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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@itsnotanxiety

Hi all! Just thought I would share my experince with this, I've been experincing this (air hunger and yawning constantly) since November of 2019 after getting a very unusal cold. I have spent thousands on going to doctors, and no conclusive answers other than throwing me anti anxiety medications (which I haven't taken because I strongly doubt it's anxiety related). And have seen congnitive behavior therapists to no avail sadly. The weird part is it only occurs when I'm awake, it doesn't effect my sleep. I'm at my ends on trying to figure out what exactly is wrong with me.

Reading through older posts in this thread I have tried antacid medicine to maybe see if that would work and I found some relief, but what's even more releaving is knowing i'm not going insane and that other people have this same unexplanable feeling as me.

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Max Utter | @mutter | Oct 16, 2020

Right there with you.. nearly exhausted in my breath all the same with you, so many tests, no answers

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Max Utter | @mutter | Oct 16, 2020

Right there with you my friend!

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 17, 2020

Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, @itsnotanxiety. Congratulations on having read through all the posts in this discussion. It's a long one. Besides trying antacids, were there other suggestions in the discussion that you have tried? Did you discover any, like breathing exercises, that you think might be of help to you?

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Oct 18, 2020

@itsnotanxiety- Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. No, you aren't going insane, unless we all are, lol. SOB seems to affect a lot of people for various reasons, and there are a lot of them. What was unusual about your cold? Were you tested for COVID-19?

I also take Zoloft and love it. I know that you said that you have been to a lot of doctors. Have you been to a Pulmonologist? GI doctor? Heart dr.?

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hollyhedge1 | @hollyhedge1 | Oct 19, 2020

I feel yah, mine doesn't affect my sleep either. I almost feel like right when I wake up I kinda have some slight relief where I don't struggle as much to catch a satisfying breath, but throughout the day it has moments where it gets better and worse throughout the day.

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