I don’t remember the last time I’ve had a clear nose for more than a few hours. It’s usually only one of my nostrils. Can’t breathe out of one for a few hours, then it’ll switch to the other one, or both. Blowing my nose doesn’t really help either, little to no mucus will come out and breathing doesn’t improve. The only time it really clears up is when I’m doing something athletic outdoors, but I don’t know if that’s just because I’m focused on something else and don’t notice it. It gets the worst at night when I’m about to go to sleep. Fresh air tends to help for a bit, but not for long. I’ve taken over the counter Flonase and over the counter antihistamine for as long as I can remember but they don’t do much anymore. Just looking for some advice.

My partner is a teacher a middle school. They rebuild their CR box periodically. This is what kids in public school are breathing in every day

Hi folks,

I (35 M, 179 lbs, zero history of smoking and with recent clear chest X-Rays and a clear partial chest CT) just saw a Pulmonologist yesterday for some real persistent shortness of breath I've had for 1.5 months, following some super stressful events.

He figures I have a Breathing Pattern Disorder, i.e. psychogenic Air Hunger.

Unfortunately he's of the opinion that there's basically zero respiratory therapists where I live (NYC) who're trained in how to deal with this - apparently there's a center of excellence for it in the US, but it's all the way in Denver.

But he also figures that I can literally train myself to breath normally again, with the right techniques and some patience.

Question for you guys; anyone here have experience with this, or any go-to breathing exercises to retrain the brain into breathing normally?

And has anyone else had to deal with something along these lines?

Fingers crossed, will still be doing a Pulmonary Function Test in about a week but he figures it's mostly in my head.

Thanks for any feedback! All comments highly encouraged and welcome.

20M

110LBS

5'9

Never smoked in my entire life/ Drink

2 Months ago I started having really bad shortness of breath that lasted an entire week, on day 4 I went to the ER and both Ddimer and xray was clear. Was told it was likely nothing.

I could do physical activities, go up and down the stairs etc but would need to take a deep breath after that.

It started after having extreme heart palpitations and I had an extreme palpitation that started my symptoms.

The shortness of breath went away after a week and would come back some days but would last a few days and then go away again (it was also mild everytime)

I had another x-ray a few weeks ago unrelated but it also showed nothing.

The shortness of breath seems to get worse at night and also comes and goes. I'm having another episode of it right now and i'm scared it's COPD since the symptoms match - shortness of breath that comes and goes, tightness in throat, excessive mucus production that makes the shortness of breath worse, No cough or pain.

I have no one in my family with COPD, never smoked. How likely is it COPD?

I’m a 37 year old with a tracheotomy, I had it fitted 01/02/23 when I was having laser surgery on my larynx. My airway started closing and they had to fit me with a tracheotomy. I was an inpatient in hospital for over nine months during which time I had many complications, I had a couple of infections including sepsis and I had a cardiac arrest, I was ventilated and had a feeding tube. I had to learn how to walk, talk, eat and breathe again. It has been a long journey to get to the stage I am at now. My respiratory consultant and ENT Dr say my airways are clear now, but my exhale is not strong enough to decannulate me, so I am going to try to improve this. My plan is to try Active Cycle of Breathing Techniques and I have an expiratory muscle strength trainer. I also want to improve my physical activity(which is very weak). Any hints, tips, or advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA

How do you implement deep breathing when in tense situation? I have confrontation anxiety and my stomach becomes really tight, I could only do rapid shallow breathing. After the moment is over I can normally do the deep breathing for relaxation.

How to implement it when I am facing the situation?

Hi all. I have diaphragm damage post-covid. I see a specialist on Friday to get more info. But it is very clear in my imaging that my poor left lung can't expand all the way because my diaphragm is elevated. (Anyone curious can see my post history for pics). I've noticed that some days I feel relatively fine as long as I am not too active. But days like today I feel like I'm suffocating just sitting doing nothing. My O2 stats are fine so I am in fact not suffocating. The air just feels too thick to breath. It's unbearable. Does anyone have any tips on reducing the symptoms or making this less awful on days where it's very humid or high barometric pressure?

When you are relaxed and everything is quite and settled in how is your breath? Is it normal to hear your breath and feel it... Or are you only supposed to feel your breath flowing? How is your breath right now currently how do you experience it

Your comment really makes a difference I have breathing problems.

How can you guys inhale or exhale for longer than 20 seconds? I watched some videos of yoga practitioner and they were able to exhale longer than 20 seconds comfortably. What breathwork did you practiced?

20M

5'8

(145lbs)

never smoked/did have secondhand smoking

Never drank

Please do not ignore this post or just think i'm crazy, i'm genuinely worried.

1 in a half months ago I started having really bad shortness of breath that did not go away for 4 days. It came right after I had palpitations for an entire day. That sob felt like inhaling was heavy or that there was something stopping me from inhaling to the end and I could only breathe quick and halfway.

At night time it got really bad and I had an extremely bad palpitation that possibly started the shortness of breath.

I went to the ER and all tests came back clear even Xray and Ddimer.

I went back home and the shortness of breath seemed to get better, but i'm not sure at the time if it completely went away or not.

I still have this shortness of breath - 1.5 months later but it's mild and it seems to change throughout the week? I'm really not sure if it changes or not but it feels like I'm not able to breathe properly and sometimes I even feel a pressure on my chest which scares me and I also gasp when trying to sleep sometimes which this is what makes me think it's lung cancer.

One weird thing is that I can't also feel the cold air in my nose, it feels like i'm under a blanket all the time.

I also have phlegm everyday which makes me think this is mucious adenocarcinoma of the lung.

I also saw a lot of young non smokers who had lung cancer and a lot of them described just having sob and no cough.

• I have no cough
• mucus everyday
• wbc was 11.7 at ER
• xray was clear but stage 1 can hide and ct is more likely to find
• I work at a fast food place that has a lot of frying
• I do have weight loss (was 150lbs a couple months ago)

It has taken a huge toll on my mental health and i'm having dream of being diagnosed with this condition.

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on my right side of my nose its hard to breath. Also when i sleep my nose is blocked. Does septum deviaton cause tiredness ?

Hi. As it says above. I’m trying to improve my breathing and lung capacity for running but I’m having trouble doing the exercises because my nose is in a constant semi-blocked state due to allergies. Is there anything I can do? I want to improve my running and I’m pretty sure it’s my breathing that needs to improve the most but I can’t improve it with exercises due to my nose. Shall I just breathe with my mouth? Or is there something else I can do? Thank you kind strangers.

A couple days a go after doing a couple sets in the gym I went to go do some arms.

I immediatley had to stop to breathe and take a drink of water, no big deal. Yet when I tried again, I could barely get a breath in and had to stop.

The entire rest of the day I felt extremely unsatisfied, having a shortness of breath feeling like the oxygen was not getting anywhere, I decided its probably just a bad day and to sleep on it.

Well fuck, today woke up and same problem, cant push myself into the gym, makes sleeping harder, and has even been causing headaches.

I took an oximeter and I got a 98%, it just doesn't add up for me, im 99% sure its not anxiety related since I am experiencing one of the lowest stress points in my life.

Do you guys think my mind is playing tricks? Or could this actually be serious, because if the oximeter is accurate I shouldnt have this right?

I’ve found I salivate more when I breathe through my nose. Anyone know why this is and if there is a way to mitigate it, besides mouth breathing of course? 😂

Hi, I've tried to search for this question but can't find too many threads on it. When I do deep breathing (5sec in, 5sec out/ or wim hof), I'll often have these intense body jerks. Specifically my neck will kind of twist and my hand might jump a lot. Whats happening with this?

I do have some tics triggered by dietary issues(eating corn can sometimes cause me to tic) but they rarely occur, maybe a few times a year, but these breathing spasms remind me of my tics.

Any thoughts?

Hi,

I have some questions on how to practice effective coherent breathing:

1. How deep should the in/exhales should be? Rather normal breathing or artificially deep breath to fill the loungs as much as possible?
2. Should I use my nose or mouth for the breaths?

Thanks.

Your mind is like a bubble machine.

60,000 thoughts a day—75% negative and 95% repetitive.

This is our mind on overdrive.

The mind makes a poor master but a good servant.

We have lost our marbles, and we haven't even noticed it.

Listen, if it has to be normalized, it's not normal.

One-third of the population on medication?

Real talk now. Your mind needs a reboot; it needs to be emptied of the shit you carry.

Yes, nothing worth having comes easy.

Where to start? Well, let's look at the root: the constantly over-bubbling mind, spewing out shitty bubbles making you feel ghastly.

This does not have to be the case.

You can learn to turn the bubbles off.

How, you might ask?

Sitting with whatever comes up, not running from it, not avoiding it; being present is a lost skill.

Start focusing on your breath.

Just for a moment, take three deep breaths in and out.

Maybe close your eyes, see what's present under the darkness of your eyelids.

Can anyone provide more info on the Oxygen Advantage Certification program? I'm considering attending one with instructor, Chuck McGee, the guy that heads up James Nesters breathwork retreats - His event is coming up at www.eventkarma360.com and want to get opinions on whether this form of breathwork is worth it. I've heard really good things on other breathwork threads. Would love your thoughts.

Working with a doctor but this is such a weird mystery. Trying to pinpoint the cause of my sob that I've had for almost a year. It weirdly totally goes away when I'm sick and my nose is clogged up.

Has anyone ever experienced that and have a thought on why?

Hi,

I have started with coherent breathing and am looking for my individual resonance frequency. Currently, I am playing around with 5.5 / 5.5 or 4.5 / 6.5 seconds for in/out breath while measuring the HRV.

However, I would like to hear which resonance frequencies you figured out are best for you so that I can expend my experiments with those patterns.

Thanks.

Hello I have to calm my nervous system down to heal. I am house-bound, cannot walk for longer than a few minutes, and have an extremely stimulated nervous system.

For over a year now I've been shallow/chest breathing(probably longer). I've been told to do "belly breathing" as its imperative to calm my body down, but I have extreme difficulty. I can barely expand my belly now after being in such an exhausted/stressed state for so long.

Are there any tips/hacks to ensure that I'm doing it correctly?

I don't feel like I'm inhaling into my diaphragm, more just pushing oxygen into my belly - if that makes sense?

Thank you

How to Practice:

1. Take some complete yoga breaths and find the turning point at the bottom of the lungs where the inward breath changes to the outward breath. Feel how there is a natural suspension between the two breaths. As you feel comfortable you can extend this suspension.
2. Now feel the turning point at the nostrils between the outward and inward breath again you will notice a natural suspension here as the breath changes from out to in. Allow this suspension to grow to become a pause.
3. It doesn’t need to be a long retention at first it can just be a count of 2 or 4.
4. The breath is suspended both inside and outside the body without any strain until there is a natural urge to exhale or inhale.
5. Continue with this breathing pattern for as long as comfortable.

Cautions:

1. This breath should not be attempted until the complete yoga breathing is mastered.
2. The inward breath should not be held for any length of time by people with high blood pressure or heart problems.
3. The outward breath should not be held out for any length of time by people with low blood pressure.

Benefits:

1. Retaining the outward breath slows the breathing down and quietens the mind
2. Retaining the inward breath energizes and stimulates the nervous system

What does it mean when i have to take a yawn type of breath to feel like i get a sufficient amount of oxygen I am a recreational smoker and vaper I also used to have reactive airway syndrome(or something like that) but it mostly affected me as a baby and never really had problems with it until now

Been having this shortness of breath for awhile now and I don’t know what it is, I went to the er a few months ago for chest pain but it was just anxiety or gerd is what they told me my chest xray and heart was normal, but this shortness of breath feels fairly new I’ll be just getting up or getting groceries in and I’ll get and have to catch my breath, worried about this anyone else experiencing this ?

Ujjayi Breathing helps to keep the mind focused, stimulates circulation and digestion and increases oxygen absorption, assists with insomnia.

How to Practice:

1. Ujjayi breathing can be practiced lying down, standing or sitting up and eventually in all asanas.
2. There are a number of ways to explain this breath. explaining one such way here -
3. Breathe through the mouth and softly whisper ahh on the inhale and haa on the exhale, then breathe through the nose keeping the ahh and haa going.
4. Keep the breath slow and smooth

Energizing Breath helps to strengthen the lungs, oxygenate the blood, and simultaneously relax and invigorate the entire body

How to Practice -

1. Stand with your feet in hip width distance.
2. Inhale slowly and deeply as you raise your hands above your head, join your palms at the end of the inhalation.
3. Exhale audibly though your mouth and bring your hands back to your side.

Repeat 5 to 10 times, then relax your arms and shoulders.

Hope this helps!
Please let me know how you feel after you practice this.