Does anyone's breathing improve after emotional breakdown....?!

[Heavo]

My breathing has improved massively in the last fortnight and I have been grieving all through this time....

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Sorry you are having a difficult time Heavo. I can't offer any explanation other than your mind being on other things.

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So sorry you are having a difficult time Heavo, but glad your breathing has improved some. Can't say what the answer may be, but could you have moved into acceptance stage of your grief, this may have had an affect.

Hope you find things becomeing more peaceful and calm for you.

[jabber]

I wonder if it something to do with adrenaline. I looked it up and found the following: -

"Adrenaline is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands during high stress or exciting situations. This powerful hormone is part of the human body's acute stress response system, also called the "fight or flight" response. It works by stimulating the heart rate, contracting blood vessels, and dilating air passages, all of which work to increase blood flow to the muscles and oxygen to the lungs."

I know in the past I've been given an adrenaline injection following a severe asthma attack, but as it says above, at times of real stress the body's own defences get to work.

Like the others, I'm so sorry you are grieving and wish you peace and tranquility soon.

[Heavo]

Thanks for all ur replies I'll just put it down to my Parents helping me from Above & Beyond. X

[medow]

hello heavo, I do think our bodies hold onto emotion, ie we will say someone is a pain in the neck, pain in the a...e, someone will make our skin crawel, got the world on our shoulders etc, maybe, just maybe, your getting a lot 'off your chest' and it's really helping, ......and of course maybe beloved parents are also helping, really hope you continue to feel better xx

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Sorry to hear that heavo. I think that after an emotional breakdown you can get a lot of things off your mind and if you have been suffering stress or tension that can help your breathing and you are more relaxed after.

Hope this helps and you feel a bit better soon.

Bev x

[Huffnpuffer]

I don't know the answer, but when my hubby died suddenly and unexpectedy at 59, I kept well for weeks afterwards, coping with arrangements, advising whoever, and doing what i had to, to get through such an awful time. It was only after everything was sorted as best i could that i started feeling as poorly as always, so maybe it was adrenalin,i just dont know. But boy was i grateful for it!

I really hope you stay well, take care .xx

[dollysgirl]

I think Jabber is onto something with the Adrenaline theory. I too have a great improvement in my breathing after any great emotional shock, to the point where I can breathe normally for days on end. I think it is the cortiscosteroid from the adrenal glands (I don't know whether this is PART of adrenaline, or is a concomitant to it). Put simply it is the body's own steroid/anti-inflammatory coursing through our system, so it eases any inflammation in our lungs and we feel the benefit. I've often joked that I should seek to be shocked or greatly upset on a regular basis to keep breathing freely. And it is all wrapped up in emotion as well as the physical side, but that is the case in just about everything with the body. Hope my theory helps.

[Heavo]

thanks U lot a great help n food for thought X

[Heavo]

I've just started taking seretide again but that cudn't be responsible for all the improvement though cud it.......?!

It's 250 inhaler two puff morning n night, that cudn't be it cud it....?!