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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

Lung Health | Last Active: Oct 23 10:20am | Replies (3405)

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@alanp

Hi @tonyagregg — so happy I found your post. Back in January, I started to experience shortness of breath in the exact manner you're describing. Not all the time, but most days there's generally this feeling that I'm not breathing enough, and every few breaths I'm taking a big deep breath, where I'm not getting the last 5-10% of it. I'm yawning a lot too, even on days when I feel rested. I've seen my primary care physician, a cardiologist, and had a lot of other tests done to ensure it's not heart and/or lung related. I first started to experience symptoms when doing the squat exercise, and I'm inclined to think that it's some kind of myofascial pain syndrome (search "pain science trigger point" in Google) and have booked an appointment with an acupuncturist to see if that helps. It's weird though — I stopped exercising for about a month, but the breathing was still an issue. I tried a deep tissue massage, but that only aggravated my shortness of breath unfortunately. I'm also very healthy — I get into the sauna almost every day, do yoga regularly, and running / lifting as well. It's not life-changing at this point, but it's quite annoying and I'd love to get it figured out. Wishing you and the others who have chimed in this thread the best of luck. Will keep you all updated if I figure things out over here. Thanks for posting!

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I wish we could figure this out too! I thought I did have it figured out because after I stop eating nuts I was 99% better, but it returned like like many others have said. Some days are better than others. I have had every test possible and Aa came back normal. I think my next and last phase is to see an allergy doctor. I dont know about you, but I have notice that if I eat a lot it seems to be worse. I am totally fine while running, but a little later I am trying to get that deep satisfying breath. I will keep you posted and I hope we can figure this out.

Hi, I just saw your post. How are you doing? I am doing ok. I still have good days and bad days. November has been a year with this. I still run and all test have come back fine. I just dont understand this at all. To be so healthy and I try to take care of myself. I still have the urge to take a deep breath or have to yawn to feel satisfied.