MENTAL HEALTH FACT

Brain Ache. Why should we breathe deeply when we’re anxious?

Carbon dioxide raises the acidity of the brain, which activates fear, said researchers. Making our tissues less acidic – by inhaling more oxygen – calms the feelings of panic and anxiety. “Some breath exercises to control fear might act by raising the pH of the brain,” said Dr Adam Ziemann of the University of Iowa.

Deep breathing, still the simplest, most cost effective, quickest and most efficient anti-anxiety treatment.

Decades ago, when I was recovering from alcoholism. I recall walking down the street one day looking at my feet as usual, when some slight change made me look up. The world was in color again. I hadn’t realized that my alcoholism had literally robbed me of the visual experience of color in the world. A few weeks ago when my Selegiline started taking effect, I noticed a visual change. As I looked through the glass door and off across the backyard and through the yards behind mine. I could see a depth I had not noticed for a long time if ever and a little more brightness to the scene. It may not mean anything, but I enjoyed it and I will keep looking for whatever changes may be taking place. Progressively, I’ve been feeling better. The best way I can describe it is, I feel like a can someone quit shaking, a can someone had been shaking continuously for decades. I’m feeling a little smoothness in my days. Sometimes I feel as though anxiety had been a glue holding me together. Much of it has flowed away leaving my cells to float happily in the atmosphere, which may be where they belong.
Then there’s the regular holiday season thing-usually I feel unbearably pressure at this time of year. Today I noticed I was feeling comfortably apathetic. It gets done, it doesn’t get done, who cares, it will probably get done. I call that an incredibly big improvement. HOPE At this rate I could even have Christmas spirit next year!
Again, here is a list of the combinations that may be working for me. Metformin of 500 mg a day (brain protective), Lithium Carbonate 750 mg a day (prevents the manic/hypomanic phase of bipolar disorder), Selegiline 35 mg a day (antidepressant, brain protective), BuSpar 20 mg a day (anti-anxiety), Chlorphenamine maleate 12 mg a day. (“ In addition to being an H-1 histamine receptor antagonist, chlorpheniramine has been shown to work as a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor or SNRI. [1] A similar antihistamine, brompheniramine, led to the discovery of the SSRI zimelidine. Limited clinical evidence shows that it is comparable to several antidepressant medications in its ability to inhibit the reuptake of serotonin and also norepinephrine (noradrenaline).[2] However, extensive clinical trials of its psychiatric properties in humans have not been conducted. It inhibits serotonin reuptake less than norepinephrine reuptake, [3] however the literature is not consistent in this respect (compare Hellbom (2005) with Domino (1999)). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”) It’s WAY cheaper than PRISTIQUE!! I also take Vitamin D 5000 iu (brain food), Melatonin 9 mg (for sleep), Valerian Root 1350 mg (for sleep), fish oil EPA/Omega 3, 4100 mg a day (10 caps, brain food). Some of you may have read, “Help My H. P. A. Axis has Crashed”, which I wrote a couple weeks ago. I believe it and I’m taking the rehabilitation of the very seriously. I just got my Adrenal 80 mg (whole desiccated glandular concentrate) , which I will be taking two of a day and my Porcine Thyroid 130 mg , which I will also be taking two of per day. Then there is the Emotional Freedom and Healing practitioner I saw last month, my success at exercising, intermittently (swimming laps) and my aromatherapy, a mixture of rosemary and lavender oils, which may well be contributing to my current, vastly improved level of comfort. Knock on wood. Cross my fingers…
DISCLAIMER : This is what I do. I do not recommend that anyone else do it or encourage anyone else to do what I do. I am an experiment. You are welcome to watch.