Hi, I've been taking random sudden short breaths in the back of my throat. It feels like I take a quick short breath and the back of my tongue touches the back roof of my mouth, if that makes any sense. It's been going on for a couple of weeks, maybe once or twice a week. There's no trend to what I'm doing, either while driving, or walking, or watching TV, anytime. I can't feel it coming on or control it. I smoke 1 or 2 cigarettes a day. I've had mild acid reflux on and off recently, but haven't had much symptoms besides some mild heartburn and hiccups for the past 2 months. I'm active, healthy weight, good nutrition, I can't think of a cause.

I recently gradually stopped taking Lithium after taking it for about a year. That's the only thing I could think of that coincides with the breaths. They come one at a time and it feels like i'm suffocating for a nanosecond and then it goes away...But I am afraid that it might happen while eating or drinking, because the inhalation is very fast ...

I used to wake up 2 or 3 times a night, it went away on lithium, and when i got off it started again, maybe there's a correlation. I will be too busy to start any treatment for the next 6 weeks, so I would appreciate any short term advice if possible. Thank you.