Strange Reactions

[Team Deniz]

Ok, so I went to the pool yesterday to practice a little bit, but I have noticed some rather odd physical reactions to holding my breath. I'll do my best to explain.

OUT OF THE WATER:
If I am sitting on the couch at home and I test my static apnea, I can hold for 2:25. Strange thing there is that within 15 seconds of holding, I feel like I'm going to pass out. My vision narrows, my body feels numb and I hear a sound that I can only describe as kind of like the sound in the matrix when they plug themselves in. If I hold on and bear through it, I feel like I break through on the other side of some invisible barrier and all is perfectly calm. When that happens, it becomes EXTREMELY relaxing, silent and peaceful, allowing me to hit my best times. I really love that feeling.

IN THE WATER: I don't get the "passing out" feeling and I definitely don't get the "breakthrough" feeling. My best static time in the water is 1:25 and I never feel truly relaxed. Every moment underwater I feel overly aware that I'm going to have to surface soon. I just feel like I'm running out of air. Logically, I can't be. I know it, but I can't get my body to play along. I desperately want that peaceful, relaxing feeling underwater, but I'm certainly nervous about the passing out feeling happening underwater.

Do any of you experience something similar? What is it? Any scientific explanations? Any solutions?

And lastly, knowing my static times, what depths should I expect myself to reach? At this point I start getting uncomfortable past 45 feet, but I feel like I should be able to go quite a bit deeper.

Any perspectives on this issue would be appreciated. Thanks everybody.

 

[efattah]

If you almost pass out at the start, then it is because either A) you are hyperventilating before, or B) you are inhaling very rapidly to maximum volume while your adrenal glands are dormant.

Try inhaling, but not to the max, hold for 15 seconds, exhale then inhale then hold. You should avoid the pass-out-at-the-start feeling.

 

[Team Deniz]

If you almost pass out at the start, then it is because either A) you are hyperventilating before, or B) you are inhaling very rapidly to maximum volume while your adrenal glands are dormant.

Try inhaling, but not to the max, hold for 15 seconds, exhale then inhale then hold. You should avoid the pass-out-at-the-start feeling.

I'll give it a shot, but I'm wondering if the "breakthrough" feeling i get is a result of the "passing out" feeling.