This started about a year and a half ago and I started birth control about two years ago. So it felt like it wasn’t related but I also know it can have side effects that present themselves later on.
I do also talk to a therapist which helps ease some anxiety but doesn’t seem to help with the breathing at all which is why the only thing I can think of trying at this point is an SSRI.
Interesting what you said about the bloating though because I do get extremely bad bloating from my IBS which I didn’t really think about. Though, I have tried to do lots for my bloating and nothing really seems to help it so I’m not really sure what I can do to see if that does directly affect my breathing.
Although I do think that my “air hunger” is largely mental (but not fully) because when I seem to be distracted, I don’t notice it as much. Which is even more frustrating because it’s like, why can’t I control my own body? If that makes sense.