Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Location: vancouver, bc
Irregular Breathing Posted: 09-03-05 13:36pm
I want to run this by here before I make a
docs appt.
You know how when you breath it's very
smooth; in, out, in, out... About the
last 7-12 months i've noticed about once,
maybe twice a month i'll take in a breath
but I can't release it..Like it gets stuck
there. So i'll begin rapidly breathing
short quick breaths because theres not
much capacity, but also because I can't
stop it. It last 5-10 seconds, then i'll
relax and the air wil be able to be
released.
It happened twice in one day though last
week, and I thought, hmmmm...
Now i've also been very emotionally
stresed the past year, so it might just be
anxiety too.
Is this hyperventilation or does it
resemble some other anxiety thing?
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Kansas
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 93
Posted: 09-03-05 20:27pm
Well, it does sound kind of like a panic
attack to me. Do you have any other
symptoms when the breathing problems
start? I have panic attacks. I have
other symptoms besides breathing problems
with mine though. I usually have fast
heart rate, aches, and wierd sensations.
Once I was completely paralized. I
couldnt move at all. They can be rally
scary. I usually feel like im dying when
I have them. The thing iabout panic
attacks is that they are different for
everyone. Everyone can have different
symptoms. Usually people have more than
just breathing problems though. Could
you possibly have asthma? I do have
asthma and sometimes I have asthma
symptoms that are pretty scary because
they usually cause a panic atack or the
panic attack causes asthma symptoms.
Anyway I am no expert at all but if I can
help in any way let me know.
Thanks
tia
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alli-oop
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 3 Location: vancouver, bc
Posted: 09-03-05 21:40pm
Thanx for replying tia. At the time it
happens it's just my breathing that's
affected. But other times I do get a
super fast accelerating heart beat for
about 5 seconds, then it comes to a dead
stop and back to a normal beat. So I
posted this messege as well in the heart
disease forum, didn't know where else.
I have other medical conditions that may
or may not be part of it...And because of
that i'm a bit of a hypocondriac :) but I
was just curious if that sounded familiar
to anyone.
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cindydawnjames
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Oklahoma
Posted: 09-04-05 16:53pm
I'm not a doctor but do you think you
might have something called
hyperventilation syndrome. About 5 months
ago I felt as if I couldn't breath like I
could not even get a big breath in. I
started to freak out and it caused anxiety
and then I had a panic attack and started
hyperventilating. It would not hurt to
get on the internet and look up
hyperventilation syndrome and look at the
symptons and see if you feel like that.
If you do there is no cure, of coarse,
just anxiety drugs. I got xanax but I
only take it if I really feel scared and I
cannot control it myself. Hope this helps
but I also hope this is one thing you can
rule out because I am still a sufferer of
this.
