Hyperventilation...think About All the Time...help! Posted: 04-23-07 20:45pm
I may have posted this before...
I was diagnosed w/depression and panic
about 16 years ago. It's gotten better.
But whereas I used to hyperventilate when
I felt like I 'couldn't breathe good', now
I think about my breathing, just think it,
and it sometimes happens. If my mind isnt
occupied, it will go to my breathing. And
I think about how slow I should be
breathing and how much time should be
between breaths (I dont count out it
seconds or anything; I just breathe
rhythmically). So it becomes NOT
automated but a controlled thing.
HOW do I stop thinking about it? All my
"downtime" (as my therapist calls it) is
occupied w/these thoughts. I just want my
mind to be blank when I'm relaxing, not
thinking about breathing!
Does anyone have any techniques or even a
med that helps w/the thoughts? I'm
currently on (and have been for quite a
while) Prozac and Xanax.
