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Anxiety and Panic

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People with breathing pattern disorders have higher levels of anxiety than the normal population. This can often be a chicken and egg situation as chronic hyperventilation can occur for many reasons other than anxiety with resulting symptoms becoming the cause for anxiety and perpetuation of the problem.

The tendency to hyperventilate can become the default pattern leading to respiratory alkalosis; sympathetic arousal increased muscle tone, paraesthesia etc. (see Nijmegen Questionnaire).

Of vital importance is early recognition of BPD. Conventional treatment of anxiety will not address restoration of normal mechanics where the maladaptive pattern has become the norm.
Using Capnography biofeedback we can identify those where chronic habitual hyperventilation may be contributing to symptoms.

I frequently see people who are still suffering symptoms long after receiving psychological support and medication who often respond very quickly to treatment.



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