Solutions In Hyperventilation - Insights

 The cabin doors close, the pilot makes the announcement, and the plane begins its coast down the runway. Suddenly, your heart begins to race and your breathing becomes heavier as you realize that you are trapped inside for the next couple of hours. Within minutes, you find yourself in the midst of a full blown panic attack, convinced that you are surely dying or losing your mind.

  If able, walking at a brisk pace increases carbon dioxide levels back toward the normal range as the muscles produce that extra CO2 the body expected to use.      So the anxiety may have been imagined, but the symptoms are very real, and understanding that is the first step to reversing or even preventing hyperventilation.      Just be sure to look around for lions.      The author, Yancy Caruthers, was a nurse for 18 years, and worked in emergency rooms, intensive care units, and helicopter EMS.