The base of the brain headache, much worse upon awakening, especially after deep sleep, has been my most lingering symptom. I have recently been working on increasing B vitamins and have had considerable improvement, but the symptoms do come back intermittently.
"Acute hypocapnia causes hypocapnic alkalosis, which causes cerebral vasoconstriction leading to cerebral hypoxia, and this can cause transient dizziness, fainting, and anxiety."
Is the main cause of hypocapnia a broken or flailing electron transport chain?
"ATP (or, in some cases, GTP), NADH, and FADH_2 are made, and carbon dioxide is released. These reactions take place in the mitochondrial matrix. Oxidative phosphorylation. The NADH and FADH_2 produced in other steps deposit their electrons in the electron transport chain in the inner mitochondrial membrane."
"Cellular respiration is a metabolic pathway that breaks down glucose and produces ATP. The stages of cellular respiration include glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, the citric acid or Krebs cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation."
I am looking at hypoxia as a possible cause and also wondering what part hypocapnia involves. I have several links I'm reading, but if anyone has some extra info about this, I would appreciate it. Thank you