Expansive speech

[paulc20-]

When I talk lowly I am ok but when ever I get ,say, expansive in my speech I get breathless and it frustrates me and gets me down . Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

[O2Trees]

Hi Paul - I think you are probably hyperventilating when you get, as you describe it, expansive. In other words you may be over-breathing and trapping air in your lungs, so that there's less room for new air to get in. We can then get into a cycle where there is less and less room in our lungs the longer the situation goes on.

Try pacing what you are saying, taking some gaps, and breathing slowly and from the belly - there are youtubes on diaphragmatic breathing you can take a look at. And when you are breathing out, try doing so through the mouth with pursed lips. You do pursed lip breathing as if you were blowing out a candle. Doing this creates back pressure in your lungs so that they function better. There are you tubes about pursed breathing too. Hope this helps a bit.

[mikeadams51]

You could also check your oxygen levels as I have to use my ambulatory oxygen whenever I attempt expansive speech. Good luck

[knitter]

I guess you will be breathing faster and deeper , through your mouth too , and with a more emotional response , which may be causing, as O2 says, a bit of hyperventilation .

Low and slow, gentle breaths through your nose.

I find talking on the phone disrupts my breathing pattern as does getting emotional ....try a bit of meditation with a gentle breath...just slow down the breathing for a few minutes.

[paulc20-]

Thanks for your replies

[Claudine]

I find exactly the same - especially on the phone, presumably because of having to project my voice. It just seems hard work. I was having an animated conversation with my son the other day and kept coughing. Even he said "Mum, slow down".

[fluffy1964]

Part of having a lung condition is you need to breath so if you're talking you're not breathing as usual, just talk slower and speak when you're able, people who understand will wait