My Vagus nerve was pinched for 15 years! It was from an injury that I experienced during SeAL training, BUD/S. Doctors checked for stomach cancer, ulcer, Guardia. Finally just told me i had anxiety. Gave me amitriptyline. Deadens the nerves and frontal lobe. Finally stumbled into a chiropractor's office. Took an x-ray and popped my top vertebrae back in place and i was cured. Although i still have to continually adjust it myself seveal times a day. I suffered terribly for about 15 years. 30 different symptoms! Bad. I lost 15 years of my life and my family's lives also. -Feelings of impending doom -seeing stars -passing out -can't think straight -whole torso in a spasm -pasty white and sweating -exhausted -feelings of shock trauma -can't sleep for more than 2 hrs. -eating tons of junk food -dispare -100% preoccupied with the question of: What is wrong with me? -could barely make it though the day -eating atomic fireball candy constantly and monster energy drinks -drinking kiefer and aloe vera all day. -eating big macs yuck. Had to! So much acid in my stomach. -not motivated to do anything beyond bare min. -moved from job to job even though employer wanted me to stay and offed more $. Just couldn't get through the days! So consequently barely had enough money to support my family. -honestly thought i would die sooner than later. -trips to bathroom were not fun. Then would faint afterwards -got skinny limbs and fat gut -my run times went from sub 6 minute miles to 9 minute miles. -was just pushing my mind and body through each day. -MY HEALTH ALL AROUND WAS DETERIORATING. IT WAS REALLY BAD!! Mentally and physically.
Geez sounds like my life. Had neck injury. I just thought it was CPTSD/PTSD/& now peri menopause .. got my gallbladder out now on pills for GERD...Etc etc etc. Glad you got help. I have a fear of chiropractors:(
@@katknox8250 Yep that chiropractor screwed me up. He convinced me to let him jump on my neck after nagging me for a week. Finally let him and could not walk next morning. Lost a little bit of muscle in right thigh from it. Ripped a nerve. I almost beat him up. I hate doctors and dentists. They have screwed me and my family up many times. That is why i learned to adjust my neck myself.
Very helpful... thank you. "You should certainly safeguard your nerves, and force yourself to take time, and not only for prayer and meditation, but for real rest and relaxation." ~ Baha'i Faith, Lights of Guidance
Great introduction to the Vagus Nerve! I use Vagus Nerve Stimulation techniques myself and with many of my clients to great effect in improving wellbeing, decision-making and resilience!
I learned about the vagus nerve when I had what I was told was bursitis.. at its worst I felt a sharp pain run from my mid abs to my left shoulder blade when I inhaled... I had to breathe shallow not to trigger the pain... I realized that there was a nerve connecting my diaphragm to my shoulder... it was a weird thing... I went to a acupuncturist named Dr Park, he was Korean, in Cambridge Mass. He put needles in the space between my last two toes and told me to inhale deeply... Amazingly there was no pain at all... I lay there for about 20 minutes like that and then he took them out... From that point on the pain faded away .... I found that totally fascinating... Ancient wisdom is the best. incidentally I was working a job where I sat hunched in front of a screen for a long time... also in school I sat a lot... somehow I think the vagus nerve was pinched or something from sitting so long... or maybe my hunched posture... either way I thankfully work outdoors in the sun now..
The Vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve, and arises bilaterally from the medulla oblongata of the brain stem. It is by far the longest cranial nerve and has both afferent and efferent nerve cells.
1:16 vagus wanders thru body and helps you vocalize. Every time you take a deep breath it regulates. Digestive process regulation. It helps you communicate. Orient your gaze. This is the love or caretaking nerve in your body. Show subjects images of suffering and stress activates vagus nerve. Vs. Pride
many of the vagus problems disappear as soon as people get chiropractic treatments of the neck .specially the upper cervical vertebrae ( s) this 10th cranial nerve get out of the cranial bone at the level of the 1st cervical vertebra just in front of it ( and behind the ear on each side R and L ) if that vertebra moves it will exert pressure on it and disturb its function .as soon as you move the 1st cervical away from it you get the effects and you can see visually the influence : their cheeks ( on their face ) become rose pink !!! I use to show them this effect with a mirror !!! ( as a US Doctor of Chiropractic ).
Just by chance I watched a short documentary today about psychopaths, who of course do not feel empathy. Do you believe they might just have a misfire of this Vagus Nerve? If so could you electrically stimulate it to perhaps create a sort of empathy level? ... or would that be too Clockwork Orange?
+Suzette McFarland I was wondering this,too. I have to deal with a narcissistic mother , who also has developed severe neuropathy as she has aged.. I am 58, and have developed some condition of anxiety sickness feeling..usually after having to deal with my mother.. I think the nervous system has so much more going on. The physical manifestations are many...who knew?
Suzette McFarland dr amen has shown that under active prefrontal cortex causes the impulsivity and lack of evolved thinking that characterizes the psychopath (like POTUS). The maker of the zone diet has shown that a lack omega 3 fats allow toxic omega 6 fat bi-products to lodge in the brain and cause all the mental problems we see in ADD kids, autism, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and stroke. So we'd have to fix a broken PFC, stimulate the empathy circuit, and overhaul the diet of the psychopath just to *maybe* rehabilitate him 2%...there are also other parts of the brain in the narcissist that prohibit him from considering the needs of others or to shift focus from themselves to others. Basically, the psychopath and narcissist are untreatable. Therapists refuse to see them and true mystics say their aura look like diarrhea...it's a pact with the universe for them to be disorders and manipulative. It's their bad karma
There is some pretty good evidence that sociopath/psychopaths actually have damage in certain brain structures that relate to empathy, self-control etc.
My moms friend is 87 years old. His doctor told him that his Vagus Nerve is causing him to faint all the time. This man has low blood pressure and takes pills to raise it (quite a turn for medication). Sometimes when he is out with friends he just faints!!! He use to be healthier in his younger years. He use to run. My mom tells me that he likes to eat exotic foods. He loves cavier and has it for breakfast. I never heard of anything like this when it comes to him fainting. Have you ever heard of this? I know you probably need his history, but what causes this? Sheila
It sounds like Syncope Syncope is a temporary loss of consciousness usually related to insufficient blood flow to the brain Its also called fainting or passing out It most often occurs when blood pressure is too low (hypotension) and the heart doesnt pump enough oxygen to the brain
Neuropathy of the vagus nerve is a huge issue for people with diabetes. Gastroparesis or late stomach emptying caused by neuropathy of the vagus nerve can prove to be an even more difficult issue for people with diabetes who need to take insulin. Your Rx calls for you to take your insulin ten minutes before eating a meal. The doctor writes that prescription so that the exogenous insulin enters your blood stream approximately the same time as the glucose from your meal. However, for a person with gastroparesis his/her stomach may not empty for hours after a meal. The insulin they injected however does work...and without that meal and it's ensuing glucose in the system, the injected insulin causes that person to go into hypoglycemia or low blood sugar. They could at the worst easily pass out or go into a coma and at least they would feel shaky, sweaty, light headed, etc. The vagus nerve is an exciting part of the nervous system. It travels the length and breathe of our bodies. In anxious people, the vagus nerve is over-excited and at the slightest provocation, the adrenal glands secrete more and more adrenalin and the vagus nerve synapsis provide the chemical and electrical stimulation to the heart (ergo fluttering and/or rapid heart beat), lungs (shortness of breath), stomach (nausea and a feeling like some one just kicked your gut), etc. I love Dachtner Keltner. His lectures are clear, concise and extremely informative.
@maria ekman Did you find a solution? Have you tried a 100% Raw Food diet? John Rose on TH-cam has some amazing advice and has cured many things previously thought in curable.
@maria ekman Look into the species specific diet for humans, we are supposed to eat ONLY raw food that grows naturally, if you are eating other foods they can go through your system too slow and then you'll get diagnoses with something like gastroparesis because the doctors dont understand. Please look into raw food diet, it's how we are supposed to live and most of these diseases and problems we have could be solved with a simple diet change.
What are the options for diagnosing vagus nerve problems or parasympathetic nerve problems to know the state of affairs and the cause of the problem weather its physical or from the psyche
Very interesting. Thank you. From a Martial Arts perspective, I can say that a single finger strike to the Vagus Nerve can interrupt you Heartbeat and put you on the floor. It was done to me a number of years ago and I've never forgotten it. Regards :-)
It's quite amazing that, of the clips of photos available to describe your theory, you chose that of an infant, helpless, dying child. Would you have done the same if that was your own child?
That seems such an irrelevant question? I thought the photo of the vulture waiting for the Poor, Starving child to die, a perfect choice to demonstrate the Power of the Vagus nerve being stimulated through Compassion. I did not resonate with the Pride one too much as it made no sense to me; different culture...
@@TheMiriam333 I bought separately citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and magnesium carbonate. I mix a couple of teaspoon of magnesium carbonate with half a teaspoon of ascorbic acid and a little bit of citric acid until the taste of the mixture is slightly acidic (it means all the magnesium will be in the absorbable form). I'm a chemist but it's really easy for anybody. I do like this as it's way cheaper than buying ready to drink forms.
@@zambrocca I wish I could see the other half of this conversation. Are you saying you use magnesium to simulate your Vagus Nerve, which helps with epilepsy?
@@Eyes0penNoFear well it helped but not solved completely. What is helping me greatly now is fighting H. Pylori: from one side I'm forcing me to breathe through the nose 24h a day (look for nasal breathing on youtube), from the other I'm taking black seed oil (cumin) and mastic gum (not pills, but the real "tears" from Greece) to fight directly the bacteria. Now I reduced the frequency of the seizures to one every 40/50 days. Most of all brain is functioning properly, no aurea anymore, no brain fog, not that feeling of making a double effort to stay focus. So, ok magnesium, but I suggest you, nasal breathing and test for helicobacter pylori.
this was great but while I'm a screamin' lib - I was living in the middle east and oboma dropped many bombs on innocent familiesi = my vagas nerve felt sad and heartbroken when you showed the picture - it's hard to change things we won't face. but I enjoyed the rest of your program. thank you
Wow, that is a dirty joke. I'll have to check to see if the definition means "devicive megalomaniac populist". Maybe Hillary is a "vagal superstar" too.
My Vagus nerve was pinched for 15 years!
It was from an injury that I experienced during SeAL training, BUD/S.
Doctors checked for stomach cancer, ulcer, Guardia. Finally just told me i had anxiety.
Gave me amitriptyline.
Deadens the nerves and frontal lobe.
Finally stumbled into a chiropractor's office.
Took an x-ray and popped my top vertebrae back in place and i was cured. Although i still have to continually adjust it myself seveal times a day.
I suffered terribly for about 15 years.
30 different symptoms!
Bad. I lost 15 years of my life and my family's lives also.
-Feelings of impending doom
-seeing stars
-passing out
-can't think straight
-whole torso in a spasm
-pasty white and sweating
-exhausted
-feelings of shock trauma
-can't sleep for more than 2 hrs.
-eating tons of junk food
-dispare
-100% preoccupied with the question of: What is wrong with me?
-could barely make it though the day
-eating atomic fireball candy constantly and monster energy drinks
-drinking kiefer and aloe vera all day.
-eating big macs yuck.
Had to! So much acid in my stomach.
-not motivated to do anything beyond bare min.
-moved from job to job even though employer wanted me to stay and offed more $. Just couldn't get through the days! So consequently barely had enough money to support my family.
-honestly thought i would die sooner than later.
-trips to bathroom were not fun. Then would faint afterwards
-got skinny limbs and fat gut
-my run times went from sub 6 minute miles to 9 minute miles.
-was just pushing my mind and body through each day.
-MY HEALTH ALL AROUND WAS DETERIORATING.
IT WAS REALLY BAD!!
Mentally and physically.
Russ Francis so glad you found relief!
Oh sweetie thank you for sharing. I agree chiropractors can be lifesavers. But gotta be a good one.
Which chiropractor did you go to? Can't find one to help me with that kind of adjustment. Ty
Geez sounds like my life. Had neck injury.
I just thought it was CPTSD/PTSD/& now peri menopause .. got my gallbladder out now on pills for GERD...Etc etc etc. Glad you got help. I have a fear of chiropractors:(
@@katknox8250
Yep that chiropractor screwed me up. He convinced me to let him jump on my neck after nagging me for a week. Finally let him and could not walk next morning. Lost a little bit of muscle in right thigh from it.
Ripped a nerve.
I almost beat him up.
I hate doctors and dentists.
They have screwed me and my family up many times.
That is why i learned to adjust my neck myself.
Very helpful... thank you. "You should certainly safeguard your nerves, and force yourself to take time, and not only for prayer and meditation, but for real rest and relaxation." ~ Baha'i Faith, Lights of Guidance
The best way to stimulate the vagus nerve is by doing Pranayama
Great introduction to the Vagus Nerve! I use Vagus Nerve Stimulation techniques myself and with many of my clients to great effect in improving wellbeing, decision-making and resilience!
Brilliant, insightful presentation likely to have a profound positive effect on my life. Thank you.
I learned about the vagus nerve when I had what I was told was bursitis.. at its worst I felt a sharp pain run from my mid abs to my left shoulder blade when I inhaled... I had to breathe shallow not to trigger the pain... I realized that there was a nerve connecting my diaphragm to my shoulder... it was a weird thing... I went to a acupuncturist named Dr Park, he was Korean, in Cambridge Mass. He put needles in the space between my last two toes and told me to inhale deeply... Amazingly there was no pain at all... I lay there for about 20 minutes like that and then he took them out... From that point on the pain faded away .... I found that totally fascinating... Ancient wisdom is the best.
incidentally I was working a job where I sat hunched in front of a screen for a long time... also in school I sat a lot... somehow I think the vagus nerve was pinched or something from sitting so long... or maybe my hunched posture... either way I thankfully work outdoors in the sun now..
The Vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve, and arises bilaterally from the medulla oblongata of the brain stem. It is by far the longest cranial nerve and has both afferent and efferent nerve cells.
Wow! Eye opener even our nervous system favours compassion,emphaty.
1:16 vagus wanders thru body and helps you vocalize. Every time you take a deep breath it regulates. Digestive process regulation. It helps you communicate. Orient your gaze. This is the love or caretaking nerve in your body. Show subjects images of suffering and stress activates vagus nerve. Vs. Pride
many of the vagus problems disappear as soon as people get chiropractic treatments of the neck .specially the upper cervical vertebrae ( s) this 10th cranial nerve get out of the cranial bone at the level of the 1st cervical vertebra just in front of it ( and behind the ear on each side R and L ) if that vertebra moves it will exert pressure on it and disturb its function .as soon as you move the 1st cervical away from it you get the effects and you can see visually the influence : their cheeks ( on their face ) become rose pink !!! I use to show them this effect with a mirror !!! ( as a US Doctor of Chiropractic ).
Really. Does the vague nerve have any effect on scoliosis
Just by chance I watched a short documentary today about psychopaths, who of course do not feel empathy. Do you believe they might just have a misfire of this Vagus Nerve? If so could you electrically stimulate it to perhaps create a sort of empathy level? ... or would that be too Clockwork Orange?
+Suzette McFarland good question!
+Suzette McFarland I was wondering this,too. I have to deal with a narcissistic mother , who also has developed severe neuropathy as she has aged.. I am 58, and have developed some condition of anxiety sickness feeling..usually after having to deal with my mother.. I think the nervous system has so much more going on. The physical manifestations are many...who knew?
Suzette McFarland dr amen has shown that under active prefrontal cortex causes the impulsivity and lack of evolved thinking that characterizes the psychopath (like POTUS). The maker of the zone diet has shown that a lack omega 3 fats allow toxic omega 6 fat bi-products to lodge in the brain and cause all the mental problems we see in ADD kids, autism, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and stroke. So we'd have to fix a broken PFC, stimulate the empathy circuit, and overhaul the diet of the psychopath just to *maybe* rehabilitate him 2%...there are also other parts of the brain in the narcissist that prohibit him from considering the needs of others or to shift focus from themselves to others. Basically, the psychopath and narcissist are untreatable. Therapists refuse to see them and true mystics say their aura look like diarrhea...it's a pact with the universe for them to be disorders and manipulative. It's their bad karma
Just found these super easy steps on unlocking the vagus nerve: th-cam.com/video/l-4EnYg71Bw/w-d-xo.html
There is some pretty good evidence that sociopath/psychopaths actually have damage in certain brain structures that relate to empathy, self-control etc.
My moms friend is 87 years old. His doctor told him that his Vagus Nerve is causing him to faint all the time. This man has low blood pressure and takes pills to raise it (quite a turn for medication). Sometimes when he is out with friends he just faints!!! He use to be healthier in his younger years. He use to run. My mom tells me that he likes to eat exotic foods. He loves cavier and has it for breakfast. I never heard of anything like this when it comes to him fainting. Have you ever heard of this? I know you probably need his history, but what causes this? Sheila
He has some form of Dysautonomia. There are several.
It sounds like Syncope
Syncope is a temporary loss of consciousness usually related to insufficient blood flow to the brain
Its also called fainting or passing out
It most often occurs when blood pressure is too low (hypotension) and the heart doesnt pump enough oxygen to the brain
Neuropathy of the vagus nerve is a huge issue for people with diabetes. Gastroparesis or late stomach emptying caused by neuropathy of the vagus nerve can prove to be an even more difficult issue for people with diabetes who need to take insulin. Your Rx calls for you to take your insulin ten minutes before eating a meal. The doctor writes that prescription so that the exogenous insulin enters your blood stream approximately the same time as the glucose from your meal. However, for a person with gastroparesis his/her stomach may not empty for hours after a meal. The insulin they injected however does work...and without that meal and it's ensuing glucose in the system, the injected insulin causes that person to go into hypoglycemia or low blood sugar. They could at the worst easily pass out or go into a coma and at least they would feel shaky, sweaty, light headed, etc.
The vagus nerve is an exciting part of the nervous system. It travels the length and breathe of our bodies. In anxious people, the vagus nerve is over-excited and at the slightest provocation, the adrenal glands secrete more and more adrenalin and the vagus nerve synapsis provide the chemical and electrical stimulation to the heart (ergo fluttering and/or rapid heart beat), lungs (shortness of breath), stomach (nausea and a feeling like some one just kicked your gut), etc.
I love Dachtner Keltner. His lectures are clear, concise and extremely informative.
Mary Kolk thanks for the info
I am reading that the problem is low vagal tone, not excessive. Vagus nerve is the key player in parasympathetic response.
Gastroparesis and delayed gastric emptying as a cause of hypoglycaemia is interesting . What should we do da gegen
@maria ekman Did you find a solution? Have you tried a 100% Raw Food diet? John Rose on TH-cam has some amazing advice and has cured many things previously thought in curable.
@maria ekman Look into the species specific diet for humans, we are supposed to eat ONLY raw food that grows naturally, if you are eating other foods they can go through your system too slow and then you'll get diagnoses with something like gastroparesis because the doctors dont understand. Please look into raw food diet, it's how we are supposed to live and most of these diseases and problems we have could be solved with a simple diet change.
"Is the care taking nerve of your body." I have been repairing this nerve the help of a practitioner of SE (Somatic Experiencing).
Eloiza Claire
How is it going these days?
Repaired?!
@@777Ryank Not going so well by all accounts
Dispite being in the UC system this is a pretty good clip ....
How they think it’s OK to mandate medical procedures such as vaccines is completely beyond me. UC Nazis
What are the options for diagnosing vagus nerve problems or parasympathetic nerve problems to know the state of affairs and the cause of the problem weather its physical or from the psyche
It’s like Oscar Wilde is giving a neuroscience lecture. Bravo!
We implant vagal nerve stimulators for refractory epilepsy. Haven’t observed the anti-inflammatory effects being touted on TH-cam.
Very interesting. Thank you.
From a Martial Arts perspective, I can say that a single finger strike to the Vagus Nerve can interrupt you Heartbeat and put you on the floor. It was done to me a number of years ago and I've never forgotten it.
Regards :-)
Chi interrupting finger strike, sounds like Dim Mak.
2:06 just a quick adding info; vagus nerve fibres join oesophageal plexus and controls parasympathetic digestive functions
I has a nissanfoladition and the operation destroyed one of the vagus nerves is it possible for it to regrow or corrected thanks sir.
Itzahak Bentov was saying so , our state of consciousness relies to the expansion of our nervous system
So how do u fix it
Should title this, "What Happens In Vagus Doesn't Stay in Vagus. :)
Will be the cure of my disease
I’m about to drive to Vegas today. I’ll do my best to stay in Vagus in Vegas! 🙏
Idiot post
😆
Corny but made me laugh.
I have a vague nerve stimulator. What do you say about this device?
It's quite amazing that, of the clips of photos available to describe your theory, you chose that of an infant, helpless, dying child. Would you have done the same if that was your own child?
That seems such an irrelevant question? I thought the photo of the vulture waiting for the Poor, Starving child to die, a perfect choice to demonstrate the Power of the Vagus nerve being stimulated through Compassion.
I did not resonate with the Pride one too much as it made no sense to me; different culture...
i lost 12 years of my life because of epilepsy; now I've found the vagus nerve
@@TheMiriam333 i'm trying good supplementation of magnesium. it seems to be helpful.
@@TheMiriam333 I bought separately citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and magnesium carbonate. I mix a couple of teaspoon of magnesium carbonate with half a teaspoon of ascorbic acid and a little bit of citric acid until the taste of the mixture is slightly acidic (it means all the magnesium will be in the absorbable form). I'm a chemist but it's really easy for anybody. I do like this as it's way cheaper than buying ready to drink forms.
@@zambrocca I wish I could see the other half of this conversation.
Are you saying you use magnesium to simulate your Vagus Nerve, which helps with epilepsy?
@@Eyes0penNoFear well it helped but not solved completely. What is helping me greatly now is fighting H. Pylori: from one side I'm forcing me to breathe through the nose 24h a day (look for nasal breathing on youtube), from the other I'm taking black seed oil (cumin) and mastic gum (not pills, but the real "tears" from Greece) to fight directly the bacteria. Now I reduced the frequency of the seizures to one every 40/50 days. Most of all brain is functioning properly, no aurea anymore, no brain fog, not that feeling of making a double effort to stay focus. So, ok magnesium, but I suggest you, nasal breathing and test for helicobacter pylori.
thanks
i had the vns sugrey it helps but i still take meds but it help.
this was great but while I'm a screamin' lib - I was living in the middle east and oboma dropped many bombs on innocent familiesi = my vagas nerve felt sad and heartbroken when you showed the picture - it's hard to change things we won't face. but I enjoyed the rest of your program. thank you
katemccrew the plan proceeds no matter who’s in office.
Great job!!
He looks like Robin Williams and Professor Snape combined.
Great !
2020 most people vagus nerve just blow up... no more compassion and empathy anywhere. :(
My thoughts exactly. Perhaps he was just trying to provoke compassion in audience members.
Im removin your cannel from my computer
Very acuec
Wow, that is a dirty joke. I'll have to check to see if the definition means "devicive megalomaniac populist". Maybe Hillary is a "vagal superstar" too.
This guy reminds me of Kevin Sorbo
Is he wearing two collar shirts? Never double collar... -.-'
theGoProOgre
Yes looks like 2 collars. But the info was good!
Blue collar, white collar, and now two collar!
Then someone dude who claims to be an human resource manager
So apparently trumps vagus nerve has been severed!
There is no way Obama has a strong vagus nerve ..my observation
In your LAB ? freak