Automatic Breathing how to go back

[Thatguy19]

After suffering a major panic attack in which I was hyperventilating excessively non stop for over a hour I have been have breathing issues. I can’t seem to go back to automatic breathing.

This has been going on for over a month now. It’s depressing to read that people have suffered this issue for years with no solution.

I’m taking Klonopin at 0.5 mg 4 times a day for 2 mg total. Lexapro for over a month and that has done nothing.

I will be starting Prozac tomorrow for my ocd and compulsive thoughts and will be taking 10mg week 1, 20 mg week 2. 30 mg week 3, 40 mg week 4.


I can’t seem to get my breathing back to automatic as I’m consciously breathing. And for some reason I have to take a deep breath or yawn to satisfy my air hunger. I can’t even breathe regularly when I’m consciously breathing.

I can fall asleep without any issues and when I wake up I’m consciously breathing.

I’m afraid that this issue will linger for years like other users on the forum and list forum I don’t want this to be a life long issue as it can seem to be.

Has anything worked for anybody out there? Meditation, yoga, cardio, resistance work out, therapy, aroma therapy, medication, etc.

I was fairly active but am afraid to take up again cardio or resistance workouts due to the breathing conditions.

 

[triceps]

Hi Thatguy19. You're on good meds but OCD is so tough to battle. My only suggestion would be to try the cardio workouts or any other activity where you either can't control your breathing (letting your body instead of mind controlling it) or are too distracted mentally to keep track of it.