I am trying to treat a constellation of symptoms that seems to stem from chronic hyperventilation (in myself and two family members).
Here is what I observe:
We tend to mouth-breathe, especially at night. Moreover, our breathing is shallow and propelled mechanically by our neck and shoulder musculature vs deep, diaphragmatic breaths. Sleep is terrible and often interrupted by apnea.
Psychologically, this creates a low-level, 24/7 chronic anxiety and fear-state while physiologically it creates bodywide muscle tension that affects posture, gait, the ability to sit efficiently and quality of sleep. Meaning, our-just-walking-around stress levels are through the roof.
There are types of therapy providers who can sort of recognize this state -- they usually approach it from a different angle or highlight different portions - but in my eyes, it is the same fundamental state of dis-ease.
For example,
PRI - Zone of Apposition
or
Buteyko - What is the Buteyko Breathing Method?
or
Reflex Integration - Retained Primitive Moro Reflex Effect On Development – Intermountain
but these therapies don’t seem to be able to offer truly curative solutions.
For example, they suggest Buteyko-like exercises which may indeed increase CO2 levels temporarily, bring us into a parasympathetic state and offer momentary relief -- but the underlying cause is still left addressed. And can you really re-pattern an involuntary, subcortical activity like breathing?
Or perhaps this is related to histamines? But is it that the histamines are making us hyperventilate or is hyperventilation decreasing histamine tolerance? Chicken-or-egg madness.
My question: how do I treat and solve the true root cause? Has anyone here successfully cured this using Peatarian methods?
Here is what I observe:
We tend to mouth-breathe, especially at night. Moreover, our breathing is shallow and propelled mechanically by our neck and shoulder musculature vs deep, diaphragmatic breaths. Sleep is terrible and often interrupted by apnea.
Psychologically, this creates a low-level, 24/7 chronic anxiety and fear-state while physiologically it creates bodywide muscle tension that affects posture, gait, the ability to sit efficiently and quality of sleep. Meaning, our-just-walking-around stress levels are through the roof.
There are types of therapy providers who can sort of recognize this state -- they usually approach it from a different angle or highlight different portions - but in my eyes, it is the same fundamental state of dis-ease.
For example,
PRI - Zone of Apposition
or
Buteyko - What is the Buteyko Breathing Method?
or
Reflex Integration - Retained Primitive Moro Reflex Effect On Development – Intermountain
but these therapies don’t seem to be able to offer truly curative solutions.
For example, they suggest Buteyko-like exercises which may indeed increase CO2 levels temporarily, bring us into a parasympathetic state and offer momentary relief -- but the underlying cause is still left addressed. And can you really re-pattern an involuntary, subcortical activity like breathing?
Or perhaps this is related to histamines? But is it that the histamines are making us hyperventilate or is hyperventilation decreasing histamine tolerance? Chicken-or-egg madness.
My question: how do I treat and solve the true root cause? Has anyone here successfully cured this using Peatarian methods?