Decreased CO2 during breathwork: emergence of altered states of consciousness

Re:Decreased CO2 during breathwork: emergence of altered sta... by laserlight on Friday April 18, 2025 @03:04AM (#43725724)

So, you get half the oxygen needed and somehow doing so doesn't cause hypoxia, which means “deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues”?

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Re:Decreased CO2 during breathwork: emergence of altered sta... by meindnoch on Friday April 18, 2025 @04:24AM (#43726084)

You don't get half the oxygen. You get as much oxygen as you would during normal calm breathing, which is pretty shallow. Basically, you take a normal breath, which is about 50% lung volume, and then fill your lung up to max capacity with n2o.

But you know what? Pulse oximeters are pretty cheap nowadays. Try it for yourself.

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Re:Decreased CO2 during breathwork: emergence of altered sta... by laserlight on Friday April 18, 2025 @05:33AM (#43726411)

I see. So, you take a normal breath and top it up with N2O. That makes sense.

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