Interestingly, cannabis use is common in patients with this disorder and anecdotal reports suggest that some patients take it to alleviate symptoms of both mania and depression. Thus, excessively high endocannabinoid tone (mania) or excessively low endocannabinoid tone (depression) may manifest itself in BAD patients.
Study Overviewīipolar affective disorder (BAD) is often poorly controlled by prescribed drugs.Ĭlinical observations suggest that the endocannabinoid system is dysfunctional in BAD and fails to control the level of cortical excitation and inhibition in the brain. In particular, it appears that the proposed behavioral modification technique might be a powerful, currently under-appreciated, method to positively modulate the brain's own cannabinoid system. The investigators believe that these studies will form the impetus for a better understanding and deployment of non-drug related treatment methods in patients with various depressive symptoms. Specifically, the objective of this study is to test whether the applied behavioral modification technique is able to alter cannabinoid receptor density in brain areas that modulate mood and motivational drive (such as vmPFC, PAG, VTA, amygdala and OFC). I’m not sounding very scientific but for many people, nose breathing can be practiced and learned, with the exception of medical conditions like deviated septum or asthma.The objective of this study is to determine whether the practice of a non-drug related intervention technique (behavioral modification technique consisting of a combination of breathing exercises, cold exposure and meditation) has an effect on long-term cannabinoid receptor function in a control group as well as in a group of patients suffering from bipolar affective disorder (BAD).
Apparently a lot of people breathe through their mouths, and when they switch to inhaling through their noses their nasal airflow increases over time, like their airways are expanding. I started consciously breathing in through my nose and after a week or two it I realized I was doing it without trying anymore, and I had much better airflow through my nose. We’re also shallow breathers, so we subconsciously take very short breaths rather than full, healthy ones. We all are used to breathing through our mouths all the time, we do it in our sleep too. I had trouble breathing through my nose when I started Wim Hof, and realized my entire family are mouth breathers. It’s a more efficient way of breathing whereas mouth breathing causes side effects, such as irritated throat and snoring which is actually dangerous over time. I’m not sure if it’s the same thing, but I have a crackling sound in my ears, whenever I swallow or I can do it on command by moving my tongue / jaw a certain way, it’s called Eustachian Tube Dysfunction the crackling sound is the tubes in your ears opening and closing.Īs for the nose breathing, it’s really more than an advisory. The ringing in my ears goes away a few minutes after I complete my rounds. Guess I’ll try those tomorrow morning and see if I can do the WHM with nose inhalations.
I do have some nasal strips-the heavy duty kind with magnets-that I’m usually too lazy to put on. I’d rather not do yoga or WHM if it meant I always had to try to breathe through my nose. No sense suffocating just because you want to follow a nasal breathing advisory when you can’t actually breathe clearly through your nose. My nasal passages aren’t always the most reliable (again, allergies), so I’m used to just breathing however I can when doing things like WHM or yoga. Not sure what it is-allergies? wax?-but I noticed the ringing started as I focused more on mouth inhalations and holding my breath longer (1:30-1:45). There’s always a crackling sound in my eustacian tubes anyway. I’ve started getting ear ringing after the third or fourth rounds just in the past couple days.
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