Face Mask Wearing Leads To Panic Attacks And Exacerbates Significant Other Psychiatric Conditions
Reason #101 that Face Masks Hurt Kids
Dear Reader,
The wearing of a face mask to protect against a respiratory virus is an act of grand deceit. It is a behavior that defies research on the topic. Wearing a face mask, as this article (one of many) points to — is unsafe to do and is ineffective.
Until the narrative around mandatory masking has changed, each day by 6am Eastern, I will both post here and send out a science-based reason why no one should wear a face mask.
I ask that you help me circulate these pieces to those around you who you believe could most benefit from them. It is important not to remain silent on this topic. These are important discussions to be having with friends, family members, business owners, healthcare practitioners, public servants, and others in the community.
-Allan
Panic attacks and other psychiatric conditions can be triggered by face masks.
Kai Kisielinski wrote an April 20, 2021 article entitled “Is a Mask That Covers the Mouth and Nose Free from Undesirable Side Effects in Everyday Use and Free of Potential Hazards?” Panic attacks are understandably a problem exacerbated by face masks, both psychologically and physically. Kisielinski writes:1
“Masks can cause increased rebreathing with an accumulation of carbon dioxide in the wearer due to increased dead space volume,2,3,4,5 with often statistically significant measurable elevated blood carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in sufferers.6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 However, changes that lead to hypercapnia are known to trigger panic attacks.19,20 This makes the significantly measurable increase in CO2 caused by wearing a mask clinically relevant.”
Relatively minor changes in carbon dioxide in the body can trigger panic attacks. As Kisielinski points out:
“Interestingly, breath provocation tests by inhaling CO2 are used to differentiate anxiety states in panic disorders and premenstrual dysphoria from other psychiatric clinical pictures. Here, absolute concentrations of 5% CO2 already suffice to trigger panic reactions within 15–16 minutes.19 The normal exhaled air content of CO2 is about 4%.
“It is obvious from experimental studies on masked subjects that concentration changes in the respiratory gases in the above-mentioned range with values above 4% could occur during rebreathing with prolonged mask use.4,13
“The activation of the locus coeruleus by CO2 is used to generate panic reactions via respiratory gases.20,21 This is because the locus coeruleus is an important part of the system of vegetative noradrenergic neurons, a control center in the brainstem, which reacts to an appropriate stimulus and changes in the gas concentrations in the blood by releasing the stress hormone noradrenaline.”20
Further psychiatric harm can be triggered from the same physical circumstances described here. Kisielinski writes:
“From the physiological, neurological and psychological side effects and dangers described above (Sections 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4), additional problems can be derived for the use of masks in psychiatric cases. People undergoing treatment for dementia, paranoid schizophrenia, personality disorders with anxiety and panic attacks, but also panic disorders with claustrophobic components, are difficult to reconcile with a mask requirement, because even small increases in CO2 can cause and intensify panic attacks.”19-22
Furthermore, this can be very difficult on dementia patients and others who have no concept of what a Covid-19 protection measure is. Kisielinski writes:
“According to a psychiatric study, patients with moderate to severe dementia have no understanding of Covid-19 protection measures and have to be persuaded to wear masks constantly.23
“According to a comparative study, patients with schizophrenia have a lower acceptance of mask-wearing (54.9% agreement) than ordinary practice patients (61.6%).24 The extent to which mask-wearing can lead to an exacerbation of schizophrenia symptoms has not yet been researched in detail.
“When wearing masks, confusion, impaired thinking, disorientation (standardized recording via special rating and Likert scales, p < 0.05) and in some cases a decrease in maximum speed and reaction time (measured with the linear-position transducer, p < 0.05) were observed.9,25,26,27,28,29,30 Psychotropic drugs reduce psycho-motoric functions in psychiatric patients. This can become clinically relevant especially with regard to the further reduced ability to react and the additional increased susceptibility to accidents of such patients when wearing masks.”
The CDC even recognizes this problem in their own guidelines, but downplays the seriousness of how many are affected. Kisielinski writes:
“In order to avoid an unintentional CO2-triggered anesthesia, fixed and medically sedated patients, without the possibility of continuous monitoring, should not be masked according to the criteria of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA (CDC). This is because of the possible CO2 retention described above, as there is a risk of unconsciousness, aspiration and asphyxia.”2,3,5,27,31,32
The healthy and the sick alike are harmed by mask wearing, providing yet another example of why face masks should not be worn by the general public — least of all by your child.
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The bestselling book "Face Masks In One Lesson" by Allan Stevo describes how to never wear a face mask again. The follow-up to the book, "Face Masks Hurt Kids," describes why to never wear a face mask again. We must defeat the awful, narrative around the mandates.
Examples of how face masks hurt kids will be posted to the Lockdown Land Substack each morning by 6am Eastern until the narrative around this ineffective and harmful medical intervention has shifted. Face masks are, in fact, not just harmful to children. Face masks are harmful to everyone. Thank you so much for helping me circulate this research.