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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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Writing this as I struggle with SOB, which has occurred almost daily since December.

Relieved I am not the only one struggling to find a diagnosis/solution but also horrified that perhaps there are none.

Same story as most...

I’m in my thirties, in shape, active...

• Not COVID (negative antibody test, though maybe I should take one again)
• Worse at night (sometimes in morning or during day too though) and have multiple bouts; sometimes accompanied by chest pain or stuff nose
• Overall cardio (heart) OK but some arrhythmia and weak heart wall
• Not bronchitis (though treated for this)
• X-Ray and CT good
• Not asthma (inhalers don’t make a difference)
• Not Valley Fever (negative for antibodies)
• Comes on out of nowhere usually in evening (at rest but sometimes when active); nothing I can tell triggers it
• Quit smoking and drinking alcohol and caffeine and also exercised more and no improvement/change
• Yawn constantly to get deep breath, only thing that works...though when very consumed with work I normally don’t get SOB
• Interestingly I have this weird dry cough that comes and goes randomly (very rare but still lingers and I might hear it one time every couple weeks)
• Really don’t think I got COVID, we quarantined hardcore and not noticeably sick aside from this in past year

My cardio, pulmonary and nurse say anxiety. Doesn’t feel like normally anxiety, which I’ve had in past. Cut work hours significantly and less to worry about this year so not sure why triggered...daily, multiple times a day.

Anyone else experience SOB multiple times a day? It’s EXHAUSTING. Like clockwork at night usually.

Noticed someone posted high bilirubin. I too have this. I also have high iron. Anyone else have high iron or high bilirubin?

Anyone else have stuffy nose accompanying SOB?

Anyone else have sinus arrhythmia? Cardio said I had that so maybe connected?

Would love to learn about breathing exercises, etc. - anything at all that works.

Will report back if I learn anything new. Getting more blood tests and allergy test.

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Occasionally, i do have mild stuffy nose although I always thought that could be a side effect of the Flovent inhaler.

Sorry just one more comment. It seems like your symptoms are very similar to mine. And all my doctors, even my pulmo friend think this is (most likely) anxiety related. Now this is my question: is it really possible that anxiety will trigger this condition from one min to another so much so that I will experience it pretty much constantly and chronically with varying intensity?? I am no doctor but i would think anxiety could only cause me to have occasional, intermittent symptoms depending on the level of anxiety. Since my SOB started 2.5 months ago, there has not been a single day when I was symptom free. Even on the best days, I can always tell that this issue is still there living inside me even if the symptoms are tolerable. Has anyone heard of cases when it was confirmed that anxiety was responsible for long term/chronic SOB (perhaps to the patient's suprise)?
My family dr suggested antidepressants treatment and as much as I wish it would resolve the issue, I simply cannot rationally believe it would and I am afraid it will be a waste of time.