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You probably already know this, but for the benefit of others: it is very possible to kill yourself if you do this wrong. The vagus nerve (or its mirror on the
by exmadscientist 4y ago
You probably already know this, but for the benefit of others: it is very possible to kill yourself if you do this wrong. The vagus nerve (or its mirror on the opposite side of your face, I forget, it's been a while since I worked on this and I've never particularly wanted to revisit it) is involved in pacing your heart. Screw it up and you can end up very dead of cardiac arrest.
So be careful trying this stuff at home!
- voisin 4y agoYou can avoid the potential for death by slow exhalations and other breathing techniques that have been shown to stimulate the vagus nerve.
- austinjp 4y agoOh boy. No. Slowing your breathing is not going to protect against the effects of electrically stimulating the vagus nerve. Whether or not the TENS approach to vagus nerve simulation is effective or not, please don't believe this will somehow help.
- abnry 4y agoI think the advice was to forgo TENS in favor of breathing, not to mitigate adverse effects of TENS with breathing.
- yumswiss 4y agoWould you have a source for this?
- hackernewds 4y agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189422/
- voisin 4y agohttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201905/longer-exhalations-are-easy-way-hack-your-vagus-nerve https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201...
- jeremycarter 4y agoImportant advice. As a person who has PVCs and PACs I would say avoid anything that isn't medical grade and advised by your cardiologist/specialist doctor.
- user_7832 4y agoSorry, what’s PVC and PAC in this context?
- PuffinBlue 4y agoProbably Pre-Ventricular Contraction. And I guess Pre-Atrial Contraction.
- jeremycarter 4y agoPVCs and PACs are premature ventricular and atrial contractions. There is also some recent studies treating arrythmias with vegus nerve stimulation too that's why I'm saying youve really got to be careful.
- cjbgkagh 4y agoI’ve heard of people giving themselves permanent vertigo, a condition with a notably high suicide rate which should be an indication for just how bad it is.