chest tightness and difficulty breathing. Is this definitely anxiety?
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I've posted on this site before. Today my chest tightness is horrendous. I feel light headed, sick, gagging. Feel like if i don't force myself to breathe i will stop breathing. I keep trying to take deep breathes which i cant it's as if there is something stopping it . I've tried breathing from my abdomen but it feels tight too. Can anyone give me some advice? I take citalopram and propranolol.
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heather52246 moira43918
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I found propranolol to cause me chest tightness not saying that why your having it but he's chest tightness and feeling like you can't get a good breath is anxiety had it in and over for while now today being one of them hope you feel better all a can do to help
Is try my best to ignore go for nice hot bath a find hot water bottle comforting on my chest as I concentrate more on the heat of that and it seems to help wth the tight feeling hope you feel better soon
heather52246
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moira43918 heather52246
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Thank heather I'm on quite a high dose of propranolol 160mg and previously on 80 the chest tightness has got worse over the last week or so
heather52246 moira43918
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moira43918 heather52246
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It wasn't just as bad. It was a horrible tightness but not this feeling of not being able to get a breath. Don't no how many times at work today i had to get up and go to loo just to get away from it. I no that health anxiety can make things 10 times worse. At present I'm going through tests for a thing called prv. Basically i have very high red blood count and high white count. I've been to see a haemotologist and had a pile of bloods taken. I don't go back until September as there is a genetic test they have to take. But of course i googled this and u basically have thick blood which makes u prone to blood clots so of course my tight chest is a blood clot in my lungs or heart. Just wish my brain would switch off. Sorry for waffling
anne49183 moira43918
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moira43918 anne49183
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Me too. It's not nice
anne49183 moira43918
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Nope it's not I'm finding it difficult now always at sleep time
heather52246 moira43918
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No I understand, I suffer health anxiety too. Just tried to tidy and have not one bit of energy to do it and my hearts pounding so think am not well it's horrible.. a was like that when I got a low white blood count I panicked but it corrected itself.. but I understand what your feeling it's absoulutly horrendous.. sometimes just taken ourselfs away is all we can do
moira43918 heather52246
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It's s**t 💩 isn't it
moira43918 heather52246
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I don't no what I've got to be anxious about. Got a lovely hubby. 3 great kids most of the time. A supportive family. Reasonable job. So where the hell does this come from
heather52246 moira43918
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The brain is a Powerful thing! We just let to much toxic in up there, we need to re-wire our minds to think positive but it's not easy! I have three girls and husband don't work at the min tho as a was waiting until youngest started school with this anxiety I'd struggle to hold a job so how I need to somehow get better mentally before I can work
heather52246 moira43918
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So be proud of yourself your achieving a lot with what your suffering with and don't even know it
moira43918 heather52246
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It's hard. My kids are 18, 14 and 11. I think I'm a bit agrophobic too. I'm lucky my job is a 5 min walk from my house. If it was anywhere else i would have to quit
moira43918 heather52246
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Heather I've been in the same job fir nearly 30 years. A pressured job with s**t wages coz I'm scared to go anywhere else
heather52246 moira43918
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It's what your comfortable with tho , like a say a couldn't work with this so your doing brilliant!