Take the test

[Razzle]

TAKE THE TEST !!!

Because of my medical education and degrees it allows me access to research and researchers doing new non-drug anxiety treatments. I have been on the phone and doing intensive research on CO2 and the new Capnograph treatments for the past two weeks. People are recovering from decades of anxiety with the help of this protocol.

It is reported that over 98% of people with anxiety have learned breathing dysfunctions where they blow off excess CO2 - this causes a whole cascade of neurological and physiological negative changes. Within 3 seconds improper breathing can send the nervous system into high states of excitation.

I don’t have time to go into detail on this but here is the test:

Breathe normally - don’t take a big breath. After a normal exhale hold your nose closed and close your mouth tight.

Count the number of seconds on a watch until you feel the first twinge of needing to breathe. Do not hold or count until you feel like you are going to pass out.

If you took a big breath after the test you did not stop at the first signs of air hunger - do the test over.

Wait 5 minutes of normal breathing and do the test two more times.

Report, on this link, the number of seconds until you needed to breathe.

[jessed03]

I've done lot's of work on CO2 levels now, so my number is around 33 seconds, which I'm pretty happy with. but I will say that I think theres truth in this. Breathing levels are very related to anxiety, and the levels of everything in your body, chemicals, gasses, and nutrients is very important. That being said, I think there is a temptation with anxiety sufferers to focus on one aspect of something, and believe that the cure lies there. I don't want people to read this, and think this is the way to cure anxiety, it's just a piece in a multi-piece jigsaw. The cure is all round health, as through my breathing practice, I've noticed at times my body is off balance, and no breathing work, or help has been able to fix it, and the anxiety would remain until the problems were fixed.

Still a very important topic, I'm glad it's being more recognized now, many people can become aware of. Kudos for bringing it up. I'm more interested to know though, as somebody who is struggling with anxiety, whats your time?

[Razzle]

Here are the specs from a neurology text from Stanford University

10 seconds or less - severe breathing dysregulation with major physiology
alterations to the organism - often seen in very ill patients - in an ER they may give you an IV
because your CO2 is so low you have little ability to regulate blood Ph

up to 20 seconds - less severe physiology alterations but still in critical
range -up to 30 seconds - moderate alterations to physiology in a health person
In a sensitive person it can mean severe symptoms - mental & physical


up to 40 seconds - Minor changes in physiology in sensitive patients

Over 40 seconds to 2 minutes normal oxygen and CO2 saturation in tissues

The inability to hold the breath means that the patient has been blowing off too
much CO2 and this limits Oxygen saturation into ALL tissues. Taking a deep breath
will have an adverse effect.

A breath hold below 30 seconds can reduce the oxygen to the brain by up to 50%. CO2 is the
gas the entire nervous system uses to calm itself.

If you are below 40 seconds major relief from anxiety can come from proper breath retraining.
Finding a therapist that has a Capnometer to test your breathing is the first step toward recovery

[StarryNight]

About 13 seconds. I did do some breathing training but I guess I need some more.