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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

Lung Health | Last Active: Oct 23 10:20am | Replies (3405)

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@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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Good morning, Merry! I have been to a pulmonogist back in January and had a pulmonary function test was done which came back that my lungs were functioning normally and was told it was anxiety for the second time. I guess the next doctor I see if Zoloft doesn't work will be a GI since I did notice some relief when taking OTC antacid medicine.

The usual part of my cold is my co-worker went overseas for a wedding back in late November 2019 and came back and got everyone that was around him sick including me. My first doctor's visit was after experiencing pains in my chest pains along with major congestion and a cough. After a few tests and listening to my chest for any irregular sounds, he determined it just was a cold and said ibuprofen and flonase should help and sent me on my way. A few days's later and I was not improving and started feeling an intense burning feeling in my chest along with the irresistable yawning and the need to take a deep satisfying breath, I went back and requested an x-ray. The xray came back that I had some sort of pnemonuia and I was prescribed 1000mg of amoxacillin for a two week duration (til the end of december). This was before covid19 was really a thing in the United States but my mind has thought of that possibiliy before, even if it was I doubt antibody tests would show up since it's been so long.

Does Zoloft help you?