A Gas Exchange Disease? Huge CDC Exercise Study Puts New Slant on ME/CFS

[Rufous McKinney]

Mine is 9 or 10 breaths per minute

as I read this, I Noticed I held my breathe several times.

in between my 14 breathes, are no breaths....

 

[andyguitar]

Mine is 9 or 10 breaths per minute I need to start working on that, no wonder I'm lightheaded all the time.

Thats low enough to cause your blood oxygen levels to drop.

 

[Mimicry]

Thats low enough to cause your blood oxygen levels to drop.

But my blood saturation levels are normal when I measure them with the finger oxymeter thingy. As in 96-98%.

 

[MonkeyMan]

This theory would explain pretty much ALL of my symptoms, including ...

• Why I feel awful after a long night's sleep
• Why I feel better outdoors than indoors
• Why deep breathing exercises clear up a lot of my brain fog
• Why I feel so tired after meals
• Why I constantly have the urge to lie down
• Why I feel great after a shower
• Why exertion worsens my symptoms
• Why I experience "air hunger"

 

[andyguitar]

This theory would explain pretty much ALL of my symptoms, including ...

Would you say that your breathing is abnormal?

 

[Rufous McKinney]

This theory would explain pretty much ALL of my symptoms, including ...

from your list:

the shower is a BAD PLACE

breathing more doesn't clear up my brain fog and I have high oxygen readings in my blood stream

being outdoors I don't feel very well...sensory overload is part of it: taking all that in.

The rest of your list sounds familiar.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

98%.

the nurse at my doctors office is always impressed with my blood oxygen!

what oxygen?

 

[MonkeyMan]

Would you say that your breathing is abnormal?

Yes, it's shallow.

 

[MonkeyMan]

from your list:

the shower is a BAD PLACE

Bad? Why?

 

[Rufous McKinney]

Bad? Why?

oh, well standing and showering and overstimulation and maybe lymphatic stimulus: I go down after a shower.

I hardly use the shower any more.

 

[ruben]

One thing which really does make me alive is going in the sea, especially in the waves.

 

[MonkeyMan]

oh, well standing and showering and overstimulation and maybe lymphatic stimulus: I go down after a shower.

I hardly use the shower any more.

Interesting. For me it's the opposite. Showering makes me feel much better.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

Showering makes me feel much better.

being cleaner is nice. I think I get some type of lymphatic overstimulation. My shower head is also not the type I need, and a stool is in order.

Its similar to a massage, an acupuncture treatment- if you get the stagnant flowing, well then I am enjoying surfing that soup.