I'm not sure if anyone still checks this post. this is hard for me. i'm gonna sound like i'm making this up or over-reacting to this. let me start at the beginning.. i've always been a high level athlete. i wrestled from the age of 8 til i was in my early 30's. also picked up Brazilian Jui Jitsu. i developed panic disorder hen i as around 30. i had never had a panic attack so i didnt even know hat it was. it turned my life upside down. i dont drink but after being put on some anti depressant and benzo i started smoking to calm my nerves. that lasted about 8 years before i stopped and realized i cant be smoking, not a part of me (i'm getting to my lung issues) still on a few psych meds at this point i started really getting into lifting. powerlifting and body building some anobolic steroid cycles but nothing excessive. i still go to the gym 5 days a week at 51. a number of years ago i noticed sometimes (not often) after a really taxing lift (deadlift, squats, etc) i ould have a feeling of not being able to get a full breath in. it wasnt that often and usually after a minute or so i ould get it and be fine but i definately would feel extreme anxiety while this occured. i dont remember when this started but im guessing about 5 years ago. 3 years ago i had a cardiac arrest. took about an hour to get a pulse, had chest compressions the hole time fortunatly. as in an induced coma for about 12 days and another 5 or 6 days recovering. i dont think i fully recovered though. took so much depression, anxiety and some memory loss with me. life goes on. over the next couple years my depression and anxiety stayed super strong. as on 5 psyche meds at a time, 3 heart meds and weekly TRT. So at the beginning of last October i woke up with that seem feeling i would have at the gym. for the 1st to days it wouldnt go away. fighting to get that deeper breath. needing a big yawn to get it. i called the advise nurse and she advised i go to ER. well they were just focusing on heart issues and gave me every antacid known to human kind (lidocaine cocktail is such a pleasant treat) took a chest xray and had me puff a lot of albuterol (albuterol gives me zero relief). told me to follow up with my primary. primary just said stop drinking caffeine (got a new primary real quick) went and saw an allergist. did breathing test and ordered a chest ct scan. put me on flovent inhaler. still not getting better. i made an appt with a pulmonary doctor but he just looked at the radiologist report of the ct scan which stated only mild inflamation and the breathing test which as normal. i asked him wwhat do we do next. he stated there ere no more tests he could order and said i should talk with my cardiologist (which wouldnt be for another 2 months (its about 2 weeks out) i have an appt with another pulminary doctor in april for a 2nd opinion. trying to get help through the medical system is near impossible. oh ive been taking anoro ellipta instead of flovent for 2 months even though everyone says i dont have copd. most days i think between my deppression, anxiety and now this whats the point of going on. i wish i had a happy ending to this but i'm not there yet. i guess it is just cathartic to write this. i'll update after the cardiologist appt.