Shortness of breath terrified all the time!!

Hi Luke I know this post is from a while ago but I just wondered if your feeling any better? As I have the same problem all day breathing is hard to take deep breaths but the doctors say it’s just panic and anxiety and all my tests are normal. I just wondered if it got better for you? 

Hello. I am not really sure if this will work with others but when I feel the shortness of breath, I try to sing or just try humming.

Mate listen 

Get the f**k off that bulls**t mirtazapime asap. That stuff does nothin but make u sleep that’s it! It’s poison! Get on cymbalta 60 mgs and take espiride for a few weeks until u can cope without it. It’s not easy but it can be done

Get exercise

Get your lungs working and breathing

Walk up hills 

Walk up stairs

Do this a lot

It helps

Start swimming

Yoga

Fix your diet

I got anxious just reading your post

I suffer as well and also going through a rough time at the moment with my breathing and anxiety. I’ve been ok for 2 years. Anxiety free. But just recently I took a cannabis pill and had a vicious panic attack that lasted for so long until I had to take Ativan that f****d up my muscles in my chest. My breathing has been so hard lately. I know what U going through. People don’t understand what we go through. People haven’t a clue and think you’re crazy except the ones that suffer from it like ourselves and others of course. It’s no joke! I have asthma as well which makes things an absolute nightmare but u have to have faith! Never f**kin give up on life! Just breathe. Life is beautiful

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Mate listen 

Get the off that rubbish mirtazapime asap. That stuff does nothin but make u sleep that’s it! It’s poison! Get on cymbalta 60 mgs and take espiride for a few weeks until u can cope without it. It’s not easy but it can be done

Get exercise

Get your lungs working and breathing

Walk up hills 

Walk up stairs

Do this a lot

It helps

Start swimming

Yoga

Fix your diet

I got anxious just reading your post

I suffer as well and also going through a rough time at the moment with my breathing and anxiety. I’ve been ok for 2 years. Anxiety free. But just recently I took a cannabis pill and had a vicious panic attack that lasted for so long until I had to take Ativan that f****d up my muscles in my chest. My breathing has been so hard lately. I know what U going through. People don’t understand what we go through. People haven’t a clue and think you’re crazy except the ones that suffer from it like ourselves and others of course. It’s no joke! I have asthma as well which makes things an absolute nightmare but u have to have faith! Never give up on life! Just breathe. Life is beautiful

Hope you are doing better Luke.. hey everyone. I too am

Suffering from shortness of breath and a weird feeling in chest. It's been about two weeks now but it's not the first time this has happened. I've had minor shortness of breath before,actually last May was the first time I went to the ER for it, weird.. I wonder on and off if it's the spring weather change but idk. It's terrible this time around. I can't focus on anything else. I have no interest in doing anything either because it's always around and bothering me. I clean and feel okay but then there it is afterwards..it's that way with most activities. Sets off my anxiety and I get so near to panic ms running to the ER. Was there about 5months ago,had ekgs,oxygen was fine,stress test.. all my vitals were normal after my anxiety attack. I went that time because of a weird feeling in chest that is so hard to explain,not pain, just a slight burny, off feeling that is there's more days than not. Anyway, two nights ago I felt I couldn't breath but was also so anxious I knew I was gonna panic. As soon as I wanted to go to the hospital,I took an emergency Ativan I had saved.. it calmed me down and breathing was okay but I fell asleep so fast,not sure what exactly it did. So yesterday I woke and the breathing issue started pretty quick and I tried to distract myself. Finally did a stomach breathing video I found on YouTube and then I felt almost 100 percent better! I was so happy almost all night. Ate a big meal and got cozy and then my chest which didn't seem to bother me at all during the short breath episodes seemed to return! Almost like they don't happen at the same time. So weird. Woke up today ok except minor chest feeling.. only way I can describe it is its as if you rub your hand across your chest, almost like you are giving it rug burn,how it would feel after that I guess. If that makes any sense at all. So I got all worked up again because of that feeling and am now again struggling to breath normal. What a battle. Oh,41 year old female md have had anxiety (gad) since 2007,on and off. Take no meds right now.. was doing alright till two deaths in April and then lost all interest in everything,felt depressed and now total anxiety and these symptoms. Sorry to babble,it's just so hard when you feel you can't breath. I keep feeling myself hold my breath as I'm writing this. I also get very bloated stomach when I shallow breathe after awhile. Just so tense and I wouldn't wish this upon anyone. Time to do stomach breathing. Good luck all. 

Hi Luke,

I found this thread re-assuring and helpful and (however selfish as it may seem, feeling better to read i am not alone) so if i can do the same by sharing, then great.

It has been 3 months now since I woke up one day in March just before my 30th birthday (under more than usual stress, nothing Ive not been able to manage in the past) and felt like i couldn't take a satisfying breath as you describe. it was literally overnight, normal one day, in pain and suffering the next.

ill list my symptoms here:

-Unsatisfied breath on inhalation

-Shortness of breath

-No change post exercise

-Weird feelings like zaps of electricity running through my body before trying to get to sleep

-Sudden tachycardia, sometimes just sitting at my desk at work(very low stress job) or lying down in bed.

-The unsatisfied inhalation has gone, but its been replaced by this dull pain across my chest/lungs/heart area.

-last night I had this weird arm/hand numbness before going to sleep. It scares me to describe this but it feels like just before i am going to sleep that my body is shutting down, but not in a good way, in a like im going to die way, losing sensation in my body etc..

I have never experienced any of the above symptoms ever before in my life. Im young, healthy, never been on meds to treat anything more than antibiotics for a cough/cold/viral infection.

Like you i cant just accept it is stress/anxiety/panic. I have pain, physical pain in my chest/lungs/heart. Although i do accept the mind is a powerful thing.

i have had chest x-rays, ECG's, full blood tests, Lung Function Tests, helicobacter test and all come back fine. I am seeing a cardiologist on Friday but must wait much longer for a pulmonary specialist (date tbc).

Ive been treated with GERD medication = no change

Ive been treated with anxiety medication (antenex) = no change

i will report back once i get more results. I just want this feeling to go away and will try/do anything to treat it. I pray that we all here rid ourselves of whatever it making us feel like this.

God bless

john

 

you have described the exact symptoms I have, and they are terrifying. There is something called CBD oil & it can be gotten with or without a percentage of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis. I have recently heard that the tincture drops of CBD, with a small percentage of THC, placed under the tongue can be helpful in relieving anxiety. I myself am not interested in the psychoactive nature of THC, and thus I am going to get the smallest percentage of the ingredient necessary to activate the CBD. I, too, am at my wit's end and am eager to try this CBD business, the info of which I have on solid authority.

I wish us both good luck!

you have described the exact symptoms I have, and they are terrifying. There is something called CBD oil & it can be gotten with or without a percentage of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis. I have recently heard that the tincture drops of CBD, with a small percentage of THC, placed under the tongue can be helpful in relieving anxiety. I myself am not interested in the psychoactive nature of THC, and thus I am going to get the smallest percentage of the ingredient necessary to activate the CBD. I, too, am at my wit's end and am eager to try this CBD business, the info of which I have on solid authority.

I wish us both good luck!

hey man, i have been dealing with shortness of breath for almost 2 years now, had 2 chest x-rays, 1 ct-scan, spirometry tests, ecogram, and ekgs.... all of my tests have come back, “normal”. I am 21 years old, and have been extremely concerned with this feeling... i literally cant get it off of my mind. i constantly need to take in deep breaths that feel like they are not satisfying my need of oxygen. i have always had anxiety in a sense that i would blush 24/7, that turned into me blushing and have pit stains, which has now turned into my shortness of breath.... it all started one night when i woke up feeling like i was suffocating. take in mind this was about a year and a half when the suffocation feeling started. At first i thought it was because i smoked hash oils, and was lifting a lot of weight with a bad diet... i was over weight and smoked a ton... so i assumed it was physical. my doctors say everything is normal and its anxiety... which im starting to come to terms with. If my tests are comming back normal, despite my poor lifestyle in the past. Im thinking it might be my body and mind attatching to new extremes. went from constant blushing, to constant blushing and sweating, to constant shortness of breath. 

If anyone could give me some advice or would be able to discuss my situation that would be mostly appreciated!

could you respond with your status since your original post? like if your still having shortness of breath and if not what you did to fix it?

Hi ur explaining exactly how i feel n its awful i know are you still suffering with this ?

I've had anxiety off and on for many years and it got worse after my first panic attack back in 2012. I was so terrified of my attack that I went to the ER as so many others have before me for the same thing! I had the shortness of breath and feeling constantly on edge, waiting for the next panic attack ??. I also had weird and scary obsessive thoughts and felt I was going crazy!! I was referred to a psychologist and was put on citalopram, an ssri inhibitor. After a while, all of my symptoms disappeared. I stopped taking meds after a few years and now Fast forward to July of 2018 and here I am again. I had another panic attack a few weeks ago and my anxiety symptoms are back again, especially the classic having to take a deep breath issue... Ugh it's such a downer! I don't notice it too much when my mind is occupied, but when I try to relax at home, especially in bed, it gets worse. I'm back on meds, this time Prozac, and it's improving very slowly. I've just learned to accept the fact that I'm a little crazy and things will get better with time 😁😁😁