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rawrrock
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Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice?
#19148528 - 11/17/13 05:36 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hey shroomerites!
So lately I have been tripping on mushrooms every three weeks or so, and every time without fail this happens. I don"t think it's really a side effect as much as a brain trick but, I'll come up and everything will be good, but then I forget to breathe. It's kind of terrifying! I know that it's an automatic function, I don't even think about it then it hits and I'll be gasping for air. I'll have to lay down for awhile or get distracted by something else before it gets better and it happens almost every ten-fifteen minutes.
I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or weird side effects or really any advice. I have used LSD and mushrooms before. LSD doesn't do these weird things to me.
Thanks!!
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beforeIgetold
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: rawrrock]
#19148601 - 11/17/13 06:46 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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You could have apnea.... I do. While breathing is automatic the strength of your breath might not be strong enough to keep you throat open when relaxed.
Do you by any chance snore a lot? Or wake up tired in the morning in general?
My CPAP changed my sleep pattern the better. Now I only have to deal with nightmares ;-)
Anyways, I intend to trip with the cpap as well. Well be fun...
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nicechrisman
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: rawrrock]
#19148620 - 11/17/13 06:59 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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don't worry about it
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TheGreenBox


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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: nicechrisman]
#19149120 - 11/17/13 10:44 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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That happened to me as well. Not as frequently as you, but just every once and a while I'd be like "hey wait, I forgot to breathe" and then do it. Weird.
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psilocybinjunkie
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: TheGreenBox]
#19149308 - 11/17/13 11:30 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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You are tripping hard in your mind and get distracted is my guess. Nothing to worry about, I highly doubt you'd suppress your desire to breathe until yo went unconscious.
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meganthratalica
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: psilocybinjunkie]
#19149870 - 11/17/13 01:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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This happened to me on LSD, but only after I either puked, or ate. I think I just got paranoid something would get stuck in my throat, or cause my breathing to stop. But every once in a while even if I haven't eaten or purged, I take real deep breaths because I'm afraid my breathing is too shallow. But it doesn't happen often.
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Tripsurfer
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: meganthratalica]
#19150579 - 11/17/13 04:33 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Its all mental.
Sometimes subconscious processes get a bit mixed up with the conscious ones. You are definitely not going to die or pass out from lack of oxygen.
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: Tripsurfer]
#19150750 - 11/17/13 05:06 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've had that happen to me a bunch of times while being high on weed (haven't tried other psychedelics yet), too. Like psilocybinjunkie I guess what happens is you're so inmersed in the experience that you don't pay any attention to breathing. Then, when you think about the importance of breathing you start worrying about it which makes you shift your attention to your breath which intensifies the feeling of yourself grasping for air. IME it's similar to the feeling I get when realizing that I'm falling asleep and drifting into a dream and I suddenly awake due to that consciousness shift. That's just my theory, it might be due to something else, though
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: Psychoneironaut]
#19151461 - 11/17/13 07:40 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think you might try exercise Go for a walk... Dance... Bike
I think it's very possible you are talking yourself into it... Control issues
Need to distract yourself... Relax.... Let go... You will be ok
Peace
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LandofOZ
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: HarryL]
#19152450 - 11/17/13 11:41 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Your probably just thinking about it then start tripping out about it. When your fine you are breathing naturally then you think about it and start controlling it
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theRAPeutic
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: rawrrock]
#19152496 - 11/17/13 11:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I agree with it being all mental. I too on shrooms realize oh I haven';t been telling myself to breathe, but actually gasping for air is definitely in your head.
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beforeIgetold
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: theRAPeutic]
#19152781 - 11/18/13 03:12 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I find it rather amazing that all you people keep using words like "definitely" and must be and so on....
You fail to acknowledge that there is infact a disorder called apnea... look it up, a lot of people suffer from this without knowing it.
Mine had its base while I was sleeping, but I found that it has affected my awake hours as well to a small degree. Sometimes I find myself pausing with my breathing and every once in a while gasping for air.
I'm not saying that that is what the OP is suffering from, but I wont stand here having you tell him that he most definitely is having this because of the trip.
That's why I asked wether the OP suffers from snoring while sleeping. Snoring is actually quite unhealthy and can lead to circulatory or heart disease, at the same time making you very tired or weak during your wake hours.
So don't jump to conclusions so easily... find out more about the OP and draw your conclusions then. Anything besides that would be irresponsible.
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: beforeIgetold]
#19153431 - 11/18/13 10:05 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good point Beforeigetold...
But apnea affects only like 4% of the population so while you are hypersensitive to the situation by being a sufferer yourself, it's probably not the OPs problem. (96% probably not)
The folks on here who have a lot of experience with beginners know that they can have a wide variety of self induced symptoms... Not any real underlying medical condition for the most part.
While apnea is a possibility, so is mushroom allergies. Or being over weight and out of shape. Or... Or panic or.... Anyway...
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LandofOZ
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: HarryL]
#19153473 - 11/18/13 10:18 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah I understand what you are saying as well. If you read through the posts though nobody was saying that it MUST BE or it is DEFINITELY that. Just giving our opinion that he is PROBABLY tripping to the point of worrying about it to much...
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: rawrrock]
#19159869 - 11/19/13 02:15 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have tripped where I began focusing on my breathing as a conscious reflex type function....like I had to think when to breathe. You can create anxiety if you let this manifest. Best to try getting up and moving, dancing...something to change your setting.
Fear not though....if you would take it to the extreme of losing consciousness...your unconscious reflex will take over and restore your proper rhythm....just like your heart will continue to beat.
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Tripsurfer
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Re: Trouble breathing while on mushrooms. Advice? [Re: Thayendanegea]
#19163012 - 11/20/13 12:11 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mushroom apnea thats a new one
-------------------- Ach en wee ben ik de klos, met mijn boog schoot ik een albatros... A philosopher is a person who knows less and less about more and more, until he knows nothing about everything.

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