Please anyone I coulf use your help...

Please anyone help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah I do the same thing all the time...It'll start with a small pain or discomfort or not being able to breath, then all of a sudden it feels like everything is getting worse and then a panic attack. For me and a lot of people there is a trigger for the anxiety attack.

im currently experiencing exactly the same symptoms, it normally starts in the morning just before i go to work, i feel like i cant take in enough air. it gradually gets worse untill i literally have to force myself to go into work even tho i feel like i will probably die from suffocation. my chest is tight and i feel breathless. i started to have a lot of time off work because of it, making up lame excuses ect. i have suffered with anxiety for a grest deal of my life with a few months of relief here and there. i have a very physical job and i found my symptoms easing off somewhat every time i exerted myself gently. they didnt disappear altogether, but by the time my shift was over i was feeling a little better. i know that exercise is the last thing u feel like doing when u feel like this, it feels like u should rest until the symptoms subside but trust me it does work. im not saying u should go out and run a marathon but a little gentle exersise like a gentle walk will help, it also helps u understand that there is nothing physical wrong with u. good luck, hope u feel better soon

You might have acid reflux. I had similar symptoms, but after taking prilosec and zantac I feel much better!

Hello. I am fishing the net for clues to my symptoms when I stumbled upon your posting. I have been experiencing episodes of difficult breathing which leads to headaches & the sensation that you are going to have a heart attack. I am 41 and never have had any medical problems besides the typical broken bones and cuts/scrapes one would get. I decided to see a cardiologist and he gave me a clean bill of health yet just today I experienced this 'feeling' again. I have tried to take slow breaths to no avail and take aspirin and the such but cant shake it. Scares the heck out of me because when you are healthy all you life then out of the blue comes some unknown issue you cant control its disheartning. So I plan to visit next a respiratory specialist. ANy news on your end?

i've also been experiencing the same symptoms as lil and peter! i've also been looking for answers, i couldn't tell which came first the breathing problems or anxiety about it. i recently went to the doctor thinking i had the flu or chest infection and was told my lungs sounded clear, no flu and my pulse was fine, etc. i was told to make an appt with a pulmanologist, which i still plan to do b/c i was loosely diagnosed with OCPD. maybe it's anxiety, i hope. i used to be on anxiety meds but have been off about 5 years, since before the birth of my second child and have been fine until recently.

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wow---i didn't think there was anyone out there who knew what i have been feeling lately---the tightness in the chest, not being able to take in enough air, feeling like I am being smothered-----it is just horrible---if anyone out there has any answers, please let me know----heart and lungs are fine, although i have a heart murmur

I have personally struggled with the difficulty breathing for about 2 years now. I have had every test in the book including methicoline challenge (asthma test), allergy testing, chest x-ray, etc. My doctor put me on clonopan which helped a lot but found myself taking them multiple times a day which you are not supposed to do. I am not on Lexapro and have been for at least a year. It definatly helps however I still have some difficulty. I would do anything to cure this for ever and not sure I would be able to function without Lexapro even though it doesn't give me 100% relief. Try it, it might help you.

I had extreme trouble with my breathing for almost 2 years - out of the blue - only 30 years old...no asthma...inhalers didn't work...I'd had anxiety for years...it wasn't that.... I tried everything, but THE WEEK I CAME OFF TAP WATER my problem went away - you should read what they say about what drinking chlorinated water does to you!! I am in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, and our city council was not forthcoming about the fact that they began to chlorinate our water, and I didn't know. After alot of suffering, and trying everything, the bottled pure water was the answer for me!!! I hope this helps someone...I know ALOT of people in my area who never had breathing trouble before, and now they do!! I tell them to go on pure water, and they have come right! I am so angry at my city council for not telling people they are chlorinating, and not warning about the dangers.