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Posted by Deneb on October 7, 2010, at 1:22:55
My Dad has been asking me about my sighing a lot. He asks me what is wrong and I say nothing is wrong and nothing really is wrong. I just sigh a lot.
But now I've discovered that I really sigh and yawn a LOT, like maybe once a minute or something. I didn't think much of this at all until I searched online for this. I found out this could be some kind of medical problem.
I think it is most likely anxiety.
How much sighing is normal and should I be worried?
Posted by sigismund on October 7, 2010, at 2:50:37
In reply to Excessive, involuntary sighing, posted by Deneb on October 7, 2010, at 1:22:55
Let's forget about normal.
I wonder if the sighing and yawning may have something to do with the SSRIs you are on.
I've not taken those drugs, but I have taken drugs that activate certain serotonin receptors which do cause yawning (though not sighing).
Posted by Phillipa on October 7, 2010, at 10:33:54
In reply to Re: Excessive, involuntary sighing » Deneb, posted by sigismund on October 7, 2010, at 2:50:37
I always thought it was just the body's way of getting more oxygen? Never gave it a thought. Phillipa
Posted by ed_uk2010 on October 7, 2010, at 14:22:17
In reply to Re: Excessive, involuntary sighing » Deneb, posted by sigismund on October 7, 2010, at 2:50:37
High doses (or combinations) of SSRIs frequently cause yawning.
Posted by ihatedrugs on October 7, 2010, at 22:52:55
In reply to Excessive, involuntary sighing, posted by Deneb on October 7, 2010, at 1:22:55
I somewhere read that excessive sighing can be a symptom of B-12 deficiency.
Greetings
> My Dad has been asking me about my sighing a lot. He asks me what is wrong and I say nothing is wrong and nothing really is wrong. I just sigh a lot.
>
> But now I've discovered that I really sigh and yawn a LOT, like maybe once a minute or something. I didn't think much of this at all until I searched online for this. I found out this could be some kind of medical problem.
>
> I think it is most likely anxiety.
>
> How much sighing is normal and should I be worried?
Posted by Deneb on October 8, 2010, at 0:12:54
In reply to Re: Excessive, involuntary sighing, posted by ihatedrugs on October 7, 2010, at 22:52:55
MY B12 was normal a year ago. I wonder if it is still normal?
I think I sigh because I hyperventilate when I'm anxious. I'll ask pdoc.
Posted by Iden on October 11, 2010, at 20:05:32
In reply to Excessive, involuntary sighing, posted by Deneb on October 7, 2010, at 1:22:55
Sighing - interesting subject. My primary challenge is unipolar depression. I run somewhat depressed all the time but can have more serious depressive dips. During those dips, I recall sighing a lot. I don't really recall, but think I have read that lots of sighing can be related to depression.
Posted by SLS on October 12, 2010, at 7:27:34
In reply to Re: Excessive, involuntary sighing, posted by Iden on October 11, 2010, at 20:05:32
> Sighing - interesting subject. My primary challenge is unipolar depression. I run somewhat depressed all the time but can have more serious depressive dips. During those dips, I recall sighing a lot. I don't really recall, but think I have read that lots of sighing can be related to depression.
Yes. Definitely.
- Scott
Posted by Deneb on October 12, 2010, at 15:22:04
In reply to Re: Excessive, involuntary sighing, posted by Deneb on October 8, 2010, at 0:12:54
Pdoc doesn't think my sighing is an SSRI side effect. She thinks I still have self defeating thoughts subconsciously and that makes me sigh. I am not aware of these thoughts. She wants me to try to notice when I sigh and take note of what I was thinking about at that time.
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