Guest guest Posted September 12, 2001 Report Share Posted September 12, 2001 One of the possible causes of anxiety and panic attacks is the oxygen concentration in the blood becomes too high and the carbon dioxide concentration is too low. The person feels like s/he is suffocating and not getting enough oxygen, but actually the person has too much O2 and not enough CO2. As the person breathes harder and harder, the O2 level rises still higher and the CO2 level drops even more. The solution is to have the person breathe into a paper bag. The CO2 that the person breathes out becomes concentrated in the bad and inhaled back into the lungs, the O2 level in the blood drops and the CO2 level rises, and eventually the anxiety or panic attack passes. Or, if a paper bag isn't available, forcing yourself to hold your breath and to breathe deeply and slowly when you do breathe also accomplishes the same thing. This situation also is called respiratory alkalosis. There are other possible causes of panic attacks, but this is the most common one. Sometimes pressing on Kidney 27 (the points right under the collar bones where they rise slightly before dipping down to connect with the breastbone) can help in some cases. Victoria _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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