Shallow breathing...

[tranquiljourney]

Hello everyone......I hope I am posting this in the right area.....

Hoping someone can help me here I am getting a bit nervous....

I have been taking kratom or opiates on and off for around 10 or 12 years..... The last 2 years I have been taking hydromorphone...... My breathing keeps getting worse and worse especially at night and when I wake up after sleeping..... I feel like I am just going to go to sleep and not wake up....... My breathing feels so shallow...I feel like my dose is not that big but maybe it is bigger then I think? I usually plug around 12 mgs per day....... I start small like 2 mgs and then just add when needed throughout the day.... I have no set pattern.... I figure its better to keep the body confused...... This way I never really have to increase the total dose......

Is there anything I can do to get my breathing back to normal? I am fairly lean but I barely do any cardio......If I did regular cardio can I get back to normal.....Or breathing exercises or anything like that......I tried to search to find a good thread on this topic but did not find anything......Any help with this would be so much appreciated....

Thanks for any replies....

 

[emkee_reinvented]

Have you measured your blood oxygen with one of those finger clip things.
Just to check what the actual saturation is. If I meditate i don t feel that i am breathing, example.
Edit: while doing this my actual my saturation goes up. tested it a few times.

Off course i do just its just super shallow, this is not harmfull afaik,

A OD on Opioids is so it d be concerned to.
Wait till someone with some opiod experience responds, i am not.
So don t even know if a blood Oxygen meter in relation with Opiods is a smart or useful tool.

They advise buying a quality brand machine. And saturation should be above 90 % at least.

 

[BK38]

You may want to taper down your opiate dosage and invest in a blood oxygen saturation device in addition to an asthma inhaler. Some light cardio should help too, alongside breathing exercises.

 

[tranquiljourney]

Have you measured your blood oxygen with one of those finger clip things.
Just to check what the actual saturation is. If I meditate i don t feel that i am breathing, example.
Edit: while doing this my actual my saturation goes up. tested it a few times.

Off course i do just its just super shallow, this is not harmfull afaik,

A OD on Opioids is so it d be concerned to.
Wait till someone with some opiod experience responds, i am not.
So don t even know if a blood Oxygen meter in relation with Opiods is a smart or useful tool.

They advise buying a quality brand machine. And saturation should be above 90 % at least.

Hi thats a great idea......I dont know anything about blood oxygen levels..... I will try to do some research.....I really feel like I am not getting enough oxygen..... Sometimes I feel a little light headed.....I also feel like sometimes I actually kind of forget to breathe... At night when I go to sleep my hands feel a bit numb.....It feels like my blood is not circulating enough..... However the mind can really play tricks on you so I am not totally sure..... Also I am so shocked I really didnt find any threads on this..... I cant be the only one having these symptoms???

 

[tranquiljourney]

You may want to taper down your opiate dosage and invest in a blood oxygen saturation device in addition to an asthma inhaler. Some light cardio should help too, alongside breathing exercises.

Here is the thing....... I really dont want to taper down....... I really think my dose is on the smaller side...but not so sure....... I will get an inhaler if needed but I am trying to stay natural and really dont want more meds..... but if I need to then I will..... I was thinking to try to consult a breathing expert type doctor but honestly I feel many times the info you get on here is usually better then a lot of doctors..... The best would probably be to listen and read comments here and to get a breathing doctor as well.....

 

[Pissed_and_messed]

You may want to taper down your opiate dosage and invest in a blood oxygen saturation device in addition to an asthma inhaler. Some light cardio should help too, alongside breathing exercises.

I read recently meta of studies that implicated opioid use tends to mask asthma symptoms while actually making it worse because of histamine release, and thus causing underdiagnosing.