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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@abidaisl

Yesterday was the worst day for me. Normally I've SOB for few hours in a day but yesterday I had SOB all day and at one point I couldn't even take deep breath. I didn't even get any sleep I guess because I was really scared. I'm just getting hopeless day by day.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jun 11, 2020

@abidaisl- Can you get to the ER yet? Or your other doctor?

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Gabe, Volunteer Mentor | @gabrielm | Jun 11, 2020

Hi @abidaisl. Sorry you are experiencing this. Never lose hope! There is always hope and as with everyone here, it DOES get better mixed with bad bouts every so often. Hope is the very thing that kept me going when it was bad. If you haven’t already, consider learning the Buteyko breathing method which has helped me greatly. They have something called the “rescue exercise” when the feeling of panic comes on. This is a breath holding technique to help build up CO2 which helps facilitate the exchange of O2 with CO2 which in turn helps quell the panic feeling. This is just one of many tools to have at your disposal when things get bad. Many other people have different ways to dealing with it which also adds to the arsenal of tools. All these things are worth at least trying.

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