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Has anyone been diagnosed with low carbon dioxide (CO2)?
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Yes- same thing. I was diagnosed with a blood gas imbalance 3 years ago at Mayo aerospace in AZ. Essentially, respiratory alkalosis/chronic altitude sickness from a virus. I've been doing the treatment, medicine since then and have not gotten a whole lot better. They say it takes a lot of work and time to rebuild your CO2 storage, and if you overdo it or are still experiencing irregular breathing patterns, you are continuing to deplete any CO2 your body is trying to hang on to. This all makes so much more sense to me and I understand now why it's such an uphill battle. Our bodies are fighting to balance us out but in the meantime have forgotten what that baseline balance should be. That makes it much, much harder. Hang in there, do the work! If anyone has found success with any particular treatment, I'd love to know. I've been using the Breather, water therapy, respiratory therapy, and medication.
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I was also diagnosed about 3 years ago at Mayo Aerospace Clinic and my symptoms are worsening. Tried Acetazolamide but side effect of fatigue was too great, then tried Mathazolamide but got a deep bloodshot left eye and ringing/hissing in my ears right after I increased the dosage and stopped taking it. Still have ringing/hissing in my ears, slight headache everyday and pressure in head. I was also out on Cellebrex and felt no difference on or off the med except it helped my sleep better from nerve related pain in my lower legs that appeared after Covid vaccines and my blood clot. My heart rate also increased right after the vaccines when ever I would exert myself and working out. Been on Nebivolol for years now to lower heart rate just to workout but nowhere near level I used to be.
I recently had a Spike Protein test done at LabCorp showing high level if 23215 u/ml years after vax or any covid infection. Not sure if this is causing my symptoms but I read high spike protein level can indirectly cause respiratory alkalosis and vaccines can possibly cause as well. I was healthy prior to the vaccines and all went downhill rapidly for me.
I also use the breather but my symptoms have not improved.