Spoiler alert: finally, I think that my vision was getting darker!!!!
In my own practice, hyperventilation should be timed properly: 1 second inhale, one second exhale, one second inhale, one second exhale. If lesser than 1 second, I can't experience dizziness or anything at all. If longer than 1 second, it becomes hard to maintain inhaling and exhaling. 1 second is my sweet spot
So, what is average time you can hold your breath after hyperventilating? And what was the maximum time you could hold your breath?
My average time: 80 seconds
My maximum record time: 160 seconds
Breath holding time if I don't hyperventilate at all: 22 seconds
A note about my maximum time: I couldn't believe my stopwatch that 160 seconds have passed before I started feeling air hunger! Air hunger got so intense I had to breathe again, but for 150 seconds, I felt comfortable, no need to fight with air hunger. But compared to 80 seconds breath-hold, I started feeling a bit different, and I think my vision started dimming. But dimming was so gradual, only after resuming breathing, I realized my vision was getting darker during that time! But it was my first time that I was able to hold my breath so long and even change my vision
I simply sat and did everything. I didn't do any physical exercise to speed up oxygen depletion. I didn't inhale any asphyxiant gas
In my own practice, hyperventilation should be timed properly: 1 second inhale, one second exhale, one second inhale, one second exhale. If lesser than 1 second, I can't experience dizziness or anything at all. If longer than 1 second, it becomes hard to maintain inhaling and exhaling. 1 second is my sweet spot
So, what is average time you can hold your breath after hyperventilating? And what was the maximum time you could hold your breath?
My average time: 80 seconds
My maximum record time: 160 seconds
Breath holding time if I don't hyperventilate at all: 22 seconds
A note about my maximum time: I couldn't believe my stopwatch that 160 seconds have passed before I started feeling air hunger! Air hunger got so intense I had to breathe again, but for 150 seconds, I felt comfortable, no need to fight with air hunger. But compared to 80 seconds breath-hold, I started feeling a bit different, and I think my vision started dimming. But dimming was so gradual, only after resuming breathing, I realized my vision was getting darker during that time! But it was my first time that I was able to hold my breath so long and even change my vision
I simply sat and did everything. I didn't do any physical exercise to speed up oxygen depletion. I didn't inhale any asphyxiant gas
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