Re: Panic attacks and breathing

[Guest guest]

I must have missed some of the potato discussion . How many potatoes and how much water for this miracle potion? in Ca.

[Guest guest]

Thank-you so much for that advice Barbara--i hope i remember it ok when i get short of breath etc--Del

Panic attacks and breathing

Hi everyone,

My daughter (a speech pathologist) recommended a breathing technique for those of us who get panic attacks when we’re not breathing just right. She said that when you start getting that feeling, to breath out making an “S” sound. She said that it forces all the air to the front of your mouth and gives a very controlled exhale. It’s supposed to calm you down so you don’t hyperventilate. It might help until you can get to your inhaler or nebulizer--or when you wake up during the night having problems.

I was all set to boil some potatoes yesterday but when I looked at the state of my last few potatoes, I thought it would do more harm than good. So, off to the grocery store today to buy some more.

Barb

[Guest guest]

Barb, when I had

my very first *attack* (which wasn’t

a panic attack BTW) I was at work.

I worked for a

workers compensation insurer, so they had nurses there. So… there I was,

near unconscious, and this nurse comes along and tells me to do this breathing

technique you’ve described. We did that for what seemed like hours

(probably only minutes!) til an ambulance arrived with oxygen. I honestly think

it’s the only thing that kept me conscious.

I’d never

heard of it til then. I found out later they do that to keep your mind off what’s

going on. (And it worked!)

Cheryl

-----Original

Message-----

From: Barbara Erdmann

Sent: Sunday,

14 November 2004 2:08

AM

To: bronchiectasis

Subject: Panic

attacks and breathing

Hi everyone,

My daughter (a speech

pathologist) recommended a breathing technique for those of us who get panic

attacks when we’re not breathing just right. She said that when you

start getting that feeling, to breath out making an “S” sound.

She said that it forces all the air to the front of your mouth and gives a very

controlled exhale. It’s supposed to calm you down so you

don’t hyperventilate. It might help until you can get to your

inhaler or nebulizer--or when you wake up during the night having problems.

I was all set to boil

some potatoes yesterday but when I looked at the state of my last few potatoes,

I thought it would do more harm than good. So, off to the grocery store

today to buy some more.

Barb

[Guest guest]

Barbara thats how I was taught to control my breathing with asthma, and my

mother had cancer of her lungs, I nursed her till she died, and when she

couldn,t breath or started to panic, I would call out from my bed, " MUM.

clench your teeth tight and either push a long sssssss or I would talk her

trough till her nebuliser was on and she could breathe, she didn,t have the

strenght or rythm to use a puffer at the end, we did use one of the kids

spacer for a while then she could press on the puffer and breathe at a pace

of her own.

But diaphram breathing and teeth closed makes you alos breathe correctly

through the nose.

Thats why they use it for speech and panic and anxiety, because you have to

CONCERNTATE, stops hyperventilation.

Sandy

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>Reply-To: bronchiectasis

>To: <bronchiectasis >

>Subject: Panic attacks and breathing

>Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 09:08:16 -0600

>

>Hi everyone,

>

>My daughter (a speech pathologist) recommended a breathing technique for

>those of us who get panic attacks when we're not breathing just right.

>She said that when you start getting that feeling, to breath out making

>an " S " sound. She said that it forces all the air to the front of your

>mouth and gives a very controlled exhale. It's supposed to calm you

>down so you don't hyperventilate. It might help until you can get to

>your inhaler or nebulizer--or when you wake up during the night having

>problems.

>

>I was all set to boil some potatoes yesterday but when I looked at the

>state of my last few potatoes, I thought it would do more harm than

>good. So, off to the grocery store today to buy some more.

>

>Barb

[Guest guest]

My daughter said that it really does have

a physical purpose too. It keeps

the muscles in the throat from tightening up. She suggested it to a friend of mine who

has a type of dysphonia that is caused by her throat muscles tightening up when

she exhales (probably due to stressful situations in her life). She sometimes starts to hyperventilate

and this technique loosens the muscles.

After she told this to my friend she said “Mom, it’ll work

for your problem too”. She

said that there are a bunch of breathing techniques that speech pathologists

can help us with. The problem with

that in the U.S. is that most insurance companies won’t pay for the therapy

for our particular problem.

Barb

Panic

attacks and breathing

Hi everyone,

My daughter (a speech pathologist)

recommended a breathing technique for those of us who get panic attacks when

we’re not breathing just right. She said that when you start

getting that feeling, to breath out making an “S” sound. She

said that it forces all the air to the front of your mouth and gives a very

controlled exhale. It’s supposed to calm you down so you

don’t hyperventilate. It might help until you can get to your

inhaler or nebulizer--or when you wake up during the night having problems.

I was all set to boil some potatoes

yesterday but when I looked at the state of my last few potatoes, I thought it

would do more harm than good. So, off to the grocery store today to buy

some more.

Barb