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stephx
stephx

so most of the day i have had this feeling of i cant breathe properly it just feels any second it could stop and suddenly gets hard to breathe its not a panic attack i kind of wish it was just so i could think ohh its a panic attack sad

im trying my best to take my mind of breathing but i cant im thinking about it all the time and i dont know if this is making the problem worse sad

i keep reading all over my facebook rip ect and these people are young and this is getting me more wound up as with these breathing problems i feel im next or already on my way out :'( .

i just cant accept it and ontop of it im having horrible visions /day dreams and thoughts of me not been able to breathe fully and making all kind of breathing noises and gasping then finally realising im dieing and suffering then thats it im dead or it drags on for ages ect and im just so scared right now i have no racing heart ect if i was having a panic attack i would be running like a chicken around my house and you have to have a panic attack to have breathing problems i just feel hopeless and im so scared and the thoughts really wont stop cry

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  • maisiemarie123
    maisiemarie123 stephx

    Posted

    Its quite clear your suffering from anxiety and you arw hypersensitive to your body, which means you noticw tour bodys natural movements and breathing is one of them, i get like this with the movement from my hands its like i cant move them properly but i can its all in the mind and unfortunatly anxiety causes all sorts of phyiscal sensations which make us worry unessasarily, i find when im busy doing somthing i actually forget my symtoms and it just proves that its nothing life threatening going on here its just anxiety.
    • stephx
      stephx maisiemarie123

      Posted

      tankyou i still feel the same now though i guess i am focussing on my breathing but even when im not and i start getting into a tv program or something it happens then thats whats making me think its not the way im totally relaxed and still have it thankyou though i do understand what you mean im "ill" everyday so i am too tuned into my body x
  • sameer74357
    sameer74357 stephx

    Posted

    Hi stephx you had an appointment with your doctor yeaah ? What did he say ?
    • stephx
      stephx sameer74357

      Posted

      he said because hospital put it down to anxiety to take anxiety meds and see how it goes they refuse to do anything until i take the tablets for two weeks but i dont really want to take any tablets 
    • mirkopix
      mirkopix stephx

      Posted

      When I started taking Sertraline I got worse for several weeks before I was slowly starting getting better. Generally they say 2 weeks but in reality it can take much longer. It took much longer for me. I don't know why but I have a few friends and their doctors do this "2 weeks trials" and then change the drugs. I had first revisit after 2 weeks and my symptoms got worse but I was taking Lorazepam to get me through. My doctor insisted on Sertraline (Zoloft). I was explaining to him it doesn't help, it makes me worse, it's not a good drug for me, I should take something else, I don't have GAD, they need to run other tests and find this fatal disease that's killing me etc :D He listened and than said I just keep taking sertraline and he promises I will get better smile And I slowly did smile
    • sameer74357
      sameer74357 mirkopix

      Posted

      What were you other symptoms apart from breathing problem?
    • stephx
      stephx sameer74357

      Posted

      i have not started taking them yet i have muscle twitches feeling my breathings too light and heartbeat light spacy light feeling 

      constant wory mild chest and back tightness/ache headaches sad

    • sameer74357
      sameer74357 stephx

      Posted

      You have been troubling breathing through the nose also ?
    • stephx
      stephx sameer74357

      Posted

      no not like a cold or anything its like my breathing goes tight can be when breathing through nose or mouth each time feels like magnetic kinda feeling dragging a heavy breath in its really uncomfatable so strange 3 months of it but never had it constantly before 
    • mirkopix
      mirkopix sameer74357

      Posted

      None. I was tired but this was probably due to breathing problems.
  • kerri_00009
    kerri_00009 stephx

    Posted

    I had that problem before!! It could just be anxiety for sure and you are to aware of your breathing. Did you get a blood test done? Because my iron was really low when I felt like that. Are you tired and weak and no appetite?
    • stephx
      stephx kerri_00009

      Posted

      my levels all have been checked by docs n hospital and im fine i thought it was anemia cause i have had it really bad before to the point i could not stand unless passing out but im tiered all the time 
    • kerri_00009
      kerri_00009 stephx

      Posted

      You are probably tired all the time because of the anxiety.

      As I am as well!

      Please hang in there! If you wanna chat more I'm here smile

    • stephx
      stephx kerri_00009

      Posted

      thankyou nice to have so many people to talk to that understand smile same too you x
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