Excessive Yawning and Constant Need to Breathe Deep

The same is happening to me from the last 2 weeks! I showed it to two doctors! They checked my chest with stethoscope and said there ain't any problem!. Major problem with me is that I think way too much and all negative. I start thinking of the bigger problems that It could create rather than getting a solution to it! But after I read this thread, I relieved knowing that I ain't the only one with the problem! I sometimes can't even yawn properly, half yawns keep coming to me! Does this happen to everyone? Please respond

Folks, I posted before about how Buteyko method helped me out a lot. Everybody should try this for immediate relief. I came up with my own technique based on the method:

1. inhale for count of 7 to 10 (seconds)

2. exhale for double of inhale time (14 to 20). have to control exhale to go slow.

3. hold breath (with lungs empty) for same count as inhale.

After doing this for just about 4 to 5 times, you will be able to take a full breath. In short if you resist the yawning need a bit, and control the breath a bit, you will then be able to take the full breath.

ALSO >> I took some anti-inflammatory NSAIDs (Ibuprofen) and it helped!!!!! I was able to take full breaths through the mouth and even through the nose right through the night, allowing me to sleep!

I suspect that there is some inflammation around the chest area that causes swelling and does not allow the lungs to expand out easily while breathing in. What yawning seems to do is to manipulate the muscles around the chest to create enough of a space for the lungs to have a full expansion and inhalation.

Some of the other techniques that people have reported in this thread also seems to manipulate the inside chest muscles in some way. They are delicate and not easily accessed, so have to get at them through these techniques.

Anybody can try over the counter anti-inflammatory. I took 600 mg of Ibuprofen. I also got some relief with Benadryl - also has anti-inflammatory properties. Note that anything more than 800 mg of an NSAID in a single dose is useless for anti-inflammatory effect and will only hurt your stomach. Take NSAIDs with food!

These anti-inflammatories are only treating the symptom, not the root cause. The root cause may well be some infection/allergy (foor or environmental) or other immune system response that is creating the inflammation. Find the root cause!

Hope this helps some/all of you.

 

(Sent to my allergy asthma Dr with link to post)

could you please take a look at this I feel that she has put into words exactly what I go through and there are many others that have the same problem. The meds I've been given neither prevent the occurance or relieve it when it does occur. I've had asthma since I was 8 but this particular issue started shortly before my first visit last year.I hope if you have a better understanding of my issue we can hopefully solve it. Thank you I will patiently await your response.

(This was response)od afternoon Mark,

We recommend contacting your primary care physician regarding these symptoms to discuss other possible medical conditions that may be a factor. These symptoms as described in the forum are not standard symptoms of asthma or allergies.

Allergy & Asthma Care Center.

I feel like they just dismissed me like I'm crazy or something am I overreacting or is this not a breathing issue and that is what they specialize in? Have you had to find a special Dr to even believe you. From all I've read my symptoms seem to align with something called chronic hvs have you heard of this.

I suffer from this also! It's horrible not being able to get that good deep breath you need, along with yawning.

I recently had my pulse ox checked and the nurse said is was at 100% and that you don't see that a lot. Could that be that I have too much oxygen in my blood?

Thank you!

Its funny i see people mentioning the buteyko method as this is something i have practiced for almost 15 years on and off to keep my asthma under control. I have also been troubled by this breathing/oxygen problem for the past two maybe three years, it comes and goes and at times when i often dont feel stressed or am not thinking about it, this is what makes it so scary. I am pretty sure i developed this condition from my previous job of 10 years where i was on the phone 14 hours a day and under a great amount of pressure, this is where i possibly incorrectly trained my brain to be taking in too much air. I am currently on asthma medication because it can be hard to tell the complete difference between the insufficent oxygen my body feels like its getting and certain types of asthma constraints that i have experienced before, or this could be anxiety creeping in, but i am just trying to rule the asthma out.

One thing i can say is that if you tape your mouth at night, breath through your nose, you will be taking the first steps to recovery and find yourself getting 10 hours worth of sleep in only 6. The next step is to, for the time being, eliminate tasks where you conentrate so much so that you forget to keep breathing through you mouth. This can be hard depending on job or hobby but its necessary to re-train the brain, a process i am trying again for the third time. This condition feels like it is right in the middle of physical and mental, and it feels impossible to determine which side of the fence it sits, its facinating and frustrating, i kind of feel that if i knew someone personally who had the same issue i would be able to sit down and talk about it and that would help it mend, sounds odd but i believe the brain can repair much faster talking things out than typing them.

This has been happening to me for the past 3 months and I just assumed it was anxiety. I work in healthcare so I am a slight hypochondriac! My chest and arms and back would hurt. 

BUT I took the advice found on this forum of the breathing with your abdomen/diaphragm rather than your chest and shoulders and it made a HUGE difference. It helped a ton! I personally am not on medication, nor do I want to be, but this method made me feel MUCH improved. So thank you for all the great advice on here!

Hi all,

I have been suffering from this since I was a child. I am so much closer to believe that this condition is reflux related rather than anything else.

Quote from the search on Google:

"Shortness of breath, also called dyspnea, occurs with GERD because stomach acid that creeps into the esophagus can cause it to narrow. When gastric acid reaches the vocal folds, airways, and lungs, it can cause a swelling of the passages. This can lead to atypical asthma reactions."