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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@davidcg

Hi Gabe, I hope you're doing well. I wanted to reach out because I've been dealing with similar shortness of breath issues and was curious about how you're currently managing your condition. Have you found any more definite terms or diagnoses, and have you discovered any lasting solutions or treatments that have made a significant difference? Any insights you could share would be greatly appreciated, as I'm still searching for answers myself.

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Gabe, Volunteer Mentor | @gabrielm | Sep 1 4:37pm

Hi @davidcg, I'm glad you found this forum. Sorry that you're going through this breathing issue. Many years ago, I took a breathing class utilizing the Buteyko breathing method. More than a breathing method, it's really a lifestyle change where breathing is the focus, but it teaches various ways to control and reduce breathing volume to get out of the habit of breathing through the mouth slowing the overall breathing rate down. It's helped me greatly. There are many resources if you just Google the Buteyko Breathing Method, but I utilized the instruction taught at learnbuteykoonline.net. Between that and just doing weight lifting and daily walking with nasal breathing, these have helped me manage my symptoms for many years. I also suffer from a chronic sinus inflammation, so if that flares up, so too does my air hunger, but if I can control that as well, which I do with allergy medicines, then the breathing also becomes easier.

One of my bouts of air hunger also occurred while I was at the gym one day; I pushed myself too hard running on the treadmill which induced the air hunger that's remained to some degree to this day. Again, it's well controlled and doesn't bother me a whole lot, but by doing exercises in a controlled manner and controlling my breathing through my nose, this has helped me a great deal.