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What is hyperventilation?

Hyperventilation is rapid or deep breathing, usually caused by anxiety or panic. This overbreathing, as it is sometimes called, may actually leave you feeling breathless.

When you breathe, you inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Excessive breathing may lead to low levels of carbon dioxide in your blood, which causes many of the symptoms that you may feel if you hyperventilate.

Alternative Names:

Rapid deep breathing; Breathing - rapid and deep; Overbreathing; Fast deep breathing; Respiratory rate - rapid and deep

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Hyperventilation - Anxiety Community
- Dec 17, 2011
Hello, I've been having some strange symptoms and I've been told that it come from hyperven...
Thin line between hyperventilation and normal breathing? - Anxiety Community
- Nov 29, 2011
I typically have days where I seem to be doing fine, and then there are others where I star...
Are my symptoms typical of anxiety/panic? - Anxiety Community
- Dec 02, 2011
3 weeks ago I had what the ER doctor told me was my 4th panic attack to date. I had two ...
Hyperventilation - Anxiety Community
- Aug 20, 2011
Does anybody on here constantly have trouble breathing correctly? I hyperventilate way too...
Anxiety relapse/hyperventilation problem - Anxiety Community
- Jul 18, 2011
I have been able to cope with my generalized anxiety disorder fairly well for the last 2 ye...
Possible Hyperventilation Syndrome? - Respiratory Disorders Community
- Jul 10, 2011
Hi, I've had this problem for over a year, it feels as if I have a difficulty breathing, b...
Shallow Breathing, Need to Yawn, Anxiety - Anxiety Community
- Jun 21, 2011
I don't have a question, but I am going to write about something that hopefully will help p...
hyperventilation??? - Undiagnosed Symptoms Community
- Oct 13, 2010
i ended up going to the emergency room on monday night. i started to feel nauseous and jus...
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- Sep 07, 2010
for starters, i suffer from migraines and take 75mg of topiramate daily. the migraines are ...
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- Aug 09, 2010
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