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.
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nicole89934 luke08690
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have any of you guys found solutions for this? i am experiencing the same thing as most of you guys have stated and its been going on for months now. it started shortly after i came down to a new state to be with my extended family and it has not gotten better since then. im not sure what it is or what to do.
emma85053 nicole89934
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wow its crazy so many people are in the same boat.
mine has gradually gotten at better, at first i was so scsred of it and was so angry about it.
ive had to mentally re-train my brain and tell myself its only a feeling.
its not fully gone but defiantly not as bad as it used to be
Sannynka emma85053
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hi Emma. Same for me. First two months was a nightmare, then it started to get better. it has been 7 months now. Some days are better some worse, but I am happy that its not as bad as it was before. I am not using any pills, just vitamins. And I really really hope it will go away completely.
emma85053 Sannynka
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what vitamins are you on? i think it comes down to not paying attention to it, breathing is automatic.
Sannynka emma85053
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I am taking magnesium and omega 3. And I exercise almost every day. I dont pay attentiom to my breathing. It just happens any time, even wakes me up at night. I dont think I am paying attention to breathing when sleeping. So I dont know
saran73323 emma85053
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Great . How are you doing that ? this gives me some confident .
christi0220 luke08690
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what was your diagnosis? I'm so worried. I've been experiencing the same problem. constant shortness of breath, especially i notice it gets worse when standing or doing my daily activities. I've had it for almost 2 weeks now. woke up one morning from a nightmare trying to breath and since then I'm still experiencing it. help please!
laura36760 christi0220
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hey! its been almost 2 yrs ive suffered . I have been to so many hospitals / specialists and clinics and nothing!!! I also woke up in the middle of the night like you . I am a bit better with the breathing issue but you cant let this beat you , now it has accumulated to more things wrong like palpitations,headaches, stomach issues ! so beat this before you go crazy . have you been checked out for anything ?
christi0220 laura36760
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i went to the ER and ran some blood samples, ekg, chest x rays etc and nothing. only my potassium was low. it got a little better after taking potassium but i notice it gets worse when i move my arms to much. ..im afraid it can be a heart problem. dr says its only anxiety but how can anxiety last so long and I'm not just thinking about it. it just happened one night and now it wont go away. did your breathing problem go away completely ? or do you notice certain tasks or body movements make it worse?
Mattan luke08690
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I've had this since August 26th last year... it all started right after I had worked out at the gym.
Been to the doctors many times and they've done a spirometry test, ECG twice, listened to my lungs, chest x-ray, CRP blood test, checked my oxygen saturation and so on.
All tests are normal... and they say it's anxiety causing it. The thing is that i don't even feel anxious, at least not mentally.
I've hand anxiety and panic attacks before, so I know how it feels. I don't get panic attacks anymore.
Are you guys also experiencing weird sensations in your chest/heart? like fluttering/palpitations?
I'm having a constant discomfort around the heart area of my chest and a feeling like I need those big deep breaths all the time, plus i don't always get satisfying yawns either.
I really just want this to end!!!
KelvinZaw Mattan
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when is your breathing issue started? I have this too. I started practising breathing exercises, it seem a bit better.
Mattan KelvinZaw
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It started August 26th 2019.
I've tried breathing exercises but they do nothing for me... 😦
I've also tried a few supplements, but to no avail.
emma85053 Mattan
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this is 1000% how i felt when it first came, i had a racey heart also.
it has got slowly better over time, but i still have moment where i cant get a full breathe in. it seams this is so common
but honeslty i feel its because we are so fixated on this issue !
emma85053
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a good thing ive learnt is to mentally shut it out
christi0220 Mattan
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i feel the same way. yawning is hard sometimes especially when standing up or doing my daily activities. i notice i feel better when laying down. i feel worse standing up. do you also have the same problem? does it get any better in certain positions or is it the same for you? have you checked your potassium levels. i had them low. started eating more potassium rich foods and felt a little better. though it hasnt gone away completely
KelvinZaw Mattan
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I donno anxiety or what, when i lying down on my back it get worse, when i move around its better. Lungs tricky i guess. But when i check xray spo2 infection nothing was found. Its has been since way before covid and gradually worse and worse. (especially when i stay home lying back and playing game, how to say, i got this uneasy feeling, tinging all over body, shortness of breath and tightness.
Mattan christi0220
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Yes its just like that for me as well... laying down just chilling make it easier to get deep satisfying breaths more often.
I really hate this, just want it to go away. I'm actually starting to really believe I have a super rare disease that the doctors don't know anything about... 😦
I haven't checked my potassium levels.
Mattan KelvinZaw
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I have the uneasy feeling and tingling as well, its really annoying!
Have you found anything that helps?
KelvinZaw Mattan
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Same here, I've got tinging as well, on chest? cold sensation with breathlessness.
lee36192 KelvinZaw
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I think the issue is, is that we're all focusing on it too much and it just because muscle memory for us to gasp for the breath. I find if I move into a different position every few minutes it's easier, but still not great. Mines been on and off for years. Good weeks and bad weeks. I think this covid stuff hasn't helped any of us either cause there's so much uncertainty over it all.
Stay strong people!
Scooby2times KelvinZaw
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I'm no doctor or psychologist but I know mine is made worse by my anxiety made better with activity and comes back when I'm lounging. Extremely frustrating to say the least the constant desire to take a deep breathe and at times not being able to since my blood is already over oxygenated and I physically don't need more oxygen holding my breathe helps or exhaling through 1 nostril while plugging the other helps to slow done my breathing so I don't hyperventilate which is what we all try and do when we cant take a deep breathe then you try another and another and another which causes tingling, lightheadedness / dizziness not to mention gulping more air then usual casing GI track problems. It comes and goes and like all of us I wish it would just go these mask don't help at all in fact make it worse. Keep you heads up people and take 1 breathe at a time.