expanded just fight the urge relax and listen to your body which will cue you when you need to sigh again, eventually the urge will loose its power and your body will do it unconsciously.

I am proof it goes away. It took 12 weeks, but IT IS GONE! !!! I know how scary it can be but YOU WILL GET PAST IT! 

I'm 45, I have had this since I was 8 years old. I have learned that there are certain things I consume that make this happen. If I stay away from them, no issues. I have been free of it for over a year, then I went back on thyriod meds and they were too high and BOOM I was right back to not breathing correct. I stopped and within 1 full day without them I was fine, and have been again. I have found that for me, it's mainly stimulants. This is coffee, pop, caffine of any kind, chocolate, too much sugar, as well as diet pills, sinus meds with effidrine, depression meds like wellbuterine, etc. I went to a "clean diet" as many raw veggie/fruit as I can without preserves and let bread/milk/starches like pasta go as much as possible, and felt even better.

I hope you all try this and see if it helps. I had 1/2 thyriod out and i think it started taking over for the other side as I don't need it.

Good luck! It isn't in your head!

I had these same exact symptoms right before I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. I still get these symptoms when my blood sugar is high for a long time. It feels terrible maybe check your blood sugar

Make a long story short, been going through this for about 4 years. This last year I told my self I was going to cure this annoying condition. I read books on a man named Edgar cayce that had a clairvoyant ability, and came across a man named Douglas James cottrell. I did my research on him and watched many of his 200 or so readings on YouTube. Finally in desperation I booked my own reading and he told me to have an osteopath manipulate the t3 t4 and t5 as well as have a massage therapist work out a slight hiatal hernia. Then companied with breathing exercises (breath slow and deep and hold for about 6 to 12 seconds then flex abs gently before releasing) it would help retrain breathing and after a few months be greatly improved. Since the reading and doing what was advised, I am greatly improved. Not 100% but well on the way. Hope everyone gets better.

First let me say I am not a health professional and make sure you are seeking medical advice from your dr first. However my hubby had the same thing w constant yawning/ sighing several yrs ago. He ended up being dx w hyperventilation and our dr had him breath into a sandwich size paper bag several times a day for several minutes at a time to get his breathing back on track. You may want to ask your dr if something like that may help you. Within a few weeks his breathing was back to normal.

Hello FlutterbyPie, I just googled the same condition, because I've been having the same symptoms quite frequently. Have you found a solution or some sort of relief? Thanks in advance. MJ

Hello FlutterbyPie, I just googled the same condition, because I've been having the same symptoms quite frequently. Have you found a solution or some sort of relief? Thanks in advance. MJ