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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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Bro you were my inspiration I saw your video talking about buteyko. Buteyko kept me perfect for months but it came back two weeks ago. I was trying to find you on Facebook to ask you what your mistakes were that the SOB returned. I haven’t lost faith, I know hvs is the cause and buteyko is the cure, I think though the body goes through old symptoms at certain Cp levels. It makes me sad to know that I might never be rid of this all year round. But we both know what buteyko can do, feeling no sob for months. I’m going to talk to buteyko teachers soon, but I’ve seen buteyko rebound mentioned where the body wants to get rid of C02 so it gives you a feeling it knows will cause you to take deep breaths be that headaches, anxiety, feeling unwell, or for us SOB. I felt this return of symptoms after a day of doing the most buteyko ever, stayed for a week until I stopped doing buteyko and breathing heavy through nose my nose felt quite stuffy but I didn’t feel the sob. Came back though I believe it’s from a reaction of change in the body, and such changes in c02 happens so much when you are an overbreather your C02 will go very low to low. And that causes you to breathe more which puts you in an endless cycle of a few hours or moments of complete relief until you breathe more. If I can get your name on a different platform id really like to keep in touch, be that reddit or discord (both have a huge buteyko community). Any advice also to get rid of your returns of sob
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Hey @yessir321, I'm glad you haven't lost faith. I think it's paramount to keep up hope and keep searching for answers especially for a mysterious condition. I know it makes you sad that symptoms could come up, but I encourage you to remain optimistic that there are solutions that will keep symptoms at bay. Mine comes and goes throughout the year, but am still able to maintain a normal life despite the symptoms increasing a little bit. But there's the knowledge that they will come back down.
As far as mistakes, I would say the only mistake I made or the thing I wish I would've done was to keep up the breathing exercises and physical exercise even when the symptoms were pretty much gone. Early on back in 2014, I thought of Buteyko as a bandaid and not something I needed to keep up with, so when the air hunger came back then, it came back with a vengeance and was more difficult each time to get rid of. So now I'm stuck with it, but it is at least mild most of the time except for when my sinuses are bothering me. I wonder if the air hunger would never have returned had I kept up with regular exercise and breathing exercises.
A lot of variables can affect breathing, such as how much you exercise, your diet and lifestyle, how you respond to stress, etc. So I think there are many things to consider when trying to get rid of the symptoms, like improving the diet, exercising more, finding ways to positively respond to stress and keep a positive mindset. But it seems like you're keeping on top of it the best you can. How's your physical exercise routine? I think this is an important aspect of Buteyko; moderate exercise with controlled breathing.
Thank you for sharing your story and let me know how you progress.