constant yawning

[rachpurcell]

hi, i was wondering if anyone can help me..... im a fit 29 year old woman and i have no health problems other then i have a problem with constant yawning and its driving me nuts! my first memory of it was when i was a young teen about to start a running race i would get the urge to yawn and i would just get it out before the race started (thankgod) so i would put that down to nerves but as an adult i have been getting the constant yawning problem back alot more freqeunt and i could yawn 50 times a day and it usually takes me 3 or 4 go's to get a propper yawn out that i feel satisfied. it comes on randomly and not in nervous situations just everyday at home etc and always when im in a areobics class and its not that im short of breath at all its just the urge to yawn!!!!! i class myself as being a very fit,active, happy and not anxious or nervous person  i am at an ideal weight and im healthy! i would love to get to the bottom of this CAN ANYONE HELP???????????????


This discussion is related to Yawning and Shortness of Breath.

[ss4lee]

Does anyone know if we do it in our sleep?

This may give some indication as to whether its oxygen our body needs or  a "habit"  

I do it too. The first time it happened was when i had given up smoking for 4 weeks and was mid way through a course of Zyban, i had it for a few weeks (possibly months) and then it disappeared all by itself.

3 years later i was telling someone about it & after doing it once i couldn't stop it! this episode lasted a few days then it stopped.

Only a few weeks later people at work were talking about Gordon Brown  saying how they noticed that he did it, by the end of the day i was hooked again and 3 years later i am still doing it more than ever.

Its so frustrating as i feel it is possible for it to stop but sometimes the more i think about it the worse it gets.

Has anyone tried hypnotherapy???

[RaSkull789]

I'm a 29 year old male, I'm athletic, I work out 5 days a week, never smoked, and I don't drink. I've never had any sort of health problems.. however, I yawn constantly. If I'm not yawning, I'm taking a very large breath in to try and fill my lungs completely with air. I'll have to take 3-4 large breaths back to back until I fill the very top of my lungs inflate and only then am I satisfied with it. If I don't start taking large breathes of air in, I feel like I'm not inhaling enough air for some reason. I don't get it! I ask around with other people and nobody else seems to have the problem but me.

[Kyolio]

I'm 16 and have had this same problem for as long as i can remember, none of my friends have it, but i know my nan does, from the posts that i've read on here it seems were all women.. or most of us, i dunno! i'm yawning too much to think :( never checked online about this, but i went to my doctor and he said i was fine.. i was like "well obviously not" so changed drs but this one dont seem to know either, i get it a lot worse when i'm due on and when i'm tired, i run alot, and get short of breath from that quicker than others i know who barely run, which is annoying. anyway... its really annoying basically as everyone here should know and we need to get to the bottom of this :|

[abe2911]

Like everyone else I have having the same problems. I am a 25 year old male, not overweight, never smoked, no drugs, very regular exercise. Mine started about 6 months ago lasting only a few hours, then came back about once a month for a few hours for the next few months. Then randomly it came back and stayed for days leading to a panic attack and a trip to the ER. All of this was definitely due to anxiety as I do suffer from anxiety and this definitely contributed to the breathing trouble. After a week of anxiety meds I was back to normal. Unfortunately after 2 months it came back and has stayed for a month now :/.

Although I have not got this to go away this time I have found ways to make it very manageable. First off was retraining myself to breath, slow deep breaths through the stomach not the chest. This helped tremendously and got rid of all my chest pain and lessened the urge to gasp for air. Adding breathing exercises has also helped. I do have moderately low TSH but not low enough to take synthetic hormone replacement. Instead I am taking a 'natural' supplement aimed at supporting thyroid function. This has also seemed to help tremendously.

At this point, I think this could very well be a 'tic' that my body likes to feel satisfied since I have been doing it for over a month now. I'm fairly sure I can overcome this 'tic' but will require hard work and perseverance, as any habit takes to break. I find I can go a good while without having the urges if I am very focused on other things taking my mind off of it and changing my attitude toward the situation in general.

I am going to start a gluten-free diet as it certainly can't hurt and will lead to a healthier lifestyle anyway. I eat pretty clean but all the processed crap we are exposed to cannot be good anyway.

It's very comforting to know I'm not the only one and there are other people working toward a cure. I'll check back with status updates and good luck to everyone else and God bless!

[mommiechops]

I am a 58 year old that is constantly yawning, trying to catch my breath.  it started when I would lay down.  I would have to sit  up and keep  yawning until I could catch my breath.  now I have to stand up to do the same thing.  I do have acid reflux. could that be causing the problem?
Colleen

[hava]

You need to to anulom vilom for more than 15 minutes to improve the breathing.
After eating sit in vajrasan position to help the digestion. A lot of oxygen is required for digestion, so taking deep breaths through the nostrils, into the lungs will help.