Hey there all,

i have a question .....

I have been having some strange symptoms for about 5 months now and am at my wits end. The main thing is shortness of breath of sorts. I feel as if I need to take a deep breath all the time but can't fill my lungs. I then yawn to get a full breath. Sometimes I hold my yawn open for ages feeling as if I can't get air in but when I really concentrate I can breath. The only time this feeling leaves me is when I am lying down asleep and when I wake up in the morning. As soon as I stand up it starts anywhere from a minute to an hour later. It feels as if I need to push my breath down past tight muscles at the part where my throat meets my body.

I have had all the tests and they are all fine. (echocardiogram, lung function tests, barium swallow, gastroscopy, thyroid test, larygoscopy, blood tests etc etc etc). I was started on gerd medication but it does not seem to have made a difference *(although the constant sore lump in my throat is gone after 10 weeks of medication). The only thing they can find is allergy (dust and grass) but antihistamines do not solve the breathing problem.

All the doctors are saying that it is anxiety but I have none of the other classic symptoms like heart palpitations and sleeplessness. If its anxiety I can accept it and try to fix it but somewhere in the back of my mind keeps saying its something else.

Is this a classic anxiety case ?? In people with anxiety is this common ?