Breathing, Decreased Carbon Dioxide Levels, and Anxiety/Panic Symptoms

Most of what I know about the physiology of breathing comes from the book The Oxygen Advantage. What the book says, and I failed to notice, is that decreased carbon dioxide levels can lead to symptoms that resemble those experienced during anxiety and panic attacks.

Dizziness, lightheadedness, dry mouth, heart palpitations, nausea. That's what I've experienced intermittently over the past three months and it was making my life miserable. I was at a loss for where the symptoms were coming from because I didn't think I was anxious over the state of the world (at least not too much).

After a discussion with an Emergency Room doctor who happens to be an online client, I thought about the Oxygen Advantage book, and decided to retry the exercises. It's been about three weeks of breath training and I haven't experienced the symptoms since then. It turns out that breathing less, and breathing very lightly, will lead to an increase of carbon dioxide and normalized physiology. All good things.

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For an example of typical exercises for a beginner program, you can look here:
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Please note, this is quite generic and not sufficient for everybody!

For further information about Postural Restoration defined patterns, check out these videos and blog posts.
https://pritrainer.com/left-aic-pattern/
   • What is the Left AIC pattern?  

   • Introduction to the Right BC Pattern,...  
https://pritrainer.com/right-bc-pattern/

   • RTMCC Pattern Basics  
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