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shallow breathing

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moira43918
moira43918

For weeks now I have been shallow breathing leading to tight chest, panic. I constantly yawn, sigh any try to take deep breaths. Any tips

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  • ryan89130
    ryan89130 moira43918

    Posted

    I have the same thing. Constant yawning and I will sit up and t breathso deep till Iit hurts and I still feel like I'mnot breathing Iin all the way. Hope your feeling better

  • Miranda123
    Miranda123 moira43918

    Posted

    Hi Moira, just wondering how you have been doing the past week or so? I am still struggling with tight chest/shallow breathing etc. Getting so bored and fed up now.
    • moira43918
      moira43918 Miranda123

      Posted

      Hi Georgina. Thanks for asking. Still the same as you. Can't seem to shift it. Think I've just got into this bad habit of not breathing properly and can't seem to shift it. It is always there but to varying degrees. Totally p****d of with it. Take it ur the same

    • Miranda123
      Miranda123 moira43918

      Posted

      I know exactly what you mean. It's just there constantly, the minute i open my eyes in the morning. I've been to the doctors 3 times and they have told me the same thing each time and everything has come back normal. Think i am the same as you, got into a bad habit of breathing really shallow and feeling like i need to control my breathing otherwise i will stop and die. Its so uncomfortable. I know how you feel when you say your p****d off, i am the same. Im also bored of thinking about it all the time!!!

    • Miranda123
      Miranda123 moira43918

      Posted

      I am on Citalopram, have been for about 3 years now. Had tapered down from 20 to 10mg recently and was all ready to come off all together then this happened so i'm back at 20mg now. I have also been given Propranolol but haven't bothered taking it as i think it's only really useful with panic attacks or feelings of panic whereas I don't feel particularly panicked i just feel like i can't breathe. Although it has started to feel a bit better now and i've actually not thought about it for most of the day today which just feels weird.

    • moira43918
      moira43918 Miranda123

      Posted

      I'm on 40mg citalopram and 160mg propanolol per day with 2mg diazapam if i feel panicky. Doesn't seem to be helping though. I was feeling ok until about lunchtime today when i could feel the tightness starting. Can't seem to ignore it even when busy. I'm sitting her yawning my head off trying to get a proper breath. It's the pits

    • Miranda123
      Miranda123 moira43918

      Posted

      Hi Moira, I'm not too bad thanks for asking. How are you? Having any better days at all? I'm having better days where I forget about it a lot more. The mornings are the worst though

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