Is there a cure for chronic hyperventilation syndrome?

Hi Jay Jay 

Have you had any improvements? I so hope you’re doing better! I understand what you’re going through 😔

Hi did you ever get relief for this shortness if breath feeling. If you did please state how. I have been like this for the past year.

I have airhunger off and on and I’m seeking a way to fix it as well! It’s aweful! Anyone here find anything that works????

Hey guys, I just very recently got hyperventilation for the first time this past Sunday. It was the scariest moment in my life. Like you guys have said, I can’t really find too many moments in the day to “feel normal” or how I used to. Prior to that weekend I have drank hard alcohol for the past 3 days. (Thurs, Friday, sat) a good amount. Maybe it had tied into it. (Even though it hasn’t been my first time doing so) I went to the hospital and they said the same as you guys. But I was low on potassium as well. I just want to live my life again. I take nothing for granted now. My family and friends are the world to me. I would do it all over again and want a 2nd chance. I would like to join the private chat/email as well and keep in touch with all of you to go through it together and overcome this

I am also very sorry to hear you are going through this, A few year agos i had some life events happen that caused both Chronic Hyperventilation Disorder and mild Trichotillomania. When i was first coming to terms with both of these disorders my doctors associated the HVD with Fibromyalgia as all the muscles in my body were aching with a sharp pain due to my breathing problems and i couldnt get out of bed in the mornings, it took many MANY doctors appointments to figure out what was wrong with me and when they told me i wasnt happy as it made me feel weak as i couldnt understand how something as small as my breathing could be making me feel the way I was. I think it helps to know you are not alone in this and we all just need to keep working on this over time and it will get better. It had been months since my last episode but when it comes back it comes back in full force and i feel your pain and how helpless you feel. 

I have tried all the medications and found the CBD oil as you said quite helpful aswell as 5-HTP that is located in most health food stores. 

Also mediatate!!! I used to struggle to find the time but i now make the time there are so many useful mediations on youtube and you can find one that helps you best. 

I hope everything works out for you and you will be okay!

Hi all! First I completely understand,  I just wanted to share my experience as maybe it can help anyone else going through the same. This is such a hard thing! I too was totally fine, and then you experience that one first panic attack that really scares you so bad you think every day “I don’t want this to happen - this can’t happen again” - you try not to focus on it, but somehow that only makes it worse.. for me I was holding tension in my neck and immediately thought I was having an asthma attack. I went to the hospital, thinking surly something was wrong and they said I was fine which made me feel worse.. like I wasn’t in control. 

I was fighting for deep deep breaths all the time and felt like it was an issue if I couldn’t get a FULL deep breath. I had to get off a bus which was humiliating - because I thought I was having an asthma attack. 

Around this time I was randomly gifted a bike of all things, and started biking to work.. and noticed a “re set” in my breathing. I didn’t feel the numbness in my hands or feet, for hours I found relief. Also this silly trick I got off the internet, breathing with one closed nostril actually helped I’m not sure why 

There’s something also called “Bach rescue remedy” you can find in natural food stores that’s also great. It comes in a dropper, for me it’s worked since I was a child. The hardest thing about this is thinking “do I have to live like this forever??” I completely understand. For me that old bike was a unexpected blessing. I can’t say I’m “healed” but I certainly do feel a bit better! There’s comfort in knowing I’m not alone, 

Did you find a cure for this? I just started having these same symptoms 2 months ago it’s terrible I had to take a leave from my job. My doctor said is anxiety and referred me to a phychiatrist and put me on meds. They helped a little but the symptoms still persist. I just had a physical today so I’m getting my results in 4 weeks. I’m desperate I don’t know what to do my last hope is I’m going abroad to see a specialist a pulmonologist. My doctor won’t send me because she’s sure I have anxiety disorders.

I used to have this! But I cured it! The fact is, you are hyperventilating and 'over-breathing' - Please look up 'over-breathing' and Hyperventilation on Google.

Basically, when you feel like you're short of breath, it's because your body is trying to restrict your airway because you have been breathing way too deeply all the time, and you have too much oxygen in your blood, 

Ironically, if you have too much oxygen in the blood, you can't use it, because you need CO2 in the blood as well to help the Oxygen get in the cells,

I have used breathing 're-training', and have realized how hard I was breathing all day everyday before and was giving myself Hyperventilation which causes panic attacks and anxiety due to the lack of oxygen getting into the cells. 

PLEASE PLEASE google breathing re-training and give it a go - I know it sounds odd, but the cure is to breath softer, smoother, and quieter and THROUGH THE NOSE ONLY - don't force it, breathe through your tummy very slowly and softly - you will feel better!

When I tried controlled breathing I had Panic attacks! I thought "I can't breathe" It makes you so aware of your breathing, it caused me to Panic!

hey hun

how are you going? has your situation improved? i hope youre doing better .

Ive been STRUGGLING every day with this for years now, its the worst thing i have ever dealt with by far. Breathing excercises do give me some relief but as soon as i stop thinking about it the need to take a deep chest breath every so often comes back. That deep breath feels so good, but its like i can only take about 3 of those at most in a row and then my chest feels constricted again. The worst part about this for me is that pretty much every time i speak its like i dont have enough air so i run out of air just by saying a small sentence, horribly affecting my communication. Ive tried inhalers, xanax, and had chest x rays and pulminary tests and no doctor has been helpful. Does any one else feel out of breath every time they try to speak like i do?