I tried some breathing exercises I learned through the Calm app, but I did not feel that it helped me much. Regarding exercise, I used to do some light jogging for 30 minutes 3 times a week, however, I stopped after my second panic attack. I was so scared of having another panic attack that I stopped doing anything that would trigger my symptoms. I don't have any exercise routine at the moment.

Symptoms Update: I have been doing the colon cleanse for 5 days now. I also read a bit about the LNB and I'm not sure what has helped me the most.

Day 2 of the colon cleanse, I was still having the symptoms at a 75%. Meaning I was still having the urge to take a deep breath a least once every 1 to 2 hours and not being able to complete the deep breath at least 1/3 of the time. I did change the colon cleanse from taking the supplements to taking Olive oil and Lime on day 4.

I started to look into LNB the night of Day 2. I noticed the following.

- When I'm dealing with the symptom, I noticed that my stomach is sucked in. Kind of like flexing my stomach to not look fat. I was not aware of me doing this until I paid attention to my body.
- I try to take a deep breath with my chest and 1/3 of the time I'm not able to. Things that stood out are that I try to push my chest forward/upward and move my chin up trying to get that last piece of breath.

I'm currently doing the following after noticing the above.
1. Relax my stomach when I start to get the feeling of taking a deep breath. It gets a bit hard because at this point I switch to manual breathing since I focus on my breathing too much. So, I need to make sure I breathe slowly and through my stomach.
2. Take a deep breath with my stomach instead of my chest.

I would say that the symptoms are at a 95% controlled. The feeling sometimes goes away by just relaxing my stomach muscles and breathing slowly. If the feeling does not go away, then I'm able to take a deep breath 100% of the time by using my stomach instead of my chest. I'm giving it a 95% because I still get the feeling every few hours.

One thing that stands out is that the feeling of taking a deep breath feels different when I do it with my stomach than my chest. When taking a deep breath with my chest, I seem to breathe in until I feel some sensation in my chest that would indicate that the deep breath is completed, it's hard to describe the feeling. however, when I take a deep breath with my stomach, the deep breath is short, but fulfilling. More like a sigh rather than a yawn. Not sure if that makes sense.

I'm going to complete the 15-day cleanse and continue breathing through my stomach. I will update you guys in a few days.