Are we breathing wrong?

[WastedPotential]

During the 'sweat attack' (lol..ugh), has anyone else noticed we aren't breathing normally? As if we've stopped breathing? And then you let out a big sigh after it's all said and done.

Anyone consider maybe deep breathing exercises can help out, maybe just a little?

edit: My face sweats, so dunno if this applys to hand sweaters, etc.

 

[Sure_whynot]

During the 'sweat attack' (lol..ugh), has anyone else noticed we aren't breathing normally? As if we've stopped breathing? And then you let out a big sigh after it's all said and done.

Anyone consider maybe deep breathing exercises can help out, maybe just a little?

edit: My face sweats, so dunno if this applys to hand sweaters, etc.

Hey, Im not sure about your theory but I do have a problem like that.

My resting heart rate is like 98 or something like that, and my heart rate will randomly go through the roof even when Im just sitting and watching tv.
It gets to like 130-140 and makes me breath really hard, at the most random times, during no physical activity.

Its something about the top of my heart "firing" electricity that is then transfered to my bottom half of my heart. But my body accidently continues the cycle and sends the electricty back up, and so on... so it rases my heart rate.

Sound like your problem at all?
I also do feel like I dose off and stop breathing periodically and then "wake up" and take a deep breath. Its kind of weird.

 

[Jezza]

The thought has crossed my mind...

I sweat pretty much all over except for my head, but anyway...Same thing with the breathing and heart rate really. It's a feeling like your holding your breath eventhough you don't do that conciously. Some pressure on my chest is involved sometimes, too.

I have always had problems with breathing through my nose, a combination of allergies coupled to small nostrils (deviated septum, too) doesn't help. When I was younger during tests at school people would tell me to breathe less loudly (this happened just once but still) and also don't speak 'through your nose' so much'. Makes you a little self-concious, but still I kind of neglected it further on, it wasn't really a debilitating factor in my life enough for me to do something about it (as opposed to HH) and I didn't think it would affect my general health.

But then I read that breathing deeply triggers the parasympathetic nervous system, which counters the sympathetic nervous system.

So recently I got a prescription corticosteroid nasal spray and I'm trying that out now, since last thursday coincidentally. I'll let you know if it helps me a little.

On a unrelated note. I get this weird pain and bloating of my abdomen sometimes, particularly at parties, which means a a situation of a couple hours of continuous sweating and drinking (not necessarily alcohol), the doc checked it out but didn't find anything (when I wasn't feeling this pain), but is that familiar at all to you? I'm thinking maybe kidneys...

 

[FOR REAL]

my breathing is definately wrong! your supposed to breath in deeply and slowly through your nose and then out slowly through your mouth, my breathing is like really fast and this causes my heartrate to speed up and therefor my anxiety levels rocket.
it drives me crazy or crazier!! lol

 

[Sure_whynot]

The thought has crossed my mind...

I sweat pretty much all over except for my head, but anyway...Same thing with the breathing and heart rate really. It's a feeling like your holding your breath eventhough you don't do that conciously. Some pressure on my chest is involved sometimes, too.

I have always had problems with breathing through my nose, a combination of allergies coupled to small nostrils (deviated septum, too) doesn't help. When I was younger during tests at school people would tell me to breathe less loudly (this happened just once but still) and also don't speak 'through your nose' so much'. Makes you a little self-concious, but still I kind of neglected it further on, it wasn't really a debilitating factor in my life enough for me to do something about it (as opposed to HH) and I didn't think it would affect my general health.

But then I read that breathing deeply triggers the parasympathetic nervous system, which counters the sympathetic nervous system.

So recently I got a prescription corticosteroid nasal spray and I'm trying that out now, since last thursday coincidentally. I'll let you know if it helps me a little.

On a unrelated note. I get this weird pain and bloating of my abdomen sometimes, particularly at parties, which means a a situation of a couple hours of continuous sweating and drinking (not necessarily alcohol), the doc checked it out but didn't find anything (when I wasn't feeling this pain), but is that familiar at all to you? I'm thinking maybe kidneys...

Please keep us posted, coincidentally; also have allergies, sweat all over except my head, and a have a few other things in common. Its the same feeling, like I do it without noticing. My regular doctor thinks my breathing problem might be "early repolarization". Dose that sound like something any of you may have? (search wikipedia if you dont know what it is =])

my breathing is definately wrong! your supposed to breath in deeply and slowly through your nose and then out slowly through your mouth, my breathing is like really fast and this causes my heartrate to speed up and therefor my anxiety levels rocket.
it drives me crazy or crazier!! lol

That sounds like me haha, look into "early repolarization". Maybe there's a connection? Who knows. My heart rate jumps to 150ish randomly. Is it possible that your heart could be the problem? & your breathing could just be a reaction? Instead of the other way around.

 

[MyHyperhidrosis]

First I get nervous about whatever it is, then I know that nervousness will trigger my hands, then I sweat, then I get 100 times more nervous, then I can't breath, then I shake a little bit or even start to studder. If that wasn't enough, my mind can't stay focused and after it's all said and done....30 minutes may have gone by without me doing anything because of the my hands and the big freak out.

Ahhhh the day in the life of...me.

 

[Joolin]

I have a similar problem - sometimes when I have an anxiety attack, I'll start focusing way too much on everything I'm doing. I'll start wondering if I'm walking strange or breathing too loud or something and I'll end up overcompensating and making myself look even more awkward, which in turn makes me more anxious.

 

[Jezza]

Hi guys,

No results yet, but then again I still can't breathe through my nose, I don't think the spray is going to cut it, seems to be a mechanical problem mostly.

I might see a what we dutch people call KNO (throat, nose and ears) specialist to see if some surgery on my deviated septum could be beneficial, but that will take some time.

I'll let you know if/when something happens of course.

 

[SammyT]

Yup this holding your breath is like a mini panic attack - or what I think is called an anxiety attack. I had this today in the doctors, instinctively I hold my breath - it probably fits into the fight or flight mechanism somehow, though I'm not sure how it would help in a real fight or flight situation lol

 

[aizome]

i doubt this'll help, but in therapy when i was younger, my therapist told me that if i feel a panic attack coming on (mine involves a complete halt of breathing, among other things) to breathe in as far as i possibly can until it hurts, hold it for about 5 slow seconds, then exhale in a controlled manner, very very slowly releasing the air in my lungs until it's all gone. the impact of this technique has dulled over time, but when i first started using it, it was amazing, my body felt like a noodle and i relaxed considerably. it also helped to stop impending bouts of crying too.

 

[lookyloo]

Panic disorder is linked to breathing disorder. The problem comes when you've tought your self to overbreath. What happens is that you deplete your lungs of carbon dioxide which in turn makes you feel like you need more air which then makes you want to breath in more air which will cause panicy symptoms to kick in...
Most of the books and articles I've read say that you should try to do beathing exercises 2 to 3 times a day, about 20 min each. As follows: breath in and count to 4, hold your breath in and count to 2, breath out and count to 4 and finnaly count to 3 before you inhale again. This has worked miracles with me.