Do you hold your breath?

Dowa

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Posted 11/13/2009 11:42 PM (GMT 0)

Hi Everyone: I find myself holding my breath several times a day and I dont even know why I am doing it? Is this what is meant by "air starvation.?" I am very capable of breathing, for some strange reason I am just holding it in, especially when concentrating on something like the computer. Do you guys do this? I cant seem to stop... Thanks~ D

mother natures child

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Posted 11/14/2009 1:10 AM (GMT 0)

Afterward do you do the huge sigh thing? So loud I scare myself !

Dowa

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Posted 11/14/2009 1:23 AM (GMT 0)

I guess I could call it a sigh. Its like having sleep apnea but being awake? lol Do you know why you do it? Is it a lyme symptom? Thanks D

mother natures child

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Posted 11/14/2009 3:16 AM (GMT 0)

I think so...Maybe some lyme literate patient like Razzle can answer this.

Willowrose

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Posted 11/14/2009 5:26 AM (GMT 0)

I do this too. It is, as Dowa says, like an apnea episode but while awake. I never connected it to Lyme, though.

Rose

achievinggrace

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Posted 11/14/2009 12:08 PM (GMT 0)

Yes, I do it, too. Dnn't know whether it's a concentration thing or trying to get the world to slow down so I can process it properly. Yoga helps. As I understand it air starvation is not when you hold your breath, but when you are gasping for breath and can't get enough.

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