Gamereign555
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I am wondering if this is something others with PTSD suffer from or are prone to experience.
In its acute form, you are likely to end up in the hospital and is for the most part a rare event. I was in the hospital for several hours while sedated. It is extremely rare that someone dies from this and that would likely be due to an already present heart condition.
I have had this happen once and I had no obvious control over it. I was breathing heavy and fast, my face and hands were tingling a lot. My hands and feet contracted due to the hypoxia involved and I thought I was going to pass out at any moment. It was accompanied by a panic attack also which had me convinced I was about to die. This was acute hyperventilation syndrome.
I hope I never experience this again.
However, upon recovery and within the next few days I started to notice something. I was very tired, sleeping most of the day broken up throughout. This is when I first noticed my chest tightness and chronic breathing difficulty and tingling, this went on for a month. Expensive tests at the hospital ruled out anything physically wrong with my lungs and heart. This is chronic hyperventilation syndrome most likely. With panic coinciding.
Sorry for the lack of technical data and symptom lists (believe me it is a laundry list) which easily overlaps with PTSD symptoms. Most of the data on the net is quite technical and can be hard to understand because its sort of an underlying condition which is episodic that can become acute or chronic.
Part of the reason why I ask if others with PTSD have had or do have HVS is because prior to these diagnosis, I was either not PTSD or was unaware of it and all of its symptoms. As my PTSD symptoms were only noticeably present after approximately 2 days after my acute HVS event.
I am starting to think that acute HVS triggered my PTSD.
As the months have come and gone my condition has gotten better, I still have the PTSD yes but I am not regularly experiencing hyperventilation in such a severity. Just the typical anxiety breathing, but I also fear in the back of my mind that I am forever prone to HVS.
Opinions on the matter?
In its acute form, you are likely to end up in the hospital and is for the most part a rare event. I was in the hospital for several hours while sedated. It is extremely rare that someone dies from this and that would likely be due to an already present heart condition.
I have had this happen once and I had no obvious control over it. I was breathing heavy and fast, my face and hands were tingling a lot. My hands and feet contracted due to the hypoxia involved and I thought I was going to pass out at any moment. It was accompanied by a panic attack also which had me convinced I was about to die. This was acute hyperventilation syndrome.
I hope I never experience this again.
However, upon recovery and within the next few days I started to notice something. I was very tired, sleeping most of the day broken up throughout. This is when I first noticed my chest tightness and chronic breathing difficulty and tingling, this went on for a month. Expensive tests at the hospital ruled out anything physically wrong with my lungs and heart. This is chronic hyperventilation syndrome most likely. With panic coinciding.
Sorry for the lack of technical data and symptom lists (believe me it is a laundry list) which easily overlaps with PTSD symptoms. Most of the data on the net is quite technical and can be hard to understand because its sort of an underlying condition which is episodic that can become acute or chronic.
Part of the reason why I ask if others with PTSD have had or do have HVS is because prior to these diagnosis, I was either not PTSD or was unaware of it and all of its symptoms. As my PTSD symptoms were only noticeably present after approximately 2 days after my acute HVS event.
I am starting to think that acute HVS triggered my PTSD.
As the months have come and gone my condition has gotten better, I still have the PTSD yes but I am not regularly experiencing hyperventilation in such a severity. Just the typical anxiety breathing, but I also fear in the back of my mind that I am forever prone to HVS.
Opinions on the matter?
