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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@nycmom

Thanks so much for your thoughts and advice . I have taken Ativan which was mildly helpful but didn't solve the problem. I'm glad you were an advocate for yourself so that they could figure out what was going on with you and the pericarditis. For my all my breathing issues are on the left side of my chest...interesting you notice yours specifically on one side as well. Are you able to exercise or go up stairs the same as before this all started for you? Do you feel like you have "health anxiety" about this? For me this is becoming a whole other problem the longer I go without feeling better...

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helena4000 | @helena4000 | Jul 4, 2019

Well, I definitely feel when I can't breathe it's pretty scary, and it creates a ton of anxiety. But because this started all of a sudden and I never have had these symptoms before, I don't think I've developed an overall health anxiety. Like you have every right to be anxious about what's going on, because right now you have no idea what's going on. All you get are answers that don't quite explain things, and because of that they can't treat the cause of the SOB.

I have not been exercising as before because with pericarditis and myocarditis they just tell you to rest, so my activity level is really low right now.

Your pain is all on the left side? Tricuspid and bicuspid valve leakage issues can cause shortness of breath because your heart's not functioning that great, but the doctors have to do a cardiac stress MRI to see that stuff. One thing I did find out is that my mom has valve leaks that are highly hereditary. Did either of your parents have any valve issues?

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