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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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@alureon - Good morning and welcome to Mayo Connect. I am a volunteer mentor for Mayo Connect and have a history of 22+ years of lung cancers, with COPD and Emphysema. It's very scary feeling when you can't seem to catch your breath. Anxiety is a huge factor and so are a few more things. When there is shortness of breath your whole body tenses up, so in effect you are tense and breathing is more difficult. You may not realize it at the time. Also check to make sure that you are using you're inhalers correctly. You have 2 good ones. The best result is with a spacer and they can be purchased through the drug store and maybe your dr.
here is boring but great video that shows what to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCAsW7OM9Ns&t=15s
I hope that your breathing test will tell you some answers.
Surprisingly enough you can have "a silent gerd". https://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/guide/laryngopharyngeal-reflux-silent-reflux#1- this explains it.
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@merpreb Thanks. The result I got back from the breathing test was "mild restriction" and they told me to keep my appointment with the pulmonologist, but that's still pretty far away. Until then all I can do is keep taking my inhalers and hanging out in support groups like this one.
@chines118 That makes sense. I feel like my difficulty is with inhaling, but it's possible that it's actually because my lungs can't exhale properly. I don't know.
@davek Well I'm on the anti-anxiety medication but still can't get a deep breath lol, so I really don't think it's anxiety. And yeah, like you I went two days where I could breathe pretty good. I was hoping I was cured! Nope, it started to get slowly worse last night and sure as the sun shines, it has returned today lol. Already taken my albuterol....it's all I can do. It's possible it's allergy-related.
@jenniferhunter Hmm I've never heard of that before. I'm sure that makes it a very easy condition for doctors to overlook.