Melatonin Dosage For Shortness Of Breath

Melatonin Dosage for Covid-Induced Shortness of Breath?

Posted by Dragan (Cork city, Ireland) on 03/09/2021

Hi there,

I tested positive on Covid on the 5th of January this year. Last 2 months I am dealing with considerable shortness of breath. I see on your website there is lots of Covid related remedies. My friend has recommended me Melatonin.

What would be your recommendations if you don't mind me asking? Kindest regards.

Replied by Israel
israel
03/09/2021

my opinion as an RN is to make an x-ray of the lungs and to start nebulizing to help your heart and other organs, which need desperately oxygen.

Replied by Eve
Illinois, U.S.A.
03/09/2021

Here is the medical paper on the use of melatonin. Looks like up to 10 mg is safe. You could start low and increase as needed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102583/

Replied by Cindy
Illinois, USA
03/10/2021
434 posts

First and foremost, I would hydrate and do the calming breath where you inhale lightly, exhale and then pause for as long as you can, even if only 5 or 10 seconds. Or just a count of 3, if that's all you can manage. What that will do is allow for carbon dioxide which is vital because it breaks the blood oxygen bond (Bohr Effect) and allows the blood to deliver its payload to the cells. This will do a couple of things - it will provide an oxygen shower to both the lung tissue itself and the brain cells which will calm you down. Even if you're just a little bit dehydrated and a little bit concerned, that sort of dry hyperventilation leaves the lungs unprotected and the cells gasping for both water and oxygen. Particularly, the lung and brain cells which is how it calms you down.

I would do that calm breathing and hydrate for a day (set a timer to go off every 2 waking hours and stop whatever you're doing and drink one cup of water every time it goes off) before I did anything else.

Since you've had the thought it's related to Covid, I'd say it's dehydration and I suspect that's how people get re-infected. Via dry and oxygen deprived cells - particularly lung cells - from dehydration and hyperventilation - I.e. dry hyperventilation which is basically ALL of the lungs' defenses going on vacation at the same time. You gotta get them guys back, period.

After you're sick, you can't just go back to "business as usual" when it's over. Everything the body does requires water and oxygen and when you're sick, the body is doing loads and loads of work it wouldn't be doing otherwise so, when you're better, you're still dehydrated and probably oxygen deprived just from the concern about the illness and the adrenaline/hyperventilation that comes from that so, you have to be particularly diligent about getting that back. Or SOME of it, at the very LEAST.

The human body can handle just about anything we throw at it. It's designed to take care of fluctuating variables in all business at hand. It doesn't need perfect conditions but what it absolutely DOES need is water and oxygen so it can lay out and navigate a quite loaded "to do" list PLUS monitor any and all NEW variables in the situation - particularly in LESS than less-than-perfect conditions - as in, AFTER an illness.

The body can limp along on the dirty water it's trying to use and adrenaline for years but adrenaline can't magically pull water "out of hat" nor break the blood oxygen bond. I'd bet your cells are crying for water and oxygen. Or, rather, WOULD be crying, if they had enough water, LOL -

The body's an amazing thing. Ingenious and alive in its OWN right so, scotch whatever concern you might be feeling, breathe and drink your water.

If you get hit with another round of Covid before you get back on the road, take a couple aspirin, a couple grams of vitamin C and just keep breathing and drinking your water so the body can flush it out and continue repairs.

Additionally - steer clear of politics, "social justice" and CNN. Personally, I think they're the worst bugs on the planet - FAR worse than Covid - particularly when it comes to the whole adrenaline, hyperventilation, oxygen deprivation hootinanny - of which 70% of the population is suspected to be suffering :) get happy - and look out your own window. Adding your concern to the hurricane of concern people are trying to stir up EVERYwhere is not the answer. You can't reduce ANYthing by adding TO it! It's just not possible. Focus on living rather than "surviving". Be the GOOD example. Happy people neither start nor feed trouble. Relax. Live.

xxooxx