Urge to take a deep breathe-fixated on breathing

[Mandyhiero]

That’s good that there isn’t any pain. And the fact that it goes away when you’re doing something makes it sound more like an anxiety issue, which is good news!

 

[Uzzz_619]

That’s good that there isn’t any pain. And the fact that it goes away when you’re doing something makes it sound more like an anxiety issue, which is good news!

Is it a good news??? Does anxiety go away? With meds or whatever??? Will be ever be normal?

 

[Wolfie09]

I have been dealing with this for the past month or so. I have been going through good and bad stretches for the last 15 years. It is possible to get back to normal it just takes a lot of hard work and persistent.. Every day I fill up on herbal teas such as chamomile, lemon balm etc, it tends to relax me and make me a bit drowsy... Another thing I try to do as much as I can is exercise..I know easier said than done but I chase the"runners high", the euphoric feeling that comes with moderate cardio exercise..I also feel like my breathing habits return closer to normal as I'm walking at face pace..I try to walk in nature, visit areas I've never seen before, try to pay attention to your surroundings...I can only speak for myself but when I'm around people having a conversation, I tend to forget I even have breathing issue..I get excited when the UPS guy shows up lol
I wish you good luck and just remember your not alone..

 

[Wolfie09]

It's not easy to learn and breath through your nose/diaphragm but that's the best way to get over it..I get light headed doing it repeatedly but you have to retrain your brain..Open mouth and chest breathing is not the way we should be doing it...I think I read 9out of 10 people breath out of their chest..I can feel Fuller breaths when breathing through my diaphragm but it's hard to continue that throughout the day, hopefully i get the hang of it, and same for you...

Here are more benefits this type of breathing can have:

• It helps you relax, lowering the harmful effects of the stress hormone cortisol on your body.
• It lowers your heart rateTrusted Source.
• It helps lower your blood pressureTrusted Source.
• It helps you cope with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
• It improves your core muscle stability.
• It improves your body’s ability to tolerate intense exercise.
• It lowers your chances of injuring or wearing out your muscles.
• It slows your rate of breathing so that it expends less energy

 

[Uzzz_619]

It's not easy to learn and breath through your nose/diaphragm but that's the best way to get over it..I get light headed doing it repeatedly but you have to retrain your brain..Open mouth and chest breathing is not the way we should be doing it...I think I read 9out of 10 people breath out of their chest..I can feel Fuller breaths when breathing through my diaphragm but it's hard to continue that throughout the day, hopefully i get the hang of it, and same for you...

Here are more benefits this type of breathing can have:

• It helps you relax, lowering the harmful effects of the stress hormone cortisol on your body.
• It lowers your heart rateTrusted Source.
• It helps lower your blood pressureTrusted Source.
• It helps you cope with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
• It improves your core muscle stability.
• It improves your body’s ability to tolerate intense exercise.
• It lowers your chances of injuring or wearing out your muscles.
• It slows your rate of breathing so that it expends less energy

Thanks a lot!!! Wow you’ve tolerated this for 15 years!!! Never ever tried any medicine??? Do you get sensations in lungs too to take a deep breath? That disappear with a deeper breath and reappear a few moments later?

 

[gadamsgrega2]

That breathing thing you are talking about where you can't catch that nice full breath is normal... i posted something on it not too long ago when I had some issues with it as well... Good job in your explaination of it though, it's hard to explain to people what it is... But you'll notice it gets more difficult when you lack sleep or sleep poorly. When you are happy, feeling good, it won't do that... much...

 

[Wolfie09]

Thanks a lot!!! Wow you’ve tolerated this for 15 years!!! Never ever tried any medicine??? Do you get sensations in lungs too to take a deep breath? That disappear with a deeper breath and reappear a few moments later?

Lol Yeah it's been a battle for sure..I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 6 but didn't have my first anxiety symptoms until I was 22 (2005)..I have never taken any kind of meds as I don't currently have health insurance, honestly I'm scared to take those type of pills.. It comes and goes though, thank God .I seem to have a strong correlation between my GI issues and anxiety, when my stomach feels good my anxiety is usually under control.. Right now I've been dealing with some respiratory issues, I tend to overthink and my breathing becomes"manual", I also been having some weird feelings when taking a deep breath, sometimes it's not enough, other times feels like to much lol Sometimes I wonder what"normal" even is...

Have a good night..

 

[Uzzz_619]

Yes th

Lol Yeah it's been a battle for sure..I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 6 but didn't have my first anxiety symptoms until I was 22 (2005)..I have never taken any kind of meds as I don't currently have health insurance, honestly I'm scared to take those type of pills.. It comes and goes though, thank God .I seem to have a strong correlation between my GI issues and anxiety, when my stomach feels good my anxiety is usually under control.. Right now I've been dealing with some respiratory issues, I tend to overthink and my breathing becomes"manual", I also been having some weird feelings when taking a deep breath, sometimes it's not enough, other times feels like to much lol Sometimes I wonder what"normal" even is...

Have a good night..

Yes that is what it is about breathing, you think about it and it becomes manual! Best is to not think about it and focus on other things! I think that is the key to get over this

 

[Wolfie09]

Yes sir!!

I woke up this morning with some anxiety and shortness of breath but yesterday my breathing was normal, this is how I know it's due to anxiety.. Severe illnesses usually don't go away one day and come back the next lol

I just took a bike ride and felt totally normal, it's because I'm always focused on my surroundings (traffic, nature, dogs lol) , I don't have time to worry about my breathing..

 

[Uzzz_619]

But you are lucky, you dont get urges in the form of sensations that can be felt in the lungs asking you to take a deep breath n make it disappear and it reappears just after a short moment !!! That is very annoying and makes it hard to keep it off mind!!! Well, yes it is basically all in the mind!

 

[JoshhLadd]

Deffiently not alone reading what you put was like i was writing it myself bud! Not gunna lie and i feel real bad for ya to be experiencing this but it gave me a slight relief sorry your going through this but since covids running wild ive been real bad with breathing hope u get better soon

 

[Uzzz_619]

Deffiently not alone reading what you put was like i was writing it myself bud! Not gunna lie and i feel real bad for ya to be experiencing this but it gave me a slight relief sorry your going through this but since covids running wild ive been real bad with breathing hope u get better soon

how long have you been suffering from
This? Any tips? Did you ever try any medication? You get those sensations too?

 

[JoshhLadd]

I still experience it today it flares up worse when i go through a more anxious time started for me 6 years ago again you have to locate the trigger and deal with that the best way possible do you find when your really busy or concontrating on something you dont notice these symptoms?

 

[Wolfie09]

Same ole story for me..
Woke up this morning with severe anxiety, feet and hands drenched in sweat..I litterly feel like I'm going to have an anxiety attack every morning, it's definitely a sub conscious thing..I had pretty bad respiratory as well as GI issues.. I've become to fixated on taking a deep breath, when I'm "normal" I hardly take deep breaths.. Luckily for me the old lady was home today, I made a conscious effort to relax and not do much physical labor..I decided to go into the bedroom room with a cup of tea, a journal and put on some old baseball games..I just started jotting down good memories from the past, I feel like this did pretty good to relax me..I also notice that as the day wears on I start to feel better, less sweaty palms and feet, my mind feels stronger and able to relax a little more, happens every night like clockwork..I have a very tough time sitting down and relaxing when my girls at work, I will litterly pace for 8 hours, that's more my ADHD then anxiety but it sucks nonetheless.. Whenever I sit or lay down I tend to have heart palpitations which seems to be centered in my stomach, so it's not so easy to sleep..I have noticed when I lay on my stomach i don't need to take that deep breath so I tend to sleep in that position..I also use my pup as a "therapy dog" as slowly petting her is therapeutic and seems to help me fall asleep... One of these days I will wake up and feel ok, at least I hope lol

Have a good night..

 

[MB8]

My mom has had this for years; she’s been to countless doctors who all say it’s anxiety related. It’ll go away for a while, then come back .. it’s awful, I hate seeing her suffer. I believe I developed my health anxiety because of her , not that he’s her fault or she did it on purpose .. but not fun for sure.

 

[Uzzz_619]

I still experience it today it flares up worse when i go through a more anxious time started for me 6 years ago again you have to locate the trigger and deal with that the best way possible do you find when your really busy or concontrating on something you dont notice these symptoms?

Tried any meds ever?

 

[Wolfie09]

One study suggests patients with anxiety can benefit from the mechanisms of hydrotherapy. Balneotherapy (using water baths for healing) was compared in one French study to paroxetine (Paxil), a leading SSRI medication. Using a randomized multicenter study for eight weeks, 237 patients with generalized anxiety disorder were assigned randomly to balneotherapy and 120 to the medication. The balneotherapy treatment consisted of weekly medical visits and daily bath treatments using natural mineral waters (sodium, calcium, magnesium and sulfates) for 21 days.
Every morning, patients were immersed in a bubbling bath (37°C for 10 minutes), then a shower with a firm massage-like pressure targeting the abdomen, area along the spine, and neck and arm regions for 3 min. Finally the legs neck, scapular, and spine area massaged under water for another 10 minutes. Sounds nicer than taking a drug, for sure. The anxiety scores showed an improvement in both groups, with a clearly superior result of the water therapy compared to the effect of the drug. Remission and sustained response rates were also significantly higher in the hydrotherapy group. Also, the water therapy was found to be safe and without side effects, as well (Dubois et al., 2010).

Another group of researchers from Virginia found that hydrotherapy may be useful to treat cancer and chronic fatigue, as well as be useful in the treatment of depression (Schevchuk, 2008). For the treatment of depression, it is suggested that cold exposure therapies may be the best choice. Since the density of cold receptors (the parts of our body that can sense cold) in the skin is thought to be three to ten times higher than that of warm receptors, the simultaneous firing of all skin based cold receptors from jumping into the cold may result in a positive therapeutic effect. It has also been shown that lowering the temperature of the brain is known to have neuroprotective and therapeutic effects and can relieve inflammation, a known mechanism in depressive illness. In addition, exposure to cold has been shown to activate the sympathetic nervous system, will increase the blood level as well as brain release of norepinephrine–an adrenal hormone that can help depressed people feel more ‘up’ naturally. The water therapy also can help increase production of beta-endorphins—‘feel-good’ molecules that give a sense of well-being.





I felt the best I have in months yesterday afternoon/evening, I didn't wanna go to bed I felt so good lol Now here I am suffering as usual in the AM, it's like my kryptonite..I was having some shortness of breath as well as heart palpitations in the middle of my stomach..I decided to jump into a shower, I first started off with the water warm and gradually lowered the temp until it was cold but not unbearable, wakes you up real quick lol Then after I was finished I slowly dried off and decided to try and lay down for a little.. While I was laying down feeling better I decided to try some mindfulness meditation, just laid back for an hour and took my self to another place..It was an amazing feeling, my stomach started to growl non-stop, I was actually hungry lol I usually have no appetite throughout the day, I force myself to eat.. After I was finished I felt alive, clear, alert, confident, I used this time to do some cleaning, pay bills, enjoy some TV, all stuff I normally have trouble doing during a normal day..Now today I wrote myself a list of things to do including exercise, cold water therapy, mindfulness meditation, I'm hoping to get the same type of reaction to my brain..Well see how the rest of the day goes..

 

[JoshhLadd]

Tried any meds ever?

I didnt mate im not fond of medication as i see it as side effects from medication could lead me to feel i have else wrong with me