PatientsLikeMe : Deep breathing and relaxation Treatment Report

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Patients

Taking Deep breathing and relaxation
37 Patients currently take Deep breathing and relaxation
1 Patient stopped taking Deep breathing and relaxation
JuJu2 Depression: 1 Emotional: 1 Compulsion: 1 Anxiety: 1 Mania: 0 Physical: 1 External Stress: Low 42 F Function: High Distress: Low See profile JuJu2 15min daily since Oct 14, 2008
YbNormL Depression: 1 Emotional: 1 Compulsion: 1 Anxiety: 2 Mania: 1 Physical: 2 External Stress: Severe 53 F Function: High Distress: Low See profile YbNormL hr since Sep 21, 1999
Vessel4God Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Vessel4God since Jun 11, 2008

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Reasons Taken

38 patients in the community are taking or have taken Deep breathing and relaxation.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Treat my mood condition(s)	10	26%
General health	9	23%
Anxiety	7	18%
Other	3	7%
Mobility	2	5%
Panic attack(s)	2	5%
Slow my ALS progress	2	5%
Fatigue	1	2%
pain and burning in feet	1	2%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Deep breathing and relaxation.

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0 hr day	0 hr none	0 min none	0 other none	0 hr week	0.25 hr day	2 hr week	0.5 hr day	3.5 hr week	1 hr day	2 hr day	4 day	5 min day	15 min day	20 min day	25 hr day
3	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	8	1	1	1	2	2	1

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Deep breathing and relaxation or how long patients were taking Deep breathing and relaxation before stopping.

Currently taking Deep breathing and relaxation

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
5	3	5	3	3	12

Stopped taking Deep breathing and relaxation

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	0	0	0	1	0

Why Patients Stopped Taking Deep breathing and relaxation (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	1	50%
Other	1	50%
Course of treatment ended	1	50%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	67%	2
Moderate	33%	1

Insomnia

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	100%	5

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 5)

jmscout

Sensation: None

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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by jmscout
Sep 17, 2008