Hi guys.
I am a big fan of science and a strong enemy of any brain retraining nonsense so this post will not go in any direction like this. I hate the fact that they try to make money from sick people and even recommending to stop medication or to stop trying out medical treatments. I want to make absolutely clear that I am a big fan of evidence based treatment myself and I have profitied from things like minocycline (anti-inflammatory abx) and citalopram (an ssri antidepressant that can lower inflammation) etc etc.
However, because I am such a evidence believer I always tend to abandon "technique" type of stuff kinda ruling them out in my head before even trying them.
Yesterday for no obvious reason I said: Fuck it. I am on medication, I have a pretty good doctor that hates the CDC and "guidelined treatment" just like I do and is pretty pratical and evidence based. SO WHY NOT ADD SOME TECHNIQUE SHIT ON TOP OF MY MEDICINE I thought.
A stupid "breathing exercise" from Indiana University School of Medicine did this to me:
Translation: the HRV value above is the HRV average of the current day and the second value is the HRV during the exercise.
yesterday my day-average hrv was 36ms and it shot up to 81ms during the exercise.
today my day-average hrv is 44ms and it shot up to 47ms during exercise.
this shit actually calms my fucking wired brain and i feel better after it. holy fuck.
this is not a fucking course and this shit is free on youtube:
Belly breathing exercise: Calming the body and mind
I am a big fan of science and a strong enemy of any brain retraining nonsense so this post will not go in any direction like this. I hate the fact that they try to make money from sick people and even recommending to stop medication or to stop trying out medical treatments. I want to make absolutely clear that I am a big fan of evidence based treatment myself and I have profitied from things like minocycline (anti-inflammatory abx) and citalopram (an ssri antidepressant that can lower inflammation) etc etc.
However, because I am such a evidence believer I always tend to abandon "technique" type of stuff kinda ruling them out in my head before even trying them.
Yesterday for no obvious reason I said: Fuck it. I am on medication, I have a pretty good doctor that hates the CDC and "guidelined treatment" just like I do and is pretty pratical and evidence based. SO WHY NOT ADD SOME TECHNIQUE SHIT ON TOP OF MY MEDICINE I thought.
A stupid "breathing exercise" from Indiana University School of Medicine did this to me:
Translation: the HRV value above is the HRV average of the current day and the second value is the HRV during the exercise.
yesterday my day-average hrv was 36ms and it shot up to 81ms during the exercise.
today my day-average hrv is 44ms and it shot up to 47ms during exercise.
this shit actually calms my fucking wired brain and i feel better after it. holy fuck.
this is not a fucking course and this shit is free on youtube:
Belly breathing exercise: Calming the body and mind