Please help !! Constant urge to take a deep breath or yawn for over 10 months!!

I feel I have the same problem some days are better than others. I've tried allergy meds worked at first but stopped all that really works for me are really strong halls. it's only maybe been happening for a year but last few months have been worse. I've tried inhaler doctor just told me to try allergy meds. feels like it's never gone away. have you came across anything that's helped?

how are you guys doing . urge to yawn and take deep breath ruining everything now its interrupting sleep. tests came back normal. pls post your progress

great thread to come across. Good and bad to see lots of people with the same thing as me.

4 days ago, work got really tough. A lot of home troubles and tight deadlines converged to send me in a bit of a panic and i started feeling starved of air, as if the last 20% of the breath just couldnt be achieved. Which made me panic even more.

Only sleep so far offers relief. feel so annoyed that something that came on so quickly now dominates my day and now I have to find a way to learn how breath again, or at least forget I am breathing.

Plenty of videos about this on youtube but so far nothing has helped.

has anyone here tried going to a chiropractor? i am currently having an episode and have an appt with a chiro but i can say that when i had this before i realized it was due to being so tense or positional i will keep you posted on my progress

i feel this sooo strongly im bed ridden cant work eat barely can take care of hygein or move sold my car have no life my only focus is get a deep breaths feels terrifying i gasp gulp and yawn Every 30 seconds exertionakes it worse even the smallest things and eating i feel doomed

Hi, if your doctor and various tests have not been able to establish a cause it might be worth getting looked at by an osteopath or chiropractor. the vertebra under what would be your bra strap (if u r a woman) can sometimes 'lock up '. This can happen for all sorts of reasons, from doing too much to doing too little. a chiropractor or osteopath will loosen up the muscles and unlock sticky ribs and vertebra. sometimes you need a couple of treatments but the feeling of being able to breathe again is beyond words

Hi! So I know this is a late response but I have gone through this and it is absolutely terrifying! I wouldn't wish this on anyone. So, I have experienced the same symptoms even including the sensation of gasping for air right as I am about to go to sleep. I went to Dr. and they sent me in for a chest xray, echo, and EKG. Everything came back great and I was still having this issue. Long story short I had developed a sudden allergy to nuts and coffee. I use to drink coffee and nuts all the time! then out of nowhere I was suddenly allergic. I stopped drinking coffee and eating nuts and all of my breathing issues vanished. for me when I think allergies I think breaking out in rashes but for me it affected me in my breathing. maybe it's the food's you are eating. your allergic to something and you don't know it.

Hello, louise55470 . I'm 21 years old, almost 22, male, very phisically active, without any bad habits (never smoked, rarely drink alcohol), eating healthy 90% of the time, but I'm suffering from same problem as you since 11-12 years old. I remember the day it started like it was yesterday... I was laying in my bed, almost alling asleep and then I felt sudden urge to yawn or take a deep breath. I started to gasp for air, but my breaths felt shallow and not satisfying enough, so I started to panick... I was a child, I didn't knew what was happening to me, my parents took me to every possible doctor, but no one seemed to find the cause and they told that anxiety causes this air hunger thing... I couldn't believe them, because at the time, I didn't felt anxious or depressed, but that state, of constant air hunger and yawning made me anxious, sad, I cried almost every night, because I couldn't find anyone who suffers from this problem and I felt hopeless and alone... Over time, I started to overcome this feeling, and in my teens, I felt normal again, but at the end of the day, I felt that sensation, that I need to take a deep breath. In my situation, stress and anxiety are major factors, If I have a stressful events, like my dog died, lost job, fighting with my wife etc., this air hunger sensation worsens, I even start to think, that it may be a heart problem, because of chest tightness, sometimes stabbing pain in my chest, but It all comes down to my anxiety... Since childhood I was very emotionally sensitive, easily scared, always cried when my mom and dad had a fights and I think that formed my general anxiety, I was so used to it and it felt normal to me and over time, it became this air hunger problem... I hope you will read this and you will feel a little bit better, because reading other people stories, who feels the same as me helps me to relax and eases that air hunger problem. I think it's 100% mental. Have a great day and always stay positive, because I have this problem for 10 years now and it doesn't affect my daily life like it used to. I have a wonderful wife, good job and sometimes I get that air hunger thing, but I try not to let it take me over. Sorry if some sentences are wrong, I'm not from USA or UK, English is not my native language.

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