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david_25160
david_25160

hello peeps, my next crazy question for you...... now that it was confirmed bronchiectasis I have it perhaps explains some of the strange side effects that come with it, I have days where I'm really tired, especially if I worked the day before, nodding off in the chair is common now, but I have noticed quite often after a few minutes I suddenly startle myself awake feeling that I had forgotten to breathe! anybody experience that? or am I just plain one of a kind weird. eek

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  • cynthia61971
    cynthia61971 david_25160

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    Hi David..Yes I get very tired...I think it is because I don't sleep well at night..No it is not weird I sometimes feel like I have stopped breathing..it is the musus that stops up my Bronical Tubes....once I cough a few times I am Ok...sometimes this disease really sucks...I try to take it a day at a time....it is our life we have no choice....
  • murphs
    murphs david_25160

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    Hi David.  I also have days when I just feel exhausted.   Totally wiped out.  Not all days, it seems random to me. 

    As to the waking,  I have woken up suddenly gasping a few times.  Not a lot, but it happens.  It feels very quick and you wake right up almost sitting up.  

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