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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

Lung Health | Last Active: May 27 5:58pm | Replies (3353)

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@hrvoje1108

Hello everybody.

I've been reading all of your posts since the beginning of this thread. (Btw excuse my grammatical errors couse i'm from Croatia 🙂
So,i've been having the same issues since the October of 2018.
I'm constantly having this urge to take a deep breath,and when i go for it,majority of the time i can't do it,it's like it's blocked somewhere,i can't even locate where is the "blockage",but even when i successfully take a deep breath,the sensation is back after 30 seconds or less.
I do have anxiety problems,although i'm really laid back person,but i have some kind of health anxiety disorder and kind of fear of death,more then some.
But i didn't connect this problem with the anxiety that i have. It's feels different,couse it's every single day here,for the past 9 months. During the happy days,and sad days,it's always here.Some days are tolerable,and some days i kinda don't have the will to do everyday chors.
So,i've went to the doctor,and he did some blood test,spirometry test,and some strange blood test,and all came fine. So he said he didn't want to do any other tests,that nothing major is happening,and suggested i do some breathing excersises.
I've done it all during the last 9 months(i am a smoker,10 cigarettes a day),but i quit smoking for 4 months,and it was all the same.I've done every breathing technique that exist,nothing helped.I also suffer from silent reflux,and i've tried with the meds to stop the acid and change my diet,but nothing helped.
I'm really struggling to find the what is wrong with me,and how to fix that.
Nothing helped at all. I've been on anxiety meds,reflux meds,alergy meds,tried breathing excersises,diet change... Nothing helped one bit. There are days when i feel better,but it is still here,every day.
I really don't have any more ideas what i can do to investigate or try.
I'm hoping someone is gonna come with some ideas or treatments for this.
Greetings from Croatia.

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@hrvoje1108- Welcome to Mayo Connect. It sounds as if you are really struggling. It takes longer than four months for your lungs to establish their new normal and the damage that you have done by smoking is irreversible. All smokers get emphysema. You are not able to inhale all the air you need and exhale all the CO 2 that you have to.
You need to see a pulmonologist for more precise testing . Do you know where you can go to get a name for one?