How can I stop yawning?

Answer 1

As any guy will tell you,duct tape,the answer is always duct tape.

Answer 2

Yawning, in general, is a medical mystery. Scientists once chalked it up to your body needing more oxygen. As you take normal, shallow breaths, many of the lungs' air sacs, or alveoli, go unused and partially collapse. The theory was that your brain would trigger a yawn to move air deep into the lungs and keep all the alveoli in use. But studies haven't proven that theory. Even when researchers had volunteers inhale 100 percent pure oxygen, it didn't decrease the number of yawns.

Some experts believe that a yawn is your body's way of gearing up for energetic or difficult activity. Physiologically, yawning boosts your blood pressure and your heart rate. It's well documented that Olympic athletes often yawn before competition and paratroopers yawn before a jump.

Obviously, if you're sleep deprived, as the majority of people are, then you may just be yawning because you're tired, especially if, as you say, you're exercising in the morning and evening, which are common low-energy times of day.

Finally, you can bring on a yawn just thinking about it. So if you're obsessing about yawning, well, you're bound to start yawning.

All that said, excessive yawning is clearly not the norm. You may want to rule out the obvious first. Are you fully rested when you're working out? If not, fatigue could be the cause. Next, consider medications. You don't mention any, but certain drugs, particularly SSRI-class antidepressants like Prozac, can cause excessive yawning. Finally, non-stop yawning is a possible sign of an underlying vasovagal (heart rate and blood pressure) problem. So, call your doctor and set up an appointment. You can help him diagnose your condition by tracking how often you're yawning each day, how much sleep you're getting, and what medications (including herbs and over-the-counter drugs) you're taking.

Answer 3

sounds like you have a problem with a lack of oxygen, the usual cause of yawns.

Personally, when I have the onset of an asthma attack coming on, I cannot stop yawning the hours before it happens. Might want to look into it

Answer 4

well, in order to stop yawning you need to stand on your forearms with your feet above your head, trying to lick your elbow with your eyes crossed. Then you need to be sure to get a full 8 hours of sleep. So take a nap young one...take my advice...video tape it while you do it....trust me, you will stop yawning and start laughing....i dont know if it will work, but it sure will look funny :)

Answer 5

Start breathing more, inhale a lot more air. Signs of yawning means a lack of oxygen

Answer 6

The only way to not yawn is either sleep or be dead

Answer 7

get @ least 8 hours of sleep a night, perhaps
exercise or stretch & don't look @ anyone who is yawning

Answer 8

Are you taking an anti-depressant? They can cause excessive yawning.

Answer 9

You could sew your mouth up, but I reckon that'd be painful, so I would have to go with the majority and sleep. And it is a lack of oxygen, as the only way to remove co2 is to get more oxygen in your system.

Answer 10

you need to take deeper breaths because when you yawn it means your brain is not getting enough oxygen. it does not mean that you are tired, like many people think

Answer 11

that is a very good question.when i see someone yawn it makes me yawn.same thing when i am on the phone,i neaver thought about how to stop,this should be a star ?good luck