Hyperventilation syndrome Puns

Hello. I've seen a few posts here about reflux-related breathing problems. But I am not sure to what extent my breathing problems are of the same nature. Most people seem to have so-called globus, or lots of heartburn, post-nasal drip, etc. My reflux symptoms are not quite the same.

Before I started taking medicine (Omeprazole), I would experience episodes of shortness of breath (typically after drinking coffee) which would also have me coughing (dry cough), clearing my throat a lot, burping a lot, and sometimes it would cause me to seemingly have excess saliva. The worst case would be my chest feeling extremely, uncomfortably tight (never painful necessarily). This would lead me to do a bunch of stretches and some breathing exercises which would give me some relief.

In addition to these episodes I would have 24/7 limited breathing. Never able to take a full breath. Not able to sit comfortably, always taking shallow breaths, difficulty focusing on anything. Chest always tight. Spinal Erectors always tight but less tight than the chest. It felt/feels like my sternum area is locked up and my ribcage can't move freely.

Over the 5 years that I've had this, I've experienced 3 times where this restriction loosened up somewhat briefly to where I could take a full breath. The most noteworthy occasion was after rolling tennis balls along my spinal erectors for 3hrs a day for like a week, exhaling as I'd flex, inhaling into the spot as I'd extend. One day I took a walk and came home, sat in front of my computer for a bit playing whatever, got up to go to the bathroom and I found I could breathe fully. Within a few days it went back to being locked up, and I found that my body didn't quite respond the same way to the tennis balls. On a slightly unrelated note, that led me to believe that it was primarily a posture/breathing pattern issue for a long time, and I tried a bunch of different things with varying levels of success that were always short of fully releasing the chest/ribcage.

Now that I am taking omeprazole daily and no longer drinking coffee, my chest and back are less tight, but still noticeably tight. I am doing my best to stay on a low-acid diet but I am unsure whether this will be enough despite feeling an immediate and noticeable improvement. I still experience some seemingly random burping episodes, but no acute feelings of shortness of breath or coughing. My posture is still pretty wack. It's still hard for me to be comfortable in any sitting pos

I've been diagnosed with chronic hyperventilation syndrome (linked to my PTSD and anxiety disorder) for about 5 years now, and I still can't manage to cope with the neck and shoulder pain. I'm seeing a chiropractor, I'm doing stretching and breathing exercises, I drink a lot of water and I do about everything they've told me to do. I'm 22 years old and my body is fucking me over every single day for the last years. I can't even function. Please, does anyone have some tips? I'm desperate.

Hi all! Hoping to find people with similar experiences so I can put my mind at ease in between medical tests.

I’ve been having a hard time taking in a full breath. I’m trying to find patterns so I can identify triggers but the main trigger seems to be whenever I’m thinking about it! Which is maddening. I also have been having heartburn and some chest tightness that either gets worse at night or when I drink alcohol. (I usually have two glasses of wine around dinner time) but I can’t tell if the two are related.

I had this problem last year around the same time which led me to believe it was allergies. When I went to the doctor last year, they did some bloodwork and a d-dimer to make sure I didn’t have a pulmonary embolism. I was given a rescue inhaler which did nothing but make my heart race. Everything came back normal, and I was advised to go to a pulmonologist, but I couldn’t make an appointment before my month long trip to Europe and once I left for Europe my symptoms subsided so I figured whatever it was had gone away.

Fast-forward to May(ish) of this year, I started having the same problems. It was a particularly stressful time as I’m out of work due to the pandemic. I found out I had a mold infestation (not black mold) in my apartment and needed to vacate immediately. The problem was remediated and I cleaned and packed my stuff and moved into a new place. During that time (around July) I had frequent panic attacks and I attributed my breathing problems to anxiety and a possible mold allergy.

I made an online appointment with a doctor to tell her about my symptoms to see if she thought I needed to see a doctor. She assured me it didn’t sound like anything serious but that I should get a chest X-ray and some bloodwork done just to be on the safe side.

I tried to schedule a chest X-ray (easier said than done these days) and found out that they don’t do any kind of physical exam. I was extremely anxious about having a serious health issue (one of my lymph nodes was swollen and I was convinced I had lymphoma) so I decided to see a doctor in person before I went for the X-ray.

My pulse ox, blood pressure, temperature, and EKG all came back normal. He listened to me breathing and I guess thought I might have asthma? No idea what he heard. He was NOT very good at communicating what he was finding and I was so freaked out that I didn’t ask all of the questions I should’ve. They took some blood, had me blow into a tube (no idea how that went, again was

hello everyone, just hoping to get a question answered since Ive given up reaching out to my paramedic school instructors. They never reply to my emails.

My Pulmonology chapter has a section on the pathophysiology of hyperventilation syndrome, and mentions this syndrome results in excess elimination of co2, causing respiratory alkalosis.

The next part confuzed me because the book doesnt explain why or how, but it says respiratory alkalosis increases the ammount of bound calcium, producing relative hypocalcemia.

-----how does respiratory alkalosis increase bound calcium?

Thank you for your time.

Has anyone ever dealt with this? About 2 months ago I started having shortness of breath, I started to become fixated on taking deep breaths, I couldn't sit down and relax for anything so I would pace around taking a deep breath every minute..Then a couple weeks later I started having lots of bloating which made it even harder to take deep breaths...Now I can't do any activities as I'm always breathing shallow..I'll litterly feel faint just doing household chores..I also have a habit of manual breathing which throws my body of even more..I read that we should be taken 10-12 breaths per minute, I'm sure I've been doing quite a bit more than that...I have had a couple hyperventilating episodes over the last month... Unfortunately I'm also a smoker making matters worse and that's just adding extra air in my stomach..I always notice I feel best when I first wake up and go down hill all day... Every thing is ok with me according to the hospital..Any suggestions? Would be appreciated.. Thanks..

Does anyone have any experience with this diagnosis. I have recently been able to boil down my anxieties to this one primary cause. How do I manage it?

Every time I try to lower my breathing rate or how deeply I breathe I feel like I’m suffocating and it normally triggers a panic/anxiety attack. I take half of a 0.5 Xanax when I’m in a bad state (maybe 2-3 times a week) and it helps but it’s the only way I feel less panicked about my breathing.

Do they do breathing re-training in the US? I was seeing a therapist for awhile and she had no clue how to fix or address my breathing and CBT did nothing to help.

I feel so lost. I’ve been suffering for a year and a half and I just want to breathe normally and not hyperfixate in breathing anymore.

Anyone have any advice?

Does anyone have Hyperventilation Syndrome (HVS)?

I have been trying the HyperVen method for only a few days, and I feel so much better! Mental clarity, feel more attached to the planet so to speak, more energy, happier, etc.

My worry is that this is all a too-good-to-be-true epiphany, and that the solution seems too simple to be true.

Basically, I just hold my breath as long as I can several times a day, and record those numbers until my averages increase. Doing this adapts my breathing control center to accept higher levels of CO2, which in turn will slow down my breathing naturally as increasing C02 is what triggers the "need to take another breath again" stimulus. This is a very simplified explanation.

My goals in posting this are twofold: to hear stories from others that have this condition and receive their advice and feedback, tips etc, and to avoid any pseudoscience if anyone is qualified to read through this website and give me their two cents.

The website that I found with the most information and with the protocol that I am using now can be found at this link:

https://www.hyperventilation.info/curing-chronic-hyperventilation/the-hyperven-therapy/

I'm a student paramedic, but I work as an emergency care assistant (tech level) for a private company covering sports events etc when I can to keep up my intermediate trauma skills that fade doing our almost 100% medical work in London.

Covering a sports match, I was called over to see a 16yof. O/A she was oriented and alert, somewhat distressed, RR of 40+.

A known asthmatic, she had come off the field having felt chest tightness, had used her own salbutamol x5 with no relief after 15 minutes.

OE, she had no upper respiratory wheeze but had a right basilar wheeze. RR 36 even with coaching, HR130, well perfused. GCS15. Sats of 99 on air.

We started her on a 5mg salbutamol neb, which ran for a good 15 minutes whilst we coached her breathing with limited effect.

There was still some wheeze after the first neb, put was still complaining of tightness and the RR started creeping up again. We started a second neb, 5mg salbutamol, 500ug atrovent and continued coaching with limited effect.

We decided to call county ambulance as she was starting to look increasingly exhausted by the effort and it was looking like hospital treatment might be required.

When the crew arrived, we moved her to the ambulance, minus the remainder of the neb/o2. Now in the quiet and warm environment of the ambulance and with two paramedics, they managed to get her resp rate down to something sensible. They were on scene for about 30 minutes in which they managed to cure my patient with some peace and quiet, and then left her in my/her coach's care.

Question is, did I fuck up? Should I have ignored the slight wheeze and treated as a panic attack? Moved her to a quiet warm place rather than trying to stabilise at the side of a noisy cold pitch?

Hi everyone, I really need your help. About three years ago I developed a panic disorder with generalized anxiety, I had counseling CBT for about 1 year and an half, panic attacks completely subsided and my anxiety level is fairly low, the only problem is that since then I developed a chronic hyperventilation syndrome, sometimes without being anxious at all I slowly start breathing heavier and heavier (not triggered by anything it happens randomly) and eventually after 30-45min as my blood co2 drops I get restless and confused and my anxiety skyrockets, I have tried belly breathing but it seems really like i can't break this circle, has anyone experienced this and found a way out? It's very distressing since when it happens (about every other day) I become completely disabled for like two hours and can't calm down/stop taking big breaths and yawning. I have been several times to the ER due to this and my CO2 levels where around 20 all the times. I can't really cope with this. It's like having a panic attack without panic and very hard breathing symptoms. I did every possible test on my lungs and heart and everything is ok so I am pretty sure it's anxiety related, also I have a pulsossimeter and every time this happen my blood oxygenation is 100% indicating hyperventilation. I have been to the psychiatrist last month and been prescribed vortioxetine 10mg and 0.5mg Xanax xr twice a day, I am taking the vortioxetine but trying to avoid taking benzodiazepines, I don't want to get dependant on them just for this issue (I am mentally feeling ok, I feel like it's a pity taking benzodiazepines only for this problem) Please someone help me

Hello fellow redditors.

I've always had a lot of anxiety since I were a kid. Now I'm 20 and studying at university (starting my third year in a bit). Now last exams it got too much after my face got half paralyzed and I got panic attacks and hypochondria. The months after I got symptoms like headache, tingling on left side of my body, feeling awfull in the morning and pain in the abdominal area. Went to the neurologist who said I probably got chronic hyperventilation. Anyone familiar with it, and got tips to cope with it?

No particular reason for writing this I just thought I would share my story.

Mid 20s male here. I first discovered I had it while traveling. I was smoking a lot and I had several minor episodes where I felt the numbness and tingling but I stocked it up to stress or alcohol because it usually happened when I was having a drink(and laughing/talking loudly and quickly) with friends. It culminated with my hands-arms seizing up and it becoming difficult to to talk, the poor taxi drive had to take the money from my pockets because I couldn't get my hands to work

I went to the hospital and after two hours of blood tests, a shot of ativan, two doctors and a neurologist the neurologist finally said to me "have you been under a lot of stress lately?" To which my knee jerk reply was ...no... but then I realized I had been super stressed and smoking a lot. In his broken english he told me I would be fine and to talk to my doctor when I got home. but I still stressed out about it for weeks before I came back. googling my symptoms and recalling episodes of House in terror I decided I had many unpleasant things.

when I got back I went to my doctor and he told me he had done his thesis on it and that I should breath into a paper bag if it happened again... biggest...dork... ever. lol. He told me it was caused by a change in CO2 levels in the blood and was usually caused by sighing(stress) or hyperventilating (in my case mostly smoking). it was such a relief.

I have learned to manage the symptoms with controlled breathing and quitting smoking. Sometimes I just have to Take a step back from a conversation with a lot of laughter or that are particularly animated/loud and and breath shallowly for a bit or remove myself from crowded and poorly ventilated spaces. Its a really funny symptom to have because the more stressed you get the worse it gets from all the sighing and the start of the symptoms can be easily mistook for just or could easily trigger a panic attack... which could make it worse!

here is the wiki article for people curious

Also the "Breath Deep ~ It's gonna be ok <3" made me laugh because thats part of my particular problem!! lol... maybe breath evenly...

anyways...

I've been waking up hyperventilating for months, I'm fairly certainly this irregular breathing is what started my state of Epilepsy (which has now been going on 8 months).

When reading the hyperventilation syndrome wiki I came across this line: "about a third of these patients turn out to have subtle but definite lung disease". The wiki cites THIS BOOK, but the book itself cites the paper / study that I can't find. Can someone help me find / send me a copy of the actual study? It would be a big help to me.

Also, if anyone has any knowledge or experience with "hyperventilation syndrome" please feel free to share it, but I'm more interested in that paper / study, so any of you with access to medical databases could poke around for it I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

Hi all,

The late miss Claire Weeks helped me dealing with my severe anxiety through her great books (another tip is The Dare Response!).

One problem does still occur though: I keep overbreathing. This triggers an anxious feeling which is very unpleasant.

I once went to a breathing exercise class, but this made my symptons worse. I got obsessed with my breathing pattern.

Do you have some tips to breath less frequent, while not obsessing about it?

Jesus. I can't take this shit. The dizziness inability to concentrate, weakness. The fact that's it's all in my head and other people have suffered years with it, I can't do that. I can't imagine a prolonged life this way, it's making me severely depressed to the point of tears. Does anyone else suffer from this? I've had it before and beat it for years, got it again beat it again..this time however seems like forever. The hopefulness of wanting to beat it isn't there. I go to the gym, I'm physically active, I run my own business and now I am reduced to this again. It all started when I got home from vacation, I got sick had to go on a Zpak and was bed ridden for 5 days.. The anxiety and panic started and it's morphed into several things, full blown panic that's subsided (for now) depersonalization (faded somewhat) and now the hyperventilation a day everyday. I see a CBT therapist once and awhile, I started 3 years ago when I had my last big break down...she helped but I feel like also what can be done NOW? Like is there a distraction out there I haven't tried? I have not taken meds as I'm pretty stubborn I feel like if they don't work I'll just go off the deep end. I don't know, it's summer and I just want my life back. I've beaten this before for years but this time it feels like my life is over. The only peace I get is the wee minutes before going to sleep because I know it's all going to stop until I wake up again. Man this sucks.

I promised some fellow retainers some tips on overcoming flatlines, turned into a whole ass write up. Hope it resonates with you fellas!

Picture this - you finally muster up the willpower to cut out PMO and start getting your life dialed in. You stop wasting time on the interwebz, start pursuing some actual goals of yours and diving into real hobbies, and of course, cut out the frantic frenzy of porn and masturbation you’re accustomed to.

For the first few weeks, you feel great. Tons of energy, tons of motivation, everything seems to be clicking. And then one day, you wake up and just feel kinda “blah”. Things seem less exciting. You’re less interested in your hobbies and quest for self-mastery. The ladies no longer seem as interested, and that spark of confidence you found seems to have died out.

What gives? You were doing everything by the book, what kind of cruel trick is this?

The Flatline/PAWS Phenomenon

In the retention community, you’ve hit what’s called a flatline. In the world of addiction and recovery, this same phenomenon is known as PAWS - Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome. Both are marked by varying degrees of anhedonia (loss of a sense of pleasure), mood swings, depression, lack of libido, irritability, brain fog, even sleep issues.

In short, life becomes dull, gray and more difficult and annoying than usual. Fun stuff.

Without going into too much detail, what’s happening is your brain is trying to readjust its neurochemistry and come back into balance after you’ve taken away its drug of choice - whether that drug is cocaine, alcohol, opiates, or porn and masturbation. You’ve been overstimulating the reward circuitry in your brain, and now that you’ve taken away that stimulus, you’re left feeling at a loss.

PAWS usually comes in waves or cycles, for a few months up to a few years, depending on the severity of the addiction and a person’s personal biochemistry. The same will apply to flatlining, although I’d venture to guess that for most of us it will be milder than for those with serious drug addictions - though your mileage may vary.

It’s important to remember that if you hit a flatline, it won’t last forever. It’s also important to remember that when that flatline ends, you may hit another one in a few days, weeks or months. Your brain is readjusting, and you have to be patient considering the years of abuse you put it through.

Please check out this [great podcast](https://hubermanlab.com/dr-anna-lembke-understanding-a

I'm quite new here and I thought for about 1.5 years that my symptoms were costochondritis. I was told all sorts of bullshit by doctors. I didnt feel the acid reflux and my main symptom was tightness in the ribcage, sternum pressure and pain near my diaphragm. A feeling of shortness of breath as well. And a very heavy feeling on the right side of my body, near the stomach.

Seen many specialsts. Pulmonary specialst, intestinal specialst, internal specialst, And they all said it was prob my severe endometriosis I was just diagnosed with. They didn't do much research. Only bloodwork. And a chest x ray. They told me that I would feel better after my endometriosis surgery Nov 30th 2021. My bowel and uterus were attached and I had endometrioma cysts in my ovaries. But no symptom relief afterwards at all. So they were wrong unfortunately. My gynaecologist didn't see any endometriosis spots on the outside of my stomach or diaphragm.

In fact. After the general anesthesia it has gotten worse and my stomach feels like it's burning and it's so heavy. No matter what I eat or if I eat.. It burns. I've been throwing up 3 days straight after surgery. But after that I felt great for a few days. And then these symptoms arose again.

I also suffer upperback and shoulder pain and there is no cause for it. I've had a bonescan, and mri of my lower back. I also suffer neckpain. Had a gallbladder ultrasound and blood was checked for gallbladder issues. All came back normal.

I've lived in ibuprofen for years due to my chronic endometriosis and sciatica. Doctors always said it's fine. But I always asked them if it's not too bad for my stomach. I stopped taking it 2 weeks ago. I just wanted to see what it would do. And since then my stomach. symptoms have worsened.

So last year I started having severe shortness of breath chest pain, and heavy feeling in stomach and lung. I was doing some arts and crafts at the table. Sitting bending over for a few hours. That's when the stomach issues started.

Went to er for it a few times. But they couldn't find anything. I wouldn't say I had reflux. But after dinner I would swell up and bloat so bad and like a brick was sitting on my stomach.

After endometriosis surgery I started having a globus feeling in my throat. Which my gp said is prob anxiety. But I've never had this. The thing is.. That I do have a burning feeling in my stomach again, I feel nauseated, bloated and just overall uncomfortable in my own skin. I had dinner last n

Tool has always been my [17] favorite band, at least to a certain degree. Their lyrics have always resonated with me, and Adam's guitar playing had been the biggest influence on my own. They have helped me through so many tough times in the past, but the past few years I've slowly listened to them less and less. That is until this past week.

A couple days ago, I went to sleep with increasingly bad chest pain thinking that it would just go away by the time I woke up. Instead I woke up at about 3 in the morning, with excruciating chest pain all while hyperventilating. The pain was overwhelming and all I could think about or feel. I immediately woke my parents up and told them that we needed to go to the hospital. Even though I'm young I thought I was having a heart attack or something! I had all the typical signs of a very bad panic attack, and looking back I see that now, but then I thought I was going to die!! If you've ever gone through it, or anything similar, you most likely know what I mean.

After the few hours I spent in the emergency room, and all of the tests that they did, I had been calm for quite some time yet my chest still hurt pretty badly. I got a clean bill of health and was told it was a panic attack, and the chest pain is normal, it was due to my heart overworking itself and hyperventilation syndrome. I'm gonna be following up with my doctor soon, and the chest pain has largly gotten better! Honestly, I owe a lot of that to Tool.

Over the past week my anxiety has flaired up, sometimes severely, and almost always unexpectedly. Same symptoms as that night and everything. I've had trouble falling asleep from the chest pain, and it gets pretty hard to convince myself what I'm going through is just anxiety sometimes. When I'm going through these moments, one simple line from a Tool song always pops into my head. "All this pain is an illusion."

Once I get thinking about that, I'm able to just breathe, and feel the pain as it comes. It's not permanent, and is literally in my head. Even if it felt like it was lasting forever, soon enough I realize it's relatively gone, and I feel in control again. I can't thank Tool enough, listening to their music this week had helped keep the anxiety at bay as well. Needless to say I've been listening to them quite a lot now!

tldr; I have anxiety that causes pretty terrible chest pains. Tool's lyrics, especially the lyrics to Parabol/Parabola help me calm down so much, as well as Tool's music in general k

So...for some reason I get most of my panic attacks shortly before falling asleep. Which sucks because then I also have trouble getting up because I feel dizzy. My sleeping is utter crap right now, I even get panic attacks while already asleep because of the nasty hyperventilation disorder that comes along with it, or right before I am waking up. I am constantly exhausted, as if I ran a marathon in my sleep. I have Tavor for the really bad attacks and it does help with sleeping sometimes but it also knocks me out and makes me feel nauseous when I take it too often. I also tried several different psych meds over the years and most of them make me worse or even give me serotonin syndrome. I also went through behavioral therapy before but obviously I can't consciously control my breathing while I'm asleep. Did anyone experience something like this before? If yes, how did it get better?

So i started taking phenibut 1gram a day everyday on october 15th, october 19th i started taking other stuff too wich is 5htp, ashwagandha, rhodiola rosea, l theanine and gaba all in recommended daily doses everyday, before novemeber 15th i did a little taper of phenibut going down to 500mg then on november 15th i cold turkey quit, at first withdrawal was barely noticeable, on november 19th i got a bad night panic attack wich eventually stopped i got back to sleep and next days were fine until 23rd november i had a really bad panic attack wich made me stop all the other stuff too cause i thought it was serotonin syndrome or something, since then it was 3 weeks of hell, panic attacks and hyperventilation from anxiety couldnt go outside, since yesterday i began going outside and i dont get panic attacks but im very tensed and get hyperventilation from anxiety so cant really do any physical movement like going up the stairs too fast and this psychologically gives me more anxiety.. today for example i got outside 5 times for about 45 min to 1 hour each time and it was good until the last one i got a little panicked and got anxious nothing like before but still.. so thats why im writing here... How long does this last when will i reach the light out of the tunnel?? Please dont bash me im asking for tips i know ive been super retarded and ignorant.. any succesful stories for encouragement is welcome.. i cant take this anymore man 😭 when will the brain receptors and gaba serotonin hormones adjist?

I'm a 37 year old woman from Europe. I'm new here and I'm suffering tbh. I'm worried sick.

I've been dealing with jaw problems for about a year now and suffering costochondritis for about 2 now. At least I thought it was costochondritis. I've been dealing with very severe chest pressure, shoulder pain, neckpain, shortness of breath, inflamed sternum. I was told by my PT it's costochondritis or slipping rib syndrome. I saw specialsts in hospital who've told me it's not costochondritis. It's prob overall inflammation from my severe endometriosis, they've said. I've been told it's stress. Hyperventilation syndrome, astma, but then again no Astma. Allergies.. I've been told it's nothing and something all at once. I've had an nucleair bonescan of the chest, mri of the chest, bloodwork, pulmonary tests, stresstest on a bike, seen a rheumatologist, pain specialst orthopedist surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath, my PT once a week.

The shortness of breath and chest tightness has sent me to ER multiple times. But nothing was found. Since I also had tingling in my arms and hands I've been worried sick. I dealed with the hyperventilation this year and saw a breathing specialst and lung physical therapist who gave me excersises I practice all day. But the tightness in the sternum has never gone away. And in fact has gotten worse. I've taken ibuprofen, rubbed gels in my neck and sternum, all sorts of supplements like magnesium and iron and even muscle relaxers. Which do help for the time being.

I had my endometriosis surgery Nov 30th. But the symptoms are still there. So all these doctors were wrong. The inflammation from my endometriosis is Def less and I also take hormonal treatment and my symptoms get worse. So my chest and jaw problems have nothing to do with endometriosis.

So after hospital and general anesthesia I've been sick for 3 days. Been throwing up like crazy 3 days straight. I just can't handle the general anesthesia.

I felt great for a few days after that. But then the throat and jaw and sternum tightness returned. But in extremities. From the moment I wake up until I go back to sleep my throat muscles are tight, my upper sternum and front neck are so so tight. I also have neckpain on the back of my neck. I've had triggerpoint massage for this. Which helps me for a day or 2.

These issues make it hard to breathe. Which is the most scary part of all of this. Swallowing sometimes hurt. My jaw clicks and pops and its hard to open my mouth fully. Ch

Instead of me keep getting on here talking bout how miserable I am anybody got a idea of what type

What Breathing exercises will help me? Believe I have hyperventilation syndrome

What helps fatigue and dizziness? How to at least help it

How to get rid of pressure in skull feeling? When i inhale feel sometimes heavy is on my head may actually be due to sinuses not sure

What can I take to clean sinuses without messing up my already high blood pressure?

What are good supplements?

How to lower heart rate when walking naturally and blood pressure?

Just anything to help me get out of this damn bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also do anybody get like a cold feeling in skull sometimes sometimes I feel burning sometimes like ice cold don’t kno what’s that’s all about?

Any help is appreciated thank you❤️

Is it possible to be asleep before going into the operating room? I suffer panic attacks and hyperventilation syndrome and the thoughts of seeing the surgery room is making me panic and will prob give me more trauma afterwards. I have medical ptsd because I've been dismissed and called a sensitive wreck for 24 years with no explanation of my symptoms or diagnosis. Never had surgery before.

What should I ask my specialist when I see him before surgery? Are there any key questions? I have diaphragm pain and pressure and am very short of breath. Prob thoracic endo. And I am pretty scared about the gas they'll pump into my abdomen. Because any kind of pressure makes me short of breath and puts my sternum and diaphragm in pain. Being bloated from endo/ibs gives me extreme shortness of breath.

So I'm really worried about the gas. Is there anything I should ask him about this? Can they get rid of the Gass before I wake up somehow?

I don't know how to get my nerves in check and already panicking. I haven't been told what to do with that, only that I can take a oxazepam if I want. But that doesn't work when my adrenaline is up.

I just like to be in control. And I'm worried because I'm already in a lot of neck and shoulder pain. (prob also thoracic endo) and that's what worries me the most.

My endo is very severe. So I might get a colostomy bag afterwards. This scares me as well. Waking up seeing that thing. Surgery will prob last around 5 or 6 hours. What will the pain be like? I hate painmeds and don't like the idea of a morfine pump. I was told I get one. Do I really need it?

Any comforting word is helpful. Thank you so much. I'm scared. Panicking.

34F, 5' 4", 138lbs, Caucasian female, nonsmoker. The issue occurred over the course of about 10 minutes and was mostly in the hands/arms.

I'm generally a pretty healthy person, as are my family members. I am on buspirone, escitalopram, and generic Adderall XR for mild anxiety, depression, and ADHD. In good shape and exercise regularly. I bruise easy, but not to the extent that doctors have ever been concerned. I'm hypermobile in most of my joints and have some traits of hEDS but they don't cause any problems. No real notable medical history other than that.

Today I went to the dentist for some minor dental work, including replacing a filling that fell out of a molar, and bonding a small chip on my front tooth. I requested nitrous oxide because I've had some traumatic experiences in the past. (Due only to crappy dentists and not really relevant, so I'm not going to go into all of it.) So this was my first time getting a filling in about 10 years, but not my first time at the dentist in 10 years.

I usually need more numbing than your average person for whatever reason -- I always have. Not sure why, as I generally have a pretty high pain tolerance. I've had nitrous a handful times in my life before with no side effects out of the ordinary.

So the dentist gave me the nitrous thingy that goes over your nose, I started breathing in, feeling nice and relaxed, all was good. My hands started feeling a bit tingly, but they said that was normal. The dentist rubbed a little lidocaine or similar on the two areas in my mouth, then gave two rather long shots of Novocain or similar. When I opened my mouth fully, it broke the seal of the mask and I felt I wasn't getting anything, so they readjusted things a few times. I started feeling a little shaky and asked if there was epinephrine in the shot, which I know is the norm and usually makes me shaky. They said yes, just a very small amount. The assistant didn't 100% seem to know what she was doing with the nitrous, but the dentist helped her adjust it a few times and he seemed to be very experienced with it.

Here's where it gets weird... As he was drilling out my molar, my hands started to feel like they were vibrating. Then they started getting extremely uncomfortable, like the whole chair was vibrating, so I lifted them in the air trying to get them away from the vibration. That didn't help. I mentioned it and they smiled and said everyone reacts to nitrous differently, it's normal. I felt an urge to ball up my

Warning. Very detailed traumatic birth/delivery/post. Surprise diagnosis.

Where to begin… 32/F ftm. I don’t know if this is the best place to post, the pregnancy subs I was comfortable with don’t seem right anymore, so here I am. I guess I’m posting this in part to work through the trauma and tell my story, and partly to reassure myself that this really happened. I keep going through cycles of denial, telling myself it’s not so bad and trying to shut down to get through the day. Then other days I just cry all day in the tiny hospital room we’re living out of and refuse to talk to anyone. This post is long because I’ve been so caught up in baby girls horrible traumatic life I haven’t had a chance to share my own trauma from birth and postpartum… I feel guilty even now sharing my problems when she has it so much worse… so here we go from the beginning…

I had planned for a “natural” unmedicated birth at the hospital. My doula had coached me for months, I had meditated, done yoga, stretching, eating all the health foods and prepping my body and mind. I was more than a week overdue and the day before my scheduled induction I finally went into labor (yay). I labored at home for so long that when I finally called my doula and she took us to the hospital I arrived at 9cm!!! Even though I was so far along I pushed for 3 hours non-stop, no pain meds, no IV for fluids even. I could literally touch my babies head and feel her hair she was that close for over an hour. I started to feel this burning sensation on both my hips on either side of my uterus. As a ftm I had no idea what it was, I’m pushing a human out after all! At this point it’s been 3 hours, my Dr said she’d give me one last try to push out my baby with a vacuum assist. She also gave me pitocin to ramp up my contractions since they’d slowed. To my disappointment the vacuum did absolutely nothing. My Dr finally said I needed a C-section and my doula looked at me and agreed it was time and I’d tried everything and done my best. In the moment I was so exhausted (unmedicated still) I didn’t care and was like “ok then give me the drugs and let’s do this! She’s gotta come out one way or another”. I then had to STOP pushing with each contraction (after being given pitocin), wait for 20mins to go back to the OR where I had to sit on my butt still NOT PUSHING with each contraction while the anesthesiologist spent another 10mins giving me a spinal block. Honestly not pushing while sitting was more painful than pus

Hyperventilation is a condition in which you start breathing rapidly or very fast.

Healthy breathing occurs with a healthy balance between taking in oxygen and taking out carbon dioxide while breathing. In hyperventilation, you upset this balance by exhaling more amount of air than you inhale. This process causes a rapid reduction of carbon dioxide in your body.

Low carbon dioxide levels lead to lacking blood vessels that supply blood to the brain. The reduction in blood supply to the brain leads to symptoms like tingling in the finger and lightheadedness. Severe hyperventilation syndrome can also lead to loss of consciousness.

For a few people, hyperventilation is very rare. It only takes place when an occasional, panicked response to fear, a phobia, or stress.

For other people, this condition takes place as a response to emotional states, like depression, anger, or anxiety. When hyperventilation is a frequent occurrence, it is known as hyperventilation syndrome. Hyperventilation is also known as rapid deep breathing, over-breathing.

To Read More : (https://infoidiots.com/hyperventilation-symptoms-causes-and-treatment/)

This is going to be a bit of a long text. Sorry 😅

I've been a member for a few weeks now. And I've been reading along with all of you on this subreddit. Trying to figure out what the hell is going on with me. I'm 37, female. Live in Europe, Holland.

March 2020 sudden shortness of breath started with frontal rib pain and pressure. Also complete panic and very hard to breathe. Went to the ER, doctors thought it was covid or an allergic reaction. I wasn't tested back then, no pcr tests were available. But It wasn't covid. Months later I didn't show any T-cell response so they told me it can't have been an infection with covid. After that moment I lived in utter fear for months. Like a wave of panic and unreal feelings of detachment. I had chestpain, nerve tingles down my arms, headaches, heart rate was higher, neck pains, jaw pains and severe shortness of breath with checking my saturation all the time. Trying to calm me down. It did calm me down in the end. And after awhile the continue checking stopped.

The pressure on my chest was and is the worst. Had an EKG, bike stress test, pulmonary exam, blood was checked, chest xray. One ER staff member said I was hyperventilating. She could see this in my blood work. So I was sent to do some hyperventilation excersises. Breathing excersises and was sent to a lung physical therapist. It didn't help. Still the panic attacks continued. Sometimes a few times per day. Also started having throat issues. Dry throat and jaw problems. I apparanlty had a gaping hole in my tooth that my dentist did not see somehow and an infection started and I needed a few root canals. After those my jaw has been tight and clicking and popping all day long and I was told it might be tmd. Will see a gnatologist in Feb.

Then in Sept last year I was diagnosed with severe endometriosis. And last Nov 30th I had my endometriosis lap. After this lap and 3 days in hospital (I had general anesthesia and was very sick afterwards) I felt okay for a few days. But then the throat tightness, itchyness in the throat and extremely tight painful jaw muscles and tight chin muscles came on. And haven't left me. Because it feels like someone is choking me I inhale deeply at times. Which make the chest symptoms worse. I guess you might call this silent hyperventilation. Idk. I was also diagnosed with costochondritis by my physical therapist and now swelling on my upper sternum is visible. He now says it's called tietze syndrome. The swelling makes it h

Hey all, avid cold shower partaker and breathworker here, I took it upon myself to see what would happen doing rounds before and after the j&j vaccine. Initial results were very promising, felt little to no fatigue the first day. The second day I had mild aches and would do rounds whenever I felt them set in. Each time they’d notably dissipate. More than aches I felt fatigued but still functional.

Day two I was completely normal, did a light body weight workout, felt good, but still took it easy. I had also been taking natural supplements B-complex, bromelain, and serrapeptase to negate any excessive inflammation. All was pretty calm until the evening when I experienced some spasm/cramping in the feet whenever I tried to mobilize them for stretches. Didn’t think much of it as I was already going to bed.

Day three (yesterday) started off pretty normal, but the cramping started up occasionally in the feet spontaneously and also the hands, spreading into forearms. It wasn’t severe, inconvenient at worst. However in the evening my right arm decided to lock up. I implemented several stretches to loosen it up to no avail. This lockup was followed by a sudden fatigue in my left leg that gave out and forced a controlled descent (I didn’t fall, but let myself down).

This is where the convulsions happened. I was completely conscious and aware the whole time. I wasn’t panicked, and my breathing was as controlled as I could make it given the circumstance. An ambulance had to be called and I was in the hospital for the remainder of the evening and was released around 1:30am. They gave a Valium tablet which did nothing then used an iv injection of the same medication which eased the convulsions, which had already subsided to some degree. It’s now day four and I feel rather normal save for some twitches which I’m getting a prescription for as we speak. However next to the pharmacy is a stand of canned pure oxygen. I read that hyperventilation can help with muscle cramps. I’ll be testing to see if some of this can assist in any possible future episodes as a primary option instead of relaxants.

Edit: another bout has started and I’m off to urgent care 🙄

Update: I was given a liquid dose of Benadryl which instantaneously made me drowsy and appeared to have reduced the symptoms to zero. A doctor observed me and immediately said I was experiencing Guillian Barres syndrome, it can get pretty bad with convulsions to the point of paralysis, but there's varying levels

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Moderna covid vaccine side effects:

Abdominal discomfort: 1,435 reports

Abdominal distension: 341 reports

Abdominal pain: 1,502 reports

Abdominal pain lower: 164 reports

Abdominal pain upper: 1,626 reports

Abnormal behavior: 114 reports

Abnormal dreams: 130 reports

Abortion spontaneous (naturally occurring miscarriage): 232 reports

Acute myocardial infarction (acute heart attack): 193 reports

Acute respiratory failure: 143 reports

Adverse reaction: 138 reports

Ageusia (loss of taste functions of the tongue): 733 reports

Agitation (state of anxiety or nervous excitement): 415 reports

Alanine aminotransferase increased: 170 reports

Anaemia (lack of blood): 125 reports

Anaphylaxis (serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death): 606 reports

Angioedema (rapid swelling of the dermis): 294 reports

Anticoagulant therapy: 311 reports

Aphonia (inability to produce voice): 103 reports

Appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix): 118 reports

Appetite - decreased (decreased appetite occurs when you have a reduced desire to eat): 3,463 reports

Arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat): 1,703 reports

Arthritis (form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints): 250 reports

Aspartate aminotransferase increased: 160 reports

Asthma: 373 reports

Atrial fibrillation/flutter (atrial fibrillation and flutter are abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles): 544 reports

Axillary mass: 148 reports

Axillary pain: 1,561 reports

Back pain: 3,095 reports

Balance disorder: 895 reports

Bedridden: 116 reports

Bell's palsy (facial paralysis): 1,005 reports

Bleeding into the skin: 197 reports

Blindness: 208 reports

Blister (small pocket of fluid within the upper layers of the skin caused by forceful rubbing (friction), burning, freezing, chemical exposure): 617 reports

Blood creatinine increased: 207 reports

Blood glucose decreased: 136 reports

Blood glucose increased: 550 reports

Blood potassium decreased: 174 reports

Blood pressure fluctuation: 113 reports

Blood sodium decreased: 122 reports

Blood urea increased: 118 reports

Blood urine present: 162 reports

Body temperature decreased: 118 reports

Body temperature increased: 3,068 reports

Bone pain: 533 reports

Bradycardia (abnormally slow heart action): 147 reports

Breast pain: 437 reports

Breast swelling: 138 reports

Breathing difficulty: 8,611 reports

Breathing - slowed or sto

I've smoked every single day, usually multiple times a day, for almost three years. Got on a medication for anxiety & depression about two months ago and it hasn't done much for me. For months, in the back of my mind, as I was smoking weed just to get through work or just to feel social or just because I saw my dab pen on my desk and the compulsive need flared up- I knew I had a problem.

I tried to make it my new years resolution and immediately failed. I tried to stick to bud only (dab pen makes it too convenient) and immediately failed. I even had serotonin syndrome once (mild case, google if you're unaware, it.. was definitely the worst night of my life.) as a result of heavy usage but it wasn't enough to make me quit. Then last night happened.

Went out to smoke as usual. Came back in and I felt off. Went to the bathroom to wash up before bed and immediately started hyperventilating. Weed has never freaked me out before, I'm very good at controlling panic attacks. But soon I was covered in sweat and pale and I knew I needed help, fearing it was serotonin syndrome again (I'd had alcohol & prescription meds earlier too). I got up, stepped into the hallway, shut off the bathroom light behind me, then everything went black.

When I opened my eyes, I had no idea where I was, who I was. I have a history of substance induced psychosis. I've been here before. I was passed out unconscious on the bathroom floor for 10-15 seconds before opening my eyes, but it felt like hours or days. I absorbed most of the impact in my jaw, which is almost immovably sore today. My wrist and shoulder are busted too. Slowly, my sense of self came back to me, I was able to call for help. But my head missed the edge of the bathtub, the toilet, and a little decorative table by mere inches. Had I hit one of them, especially the tub, this could've been a very different story.

Woke up today and threw all my weed out. I still have my glass pieces because I don't want to stop forever, but enough is enough. That experience was terrifying. I can't keep pumping myself full of chemicals and expecting them to duke it out and fix me somehow. I'm looking forward to seeing what my prescription meds can do for me once I'm not nuking my brain with weed all the time (California dispo weed, to be clear, and not the cheap shit). My goal is 30 days, at least. I don't want to risk serotonin syndrome again, I don't want to go unconscious because my body's at its limits. I don't want to be

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Hi!! Ever since I was twelve years old I have trouble with breathing. First the doctor told me I had Asthma, but after seven years it turned out not to be the case after investigation. They did research into my lungs, blood pressure, pulmonary embolism, cancer etcetera, but I did not got my answer how. It just got worse and worse and I had chest/heart pain every single morning. I went back to the doctor and he sent me to a physiotherapist, she told me I have Chronic Hyperventilation syndrome. Hyperventilation syndrome is a common disorder that is characterized by repeated episodes of excessive ventilation in response to anxiety or fear. Symptoms are manifold, ranging from sensations of breathlessness, dizziness, paresthesias, chest pains, generalized weakness, syncope, and several others. There wasn’t much information obout this in dutch, so I thought I was misunderstood by close people, they thought I was hiring. I went back to the doctor again and checked everything again. There was no reason to be afraid of anything else. He told me it were anxiety attacks. I'm going to behavioral therapy now and I hope that will help. Now with corona and everything it's difficult to put on a mouth cap sometimes when I already have trouble with breathing. People are staring at me at work although I explain my situation why I don’t put it on. It’s hard to be criticized by people who don’t know your situation. Has anybody some advice what will help?

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

I promised some fellow retainers some tips on overcoming flatlines, turned into a whole ass write up. Hope it resonates with you fellas!

Picture this - you finally muster up the willpower to cut out PMO and start getting your life dialed in. You stop wasting time on the interwebz, start pursuing some actual goals of yours and diving into real hobbies, and of course, cut out the frantic frenzy of porn and masturbation you’re accustomed to.

For the first few weeks, you feel great. Tons of energy, tons of motivation, everything seems to be clicking. And then one day, you wake up and just feel kinda “blah”. Things seem less exciting. You’re less interested in your hobbies and quest for self-mastery. The ladies no longer seem as interested, and that spark of confidence you found seems to have died out.

What gives? You were doing everything by the book, what kind of cruel trick is this?

The Flatline/PAWS Phenomenon

In the retention community, you’ve hit what’s called a flatline. In the world of addiction and recovery, this same phenomenon is known as PAWS - Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome. Both are marked by varying degrees of anhedonia (loss of a sense of pleasure), mood swings, depression, lack of libido, irritability, brain fog, even sleep issues.

In short, life becomes dull, gray and more difficult and annoying than usual. Fun stuff.

Without going into too much detail, what’s happening is your brain is trying to readjust its neurochemistry and come back into balance after you’ve taken away its drug of choice - whether that drug is cocaine, alcohol, opiates, or porn and masturbation. You’ve been overstimulating the reward circuitry in your brain, and now that you’ve taken away that stimulus, you’re left feeling at a loss.

PAWS usually comes in waves or cycles, for a few months up to a few years, depending on the severity of the addiction and a person’s personal biochemistry. The same will apply to flatlining, although I’d venture to guess that for most of us it will be milder than for those with serious drug addictions - though your mileage may vary.

It’s important to remember that if you hit a flatline, it won’t last forever. It’s also important to remember that when that flatline ends, you may hit another one in a few days, weeks or months. Your brain is readjusting, and you have to be patient considering the years of abuse you put it through.

Please check out this [great podcast](https://hubermanlab.com/dr-anna-lembke-understanding-a

I promised some fellow retainers some tips on overcoming flatlines, turned into a whole ass write up. Hope it resonates with you fellas!

Picture this - you finally muster up the willpower to cut out PMO and start getting your life dialed in. You stop wasting time on the interwebz, start pursuing some actual goals of yours and diving into real hobbies, and of course, cut out the frantic frenzy of porn and masturbation you’re accustomed to.

For the first few weeks, you feel great. Tons of energy, tons of motivation, everything seems to be clicking. And then one day, you wake up and just feel kinda “blah”. Things seem less exciting. You’re less interested in your hobbies and quest for self-mastery. The ladies no longer seem as interested, and that spark of confidence you found seems to have died out.

What gives? You were doing everything by the book, what kind of cruel trick is this?

The Flatline/PAWS Phenomenon

In the retention community, you’ve hit what’s called a flatline. In the world of addiction and recovery, this same phenomenon is known as PAWS - Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome. Both are marked by varying degrees of anhedonia (loss of a sense of pleasure), mood swings, depression, lack of libido, irritability, brain fog, even sleep issues.

In short, life becomes dull, gray and more difficult and annoying than usual. Fun stuff.

Without going into too much detail, what’s happening is your brain is trying to readjust its neurochemistry and come back into balance after you’ve taken away its drug of choice - whether that drug is cocaine, alcohol, opiates, or porn and masturbation. You’ve been overstimulating the reward circuitry in your brain, and now that you’ve taken away that stimulus, you’re left feeling at a loss.

PAWS usually comes in waves or cycles, for a few months up to a few years, depending on the severity of the addiction and a person’s personal biochemistry. The same will apply to flatlining, although I’d venture to guess that for most of us it will be milder than for those with serious drug addictions - though your mileage may vary.

It’s important to remember that if you hit a flatline, it won’t last forever. It’s also important to remember that when that flatline ends, you may hit another one in a few days, weeks or months. Your brain is readjusting, and you have to be patient considering the years of abuse you put it through.

Please check out this [great podcast](https://hubermanlab.com/dr-anna-lembke-understanding-a

I promised some fellow retainers some tips on overcoming flatlines, turned into a whole ass write up. Hope it resonates with you fellas!

Picture this - you finally muster up the willpower to cut out PMO and start getting your life dialed in. You stop wasting time on the interwebz, start pursuing some actual goals of yours and diving into real hobbies, and of course, cut out the frantic frenzy of porn and masturbation you’re accustomed to.

For the first few weeks, you feel great. Tons of energy, tons of motivation, everything seems to be clicking. And then one day, you wake up and just feel kinda “blah”. Things seem less exciting. You’re less interested in your hobbies and quest for self-mastery. The ladies no longer seem as interested, and that spark of confidence you found seems to have died out.

What gives? You were doing everything by the book, what kind of cruel trick is this?

The Flatline/PAWS Phenomenon

In the retention community, you’ve hit what’s called a flatline. In the world of addiction and recovery, this same phenomenon is known as PAWS - Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome. Both are marked by varying degrees of anhedonia (loss of a sense of pleasure), mood swings, depression, lack of libido, irritability, brain fog, even sleep issues.

In short, life becomes dull, gray and more difficult and annoying than usual. Fun stuff.

Without going into too much detail, what’s happening is your brain is trying to readjust its neurochemistry and come back into balance after you’ve taken away its drug of choice - whether that drug is cocaine, alcohol, opiates, or porn and masturbation. You’ve been overstimulating the reward circuitry in your brain, and now that you’ve taken away that stimulus, you’re left feeling at a loss.

PAWS usually comes in waves or cycles, for a few months up to a few years, depending on the severity of the addiction and a person’s personal biochemistry. The same will apply to flatlining, although I’d venture to guess that for most of us it will be milder than for those with serious drug addictions - though your mileage may vary.

It’s important to remember that if you hit a flatline, it won’t last forever. It’s also important to remember that when that flatline ends, you may hit another one in a few days, weeks or months. Your brain is readjusting, and you have to be patient considering the years of abuse you put it through.

Please check out this [great podcast](https://hubermanlab.com/dr-anna-lembke-understanding-a