Shortness of breath terrified all the time!!
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What does everybody's shortness of breath feel like? I even feel really really out of breath even when I talk which worries the c**p out of me!
I wake up with it and go to sleep with it every night, I feel I have got to catch my breath every few minutes just to make sure I can get air into my lungs I have this like pulling sensation in the middle of my chest that makes me want to catch it every few minutes which dosnt go away at all which drives me barmy! Also feels like I have something lodged right in the middle of my chest that I'm breathing around awful feeling.
This all started after I had 2 full blown panic attacks 10 months ago and I woke up with all these crazy Symtoms the day after I had them is this normal?
Im on medication mitrazpine and propanolol which I'm thinking of changing the mitrazpine because I was on this while I had these attacks they put me on propanolol the day after I had these attacks 3 a day 40mg and I'm having CBT therapy.
My therapist says I should stop trying to catch my breath all the time as I'm feeding my anxiety but even when I try and stop doing it it will catch itself so I can't win which makes me think there is something wrong with my breathing!
I have tried breathing exercises which don't help. I have had a X-ray which was all good and 3 ECGs which were good and chest lisend to and oxygen levels tested to everytime I'm are the doctors which is always good, I just just can't take this no more!
I feel I'm on the brink here I can't live like this another day😢 Is this ever going to go away? or am I going to feel like this forever I feel trapped in my own body.
I posted this about ten minutes ago but I think it has been deleted for some reason nevermind.
7 likes, 309 replies
emma85053 luke08690
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have you found any answers ??
hellofriend22 emma85053
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he hasn't updated in a while, do you have this breathing issue too? its horrible honestly
Sannynka emma85053
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hi. how long its been for you?
emma85053 Sannynka
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6 nonths! i am trying hypnotherapy for it tonight
cane on randomly after a panic attack ! is anyone better ??
emma85053 hellofriend22
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how are you going? i feel so alons
gracemull2003 emma85053
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hi, how did the hypnotherapy go? Did it get rid of it?
devin00163 luke08690
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Hello, my name is Devin. I am 16 and entering the prime of my life. I play 4 sports and like being around people. 6 days ago i noticed some slight discomfort and shortness of breath while breathing in but i brushed it off. late the next day i was sitting in the car with a friend when i started feeling like i was suffocating. I walked around outside and i tried to remain calm for having heard about panic attacks. i attempted to fix the problem for about an hour in multiple different ways before i decided it was an emergeny. on the hour drive to the hostital my body went numb and i thought i was going to die. when i got to the hospital they checked all my vitals and heart and some other s**t and it all came back 100% fine. still unable to breathe i was forced to go home and cried myself to sleep while gasping for air. the next day i went to a better hosptital for additonal tests that also came back fine. forced to go home again i had a severe panic attack and went straight the emergency room of my local hospital without even going home. sent home again i cried myself to sleep gasping for a second time. in the past week ive lost nearly 20 pounds and havent left my room. my life has been completely taken from me. my fingers are going numb as i type this because the breathing never stops. i feel like i cant last another second when it has only been a week. i dont want to live anymore. nothing is worse than this. i expected to find a relief and or a solution online because my brain just cant rap around it but it seems there is no recovery from this. if anyone has the answer please let me know because i cannot last much longer. also does anyone know if luke took his life? praying he didnt but i dont see why else he may have stopped responding. this has distraut my entire family and i just feel like a burden. i hope you all feel better though i fear it may not be possible. thank you.
emma85053 devin00163
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hey luke!
im so sorry! im 22 and same boat, so awful when ir all comes back normal. you feeel crazy and so alone.
for me, i started off like you it was so bad i coulsnt get out of bed. i am finding it not as bad now as ive learned to let it not control me, as its started to settle. i think our bodys are in constant fight mode due to the shock. hang in there
christi0220 devin00163
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hi did you get better? I'm feeling the same way. i started this past Easter Sunday. woke up with shortness of breath and it hasn't gone away. I'm desperate but i notice it gets better when i go to sleep or lay down. gets worse when standing or moving around. my family says its anxiety but i cant control it. I'm desperate. Doctors told me the same thing. all my tests are normal. so what is my problem....help please
billiejo86504 luke08690
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hi luke and to all others that have joined the conversation let me say im sorry for how everyone is feeling i been where ur at twice mine just wasent anxiety first round 10 years ago i had tachycardia could not breath eat lost wait was put on medicine everything went back to normal this time round 3 years ago started getting same symptoms had med mg raised med change didnt work damn hospital did all test normal of course said it was anxiety even though they knew of my issues before so i went to a heart dr that deals with the electrical part of the heart my regular heart dr told me to see one he did a cath at that point i was fighting it i got off the couch and started living life anyway had cath done turns out it was svt the ekg the hospital did didnt show it so i had ablation done still taking meds still needed it to bring heart rate down it was still 90.after surgery which not normal for me dr didnt know why he said svt was gone anyway this time anxiety did go away its better but still there i came to accept its part of my life i dont let it win i have fun do my everyday things thats what made it better continue to live i call it my new normal. if anyone needs more help or has questions im here hope everyone feels better
Mich_1987 luke08690
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Dear All,
My name is Dimitar and I am from Bulgaria.
I am very sad to hear your stories but I have the solution.
I had a battle with constant shortness of breath 24/7 for almost 5 years.
Going to all the doctors and doing all the tests possible.
The only thing they found was acid reflux and I took medications which didn't help with my breathlessness.
It seems that the shortness of breath is caused by the brain, not getting the right signals when you breath.
Then I found a psychiatrist who gave me hope. We tried a few different medicines till we found the right one for me. I just took it and on the next day my 24/7 5 years shortness of breath was gone for good! If you want to live a normal life again, please visit a doctor and get back of living your life.
I know it's very hard for you since my mind was always on the shortness of breath and I was not able to do anything.
This medications that I've mentioned are not dangerous and you will use them for a year, then you will stop them and your life will be as it was before the shortness of breath.
This medications does not make you a zombie or the bullsh*ts they are mentioning in the web.
They are making the person who were you before.
Stay STRONG and get your life in you hands!!!
emma85053 Mich_1987
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what medicine ???
Mich_1987 luke08690
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Antidepressant.
Csilla1987 Mich_1987
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Mitch, I have the same issue, already tried many antidepressant, but non of them helped me totally. Can you pls share what's the one that works for you?
Csilla1987 luke08690
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Luke, how are you? Have you found the solution already? I'm in the same shoes for years now 😦
nicole89934 Csilla1987
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you have been dealing with shortness of breath for years now? i have it and ive been dealing with it for months now and i dont know what to do to solve it.