Turnover 25's road to kick PFS in the ass

[Turnover25]

After a 6 year struggle with DPDR on an almost permanent basis, I figured out the cause and fixed it. : Depersonalization

Interesting and great read about a guy who suffered brain fog, depersonalization/derealization, seeing life through "glass", memory issues and anxiety, triggered after one morning of waking up with a sinus infection, lasted 6 years. He also began suffering from IBS, low sex drive, insomnia. Not sure if there is a connection, but my "PFS" began with a sinus infection, also you see this in CFS sufferers.

He talked about what eventually cured him was his doctor "prescribing" him breathing exercises, his anxiety was causing him to experience something called "unconscious hyperventilation" where his breaths became short and fast with irregular rhythm. The condition was called Hypercapnia, causes dizziness, brain fog, DP/DR, yada yada, but can be triggered from a traumatic experience/stress. Frequent exposure to short, irregular, anxious breaths eventually can lead to CO2 toxicity. Messing with vision, cognitive function, all sorts of things. I think a ton of PFS sufferers, especially on forums like PH look so long for a diagnosis of what is wrong with their bodies where a lot of the symptoms are arising from things like anxiety and short/shitty breaths.

I frequently see things like breathing exercises, avoiding pesticides/chemicals and eating organic when looking through recovery stories of people that have never touched fin, but become chronically ill with unexplainable illnesses. I'm a firm believer that a lot of PFS symptoms are caused by nothing but stress and panic, as opposed to damaged 5-ar, especially mental symptoms. If you're not improving but doing everything on the protocol, maybe make more of an emphasis of doing breathing exercises, picking up fun hobbies that allow your mind to enjoy itself, and meditate to find a place where your mind can relax and rest. Constant worry about PFS and symptom checking is going to keep you in this hell longer I believe.

[mcbbould]

What breathing exercises do you recommend? I know CD repeats the wim hof method on his site. Anything else

[Turnover25]

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What breathing exercises do you recommend? I know CD repeats the wim hof method on his site. Anything else

I do the wim hof, there's a video on youtube that I follow. Do you experience dimmed vision at night time? Like someone turned down the lights. I've messed around with a lot of B vitamins in the last few months and my brain fog and vision issues has something to do with B vitamins because I've alleviated issues then made them worse then better, can't put my finger on it exactly. But I'm trying to figure out if I am dealing with strictly PFS or something else entirely.

[Cdsnuts]

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I do the wim hof, there's a video on youtube that I follow. Do you experience dimmed vision at night time? Like someone turned down the lights. I've messed around with a lot of B vitamins in the last few months and my brain fog and vision issues has something to do with B vitamins because I've alleviated issues then made them worse then better, can't put my finger on it exactly. But I'm trying to figure out if I am dealing with strictly PFS or something else entirely.

I can say with certainty that Gaba plays a role in vision. I'm not sure of the direct mechanism, but pfs guys have disrupted gaba channels due to 5ar inhibition. This alone will effect your site and cause things to seem "dim"

[Cdsnuts]

What breathing exercises do you recommend? I know CD repeats the wim hof method on his site. Anything else

Wim's method is great for increasing adrenaline and getting you up and going when you feel like doing nothing of the sort.

There is another method, I believe it's called the 8,7,4 Method, where you breath in as deep as possible for four seconds, hold for 7 seconds, and exhale for 8 seconds. Do this four or five times and you will feel yourself calm down immensely. They both have their place.