Hi everyone,

Please help me as I'm experiencing shortness of breath right now!!!

I was diagnosed with panic disorder (along with other anxiety disorders) years ago, but haven't had severe attacks in a long time. The past few weeks however, I have been under stress and had the attacks come back. Last night, my attack had a lot of respiratory symptoms. For the past several days I had a feeling of something in my chest occasionally, often at night, and so I'd try to cough to get it out - sometimes producing mucus, but not alleviating the feeling. Last night I had my usual lump in my throat, but also a sensation that I couldn't breathe a satisfying breath. This lasted for hours, freaking me out and getting worse then better the worse. It started to pass (not fully) after I vomited. The thing is, I was able to close my eyes, and do my breathing exercises throughout this - taking full breaths in and out, seemingly struggling only with my urge to hyperventilate and the frustrated feeling of not having a satisfying breath (wanting to suck more air in to get the satisfying feeling). Could this have been asthma, or is asthma more like you can't do a full breathing count during breathing exercises? I was not wheezing and today I have a bit of a congested nose and an occasional productive cough (I tend to have that often when I wake up – early evening today). I have a message in to my GP, but I was hoping to get answers sooner - especially like when to go to the ER. Thank you so much in advance for your help.

Frustrated&Scared