Happy I found someone that understands Posted: 04-09-08 14:49pm
I have about every symptom that has been
listed above and I can remember bouts of
this coming and going, but normally
doesn't last more than one "satisfactory"
deep breath then I am good and it won't
happen for weeks. However, recently I had
a bout and it just never went away. I
have been feeling that overwhelming need
to take a deep breath or worse caught in
one of those ridiculous yawns. Things
that I have noticed are when I wake up and
through out the night I tend to give small
"test" breaths to see if the ailment is
gone. What if is that though it is never
really gone, it does take a much much
smaller breath to get that satisfactory
tingle in your lungs that signifies you
can relax for a couple mins before the
next bout.
A little background:
I personally have always felt very laid
back and though I have a stressfull job
where i work roughly 50 hours a week I
still feel as though I can "let go" and
enjoy myself at nights and on the
weekends. So I personally don't feel as
though anxiety is applicable. I recently
went to the doctor and didn't have the
full breadth of test, but did have a
spirometer test, and though it was hard to
do, apparently it came out just fine. My
oxygen levels were at 98 and 99%, so that
is fine. My X-rays showed nothing.
Has anyone ever been to a Chiropractor to
get aligned? I wonder if that would be
able to help anything. I know for sure
that I feel a slight pain in my upper
right side of my back everytime I struggle
for a breath.....could be a pinched nerve
or something and I know that nerve trains
can lead to the lungs which could effect
breathing. There is also a slim
possibility that we could possibly have
some sort of blood clot in our lungs which
could give a similar out of breath
feeling. But then I would have to ask why
I can breath just fine in the mornings
when I awake?? Does anyone think that
this could be an allergy cause by pollens
or dust in the air? This could be causing
us to have bouts of Asthma caused by
allergies, and though I have never had
asthma and don't know what it feels like I
can't picture something being much worse
then what we are feeling. If anyone has
had any luck ridding this ridiculous
sickness, please make sure you post it to
give us other people a chance.
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jon007
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Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 2
I can cure you all!!!!!!! I promise....... Posted: 04-10-08 08:15am
Please let me know if you would like my
address to send me gift baskets.
Everyone get off your antidepresents and
xanax cause you have all been
misdiagnosed. What you have is a very
slight case of Asthma caused by some sort
of upper respitory infection. The upper
respitory virus may have only given you a
slight cold, or cough that you barely
noticed. However the end result is
something like a "sunburn" on your
bronchiles and lungs. There is only one
thing that can actually cure this and it
is an inhallent called Azmacort! This has
a very small amount of steriod in it and
will cure the inflamation within days,
though you will be using it for ~ 2 weeks.
This type of upper respitory sickness
will not show up on any, spirometry,
oxygen, EKG, or anything else the doctor
wants to do. It will only be cured if the
Pulmonologist has heard of these symptoms
before.....your family doctor will have no
idea and will put you on rediculous pills
to treat the symptoms (hence
antidepresents and xanax), but not the
actual cause. I can guarentee you that if
you go to a Pulmonologist that is worth
his weight and get this perscription that
each and everyone of you will be all
better within a couple days and you can
stop yawning and taking these ridiculous
deep breaths. I will be littering this
information all over the internet as I
know how frustrating this sickness can be.
Bet you guys thought that you were
becoming over anxious or crazy huh!
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kdd0103
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 1
anxiety or heart problem? Posted: 04-30-08 14:51pm
Hi all
have been having same problem as all of
you for almost 2 years now. Been to
several different doctors who didn't want
to put me through invasive tests and
assumed i had asthma. Gave me inhalers
but none worked.
Eventually it got worse. All day found
myself feeling the need to yawn and then
yawning to take a deep breath..soemtimes
it works sometimes it doesnt.
Ended up in the ER where they did
Echocardiogram, CT Scan of Chest and EKG.
All were normal (well .. they found two
nodules on my lung but have been told by 3
doctors they are nothing to worry about
and have nothing to do with these
symtpoms)
Was told it was anxiety and as it is not a
symptom of a heart problem.
However, when i do take the deep breath
sometimes i feel a pain in my upper left
back (by my heart). I am a bit of a
hypochondriac and i definitely freak
myself out by looking at these symptoms
online ... but that pain worries me. I
try to tell myself that maybe I pulled a
muscle trying to take the deep breath but
in the back of my head i still wonder if
there was something they missed with my
heart. The pain is not constant and i
feel like if it was a heart problem it
would be. Also the pain has been coming
and going for months - so i try to tell
myself if it was a heart problem i would
know by now.
does anyone else get this? Anyone think
this could be a pulled muscle? Try to be
nice with your responses as they will
probably trip up my anxiety.
And no anxiety meds (xanax) seem to be
helping with this breathing thing either
even though they say that's all it is and
it's all in my head.
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daezee
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Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 1
Perplexed Posted: 05-18-08 18:38pm
My 8 year old daughter has the same
symptoms. It comes and goes. Her doctor
just put her on inhaled albuteral in
addition to her rescue inhaler. It
doesn't seem to do any good. The only
relief she gets is when she is asleep.
I've also noticed that when she is busy,
playing or whatever, she doesn't do the
deep breath thing, but as soon as she sits
down, or is calm, it happens. She tries
to yawn, but it doesn't work.
The doctors just keep blaming it on her
asthma. She also has mitral valve
prolapse. I can't help but wonder if
there is something more serious wrong.
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cantinhale1
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Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 05-19-08 11:40am
I
haven't been able to breath normal for
about 6 days now. I went to the ER twice,
and an urgent care clinic. The results of
a CT scan, blood work, chest x-ray and a
nuclear stress test are normal. There is
no wheezing, fluid build up or coughing.
Just this tightness in my chest as if
someone is got me in a bear hug so I can't
breath in all the way. I did have a bad
cold before this developed and the docs
noticed my white blood cell count was up.
So maybe its viral what is causing the
inflammation in my lungs. I have also
tried albuteral and steroids for it and it
only makes me feel worse from the side
effects. I did get a shot of a strong
anti-inflammatory that made me feel
better. I am perplexed as to what is wrong
and so are all the doctors that I have
seen. I really hope this goes away soon
because this has been hell to go through
for 6 days I can't imagine weeks like some
of you have suffered.
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belladonna
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Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 5
Posted: 06-08-08 06:24am
Hi There,
I have had this off and on, severe and not
so severe for 15 years. It comes and it
goes, there is no rhyme or reason to it.
I have tried all of the inhalers,
albuterol, nebulizers and I was on
Azmacort for 6 months...they did nothing.
As a matter of fact, the Albuterol makes
my symptoms worse. The Azmacort did
absolutely nothing, so after 6 months I
stopped spending my money. I think there
is something they are not finding, the one
thing I do know, is it won't kill you, you
may think its going to, but that kind of
thinking only makes it worse....which adds
to the thought that its anxiety based.
Who knows.....
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airhunger
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Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 2
Airhunger Posted: 06-08-08 10:43am
Hi there everyone,
I have the same symptoms as most of you
are reporting and I understand belladonna
when she says there's no rhyme or reason,
but I think the reasons are there and just
hard to pinpoint. I'm starting to believe
it may be due to our breathing patterns
being slightly 'out of kilter', and over
time we get the wrong levels of CO2 in the
bloodstream
The problems most of you are having do
sound very much like "air hunger" - search
for "air hunger" (as one word, and also as
separate words in quotes) on Google and
you will find literally thousands of posts
about it.
I really don't believe it's anxiety or
stress, and I've never read of drugs
curing it.
I hope being able to put a name to the
problem helps, even if I can't offer you
an instant cure
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Mr.Ed
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Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 2
deep breath Posted: 06-24-08 11:39am
Hi, to every one of you on this forum.
these messages are so old, do any of you
check back on them? this is 2008. i've had
exactly what yall have been describing for
the last couple years. diagnosed with acid
reflux, about eight years ago. then sleep
aphania. then my pulmonary Doc tells me
that the acid reflux, is caused by the
sleep aphania. then one day I was driving
back from the bank and got this sharp pain
in my side. I was having a terrible cough
when this happened. IT felt like I had
broken a rib or my lung had torn loose
from my ribs . I had been getting
bronchitis sense about eight yr. ago, then
I would get bronchitis and it would turn
into pneumonia a couple of years after
that, then about three years ago is when
all this hard cough and deep breathing
stuff started after going to my doc. he
refereed me to a pulmonary specialist who
ran some test, then some breathing test,
then an MRI. only to say, I may have the
beginnings of asthma. I have used advair
and albuteral inhaler, but still have a
hard time getting a deep breath I still
have the pains in my sides and lately
getting out of breath just doing small
thing . And I dont have emphisima. I have
done some research lately on my own and
what I've found out, going on around us
is very scary.
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Mr.Ed
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Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 2
deep breath Posted: 06-24-08 11:39am
Hi, to every one of you on this forum.
these messages are so old, do any of you
check back on them? this is 2008. i've had
exactly what yall have been describing for
the last couple years. diagnosed with acid
reflux, about eight years ago. then sleep
aphania. then my pulmonary Doc tells me
that the acid reflux, is caused by the
sleep aphania. then one day I was driving
back from the bank and got this sharp pain
in my side. I was having a terrible cough
when this happened. IT felt like I had
broken a rib or my lung had torn loose
from my ribs . I had been getting
bronchitis sense about eight yr. ago, then
I would get bronchitis and it would turn
into pneumonia a couple of years after
that, then about three years ago is when
all this hard cough and deep breathing
stuff started after going to my doc. he
refereed me to a pulmonary specialist who
ran some test, then some breathing test,
then an MRI. only to say, I may have the
beginnings of asthma. I have used advair
and albuteral inhaler, but still have a
hard time getting a deep breath I still
have the pains in my sides and lately
getting out of breath just doing small
thing . And I dont have emphisima. I have
done some research lately on my own and
what I've found out, going on around us
is very scary.
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Jennsw
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Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Location: Crosby, TX United States
Popping when breathing Posted: 07-01-08 00:16am
I had this popping when taking deep
breaths and stuff a while back and it was
bronchitus. It was treated with
anti-biotics.
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heatherdiane14
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Joined: 08 Jul 2008 Posts: 1
same problems. Posted: 07-08-08 00:58am
I have the same exact problem. I am not
having trouble actually breathing but I
want that deep breath and I cannot stand
it because I will have difficulty doing it
and I feel like its not a good enough
breath. This goes on for hours and like
every other day usually & a lot of the
time its during spring & summer only.
Its so weird. I went to the doc like 2
years ago and they xrayed my chest &
told me that they coudlnt find anything
wrong with me. They told me it was either
bronchi spasms or anxiety & gave me an
inhaler that did absolutely nothing for
me. A lot of the time if I sit up really
straight I can catch a deeper breath..but
it just gets so annoying.
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This page was last updated on June 11, 2008
I
haven't been able to breath normal for
about 6 days now. I went to the ER twice,
and an urgent care clinic. The results of
a CT scan, blood work, chest x-ray and a
nuclear stress test are normal. There is
no wheezing, fluid build up or coughing.
Just this tightness in my chest as if
someone is got me in a bear hug so I can't
breath in all the way. I did have a bad
cold before this developed and the docs
noticed my white blood cell count was up.
So maybe its viral what is causing the
inflammation in my lungs. I have also
tried albuteral and steroids for it and it
only makes me feel worse from the side
effects. I did get a shot of a strong
anti-inflammatory that made me feel
better. I am perplexed as to what is wrong
and so are all the doctors that I have
seen. I really hope this goes away soon
because this has been hell to go through
for 6 days I can't imagine weeks like some
of you have suffered.
