Breathless For 5 Months - Help !!!!!!!!!!! Posted: 08-28-06 17:57pm
Hey there,
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 ? It
lasts for most of the day (not just times
where I notice I am anxious). Is this
typical for anxiety ?
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pauly boy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 85 Location: florida
See a Private Specialist Posted: 08-28-06 18:11pm
Ok do it,let a second opinion help you.
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LongTimeAnxiety
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Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Indiana
Was Just In the Er For Same Thing Posted: 08-30-06 07:25am
For a couple of weeks now I have been
overly concerned with my breathing and
sometimes feeling like I couldn't get
enough air in my lungs.
I finally went into the er yesterday.
The hooked me up to all sorts of monitors,
took a chest x-ray, an ekg, took blood,
etc, etc.
The doc said he thought it anxiety related
and diet related. I have been
stressed-out about my health for several
months now and my body is starting to
react to the anxiety. This breathing
thing is likely just another way my body
is saying, "chill out! I can't handle
this much stress."
if you are feeling a tightness in your
chest and like you can fill your lungs,
drive to the local er or urgent care.
The doc I talked to said I wasn't
over-reacting and it's good to be sure.
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janek
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 3
Yawning Posted: 02-04-08 16:49pm
Hi, I have been having the same sypmtoms.
Usually they come on and only last a few
weeks and then go away. But this time I
have had them constantly for weeks now. I
did go to the doctor because I was getting
a little worried. I also think they must
be anxiety even though I can't think of
anything I am overly anxious about. But
she said I have the classic signs of
anemia. I was happy, because this would
explain why I felt tired all the time too
(though it was just because I was
exhausted at end day from trying to get
air). But my hemiglobin and red cell count
came back completly normal. So now what. I
was told to see if it goes away and if
not, try a chest Xray. I have not gone in
for an xray because I just don't think
that my heart is the problem. I guess I am
going to try and live with it and hope it
goes away soon. I do notice that the
yawning is usually triggered more after I
take a walk or do something. When I lay
down at night to go to bed, it takes about
20 minutes but then the urge to yawn goes
away until morning. It is driving me nuts
too. I hold my mouth open, try to get that
big, satisfying suck of air but it just
doesn't come. It does eventually come
after i try and try, my eyes start to
water and I feel a little tight in the
chest, then the big air suck comes and I
feel good until it starts all over again.
I am keeping a journal trying to see if
something in my life it triggering this.
If it gets worse I guess I will have to
check my heart out (but i feel healthy and
don't really think it is my heart). Try to
count to 10 or recite the alphabet when
yawning. For some reason, this seems to
get my mind off trying to get the air and
I usually do get the air. Good luck.
