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Anxiety or something else

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brandon98768
brandon98768

Lately my chest and back muscles feel tight and it feels like I can't breathe, I also have a constant feeling like I need to take a deep breath, sometimes it feels as if I can't, but if I lay on a heating pad then the feeling goes away, I also feel as if something is in my throat so I keep trying to clear it but only get a little phlegm

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  • cathyanne_20404
    cathyanne_20404 brandon98768

    Posted

    Anxiety will do all of that. Never hurts to get a physical exam but I'm betting it's anxiety. I hold my breath a lot and sometimes breathing makes my anxiety flare. 

    • brandon98768
      brandon98768 cathyanne_20404

      Posted

      I mentioned it a couple weeks ago to my doctor he listened to my lungs and said they are clear, but it still scary to have that feeling
    • kate74701
      kate74701 brandon98768

      Posted

      I suffer with the same. It's a horrible feeling. Every day at the minute I suffer. Making me very miserable.

  • Blondegoldie
    Blondegoldie brandon98768

    Posted

    Its anxiety so when you are feeling this coming on take deep slow breaths and slowly breath out it helps did for me
  • Robiin
    Robiin brandon98768

    Posted

    I will suggest you take some tests after discussing the issue with your doctor because without test we cannot get any exact problem.
  • Guest
    Guest brandon98768

    Posted

    I had the breathing thing for ages just the feeling like couldn't breath and I couldn't cope then all the other anxiety symtoms started.. u just gotta no that it's anxiety and of it will magically disappear I mean I still get it now and then but he it magically disappear I don't stress over things like that no more and it comes and goes ...

  • liam30391
    liam30391 brandon98768

    Posted

    Yeah I'm the same im getting pain in my back where my lungs are aswell struggling to breath like but I'm just been putting it down to anxiety was only at doctors the other day but forgot to mention it hope you ok

    • brandon98768
      brandon98768 liam30391

      Posted

      I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with these symptoms, I also have what the doctor said to be globus hystericus, I often get a feeling that something is in my throat when nothing is there, dairy products seem to make it worse

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