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@shaleta30

Hello thank you so much for responding, I’ve been dealing with this for over 10 years now. I’ve had every test you can think of ran on me and they can never find anything wrong. My doctor has summed it up as anxiety and depression, I have a lot of anxiety do to things I’ve experienced in my life, my doctor has tried to put me on medication 💊 for it but I’m scared to take anxiety medication, because in my head it’ll just make it worst. This lightheadedness has completely took over my life. I’m also a shallow breather like chest breather. I’m just convinced they are missing something, I also have heart Palpitations, I’ve just had a ekg and chest X-ray done it was normal, I’ve also worn a heart monitor, it was normal as well.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | May 25, 2021

@shaleta30- I'd also like to welcome you to Mayo Clinic Connect. That's a long time to feel light-headed. Have you been tested for any type of Vertigo? I have Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). It's a horrible feeling!
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vertigo/symptoms-causes/syc-20370055
Also, do you know what your Oxygen levels are since you shallow breathe? It should be above 90. You can get a pulse oximeter at any drugstore or even Amazon. They aren't expensive at all. The reason that I ask is that shallow breathing can cause this. There are exercises to learn to take a deep breath so that you use all of your available lung tissue. It's called pursed-lip breathing:

https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/copd/patient-resources-and-videos/pursed-lip-breathing-video. It made a big difference to me.

I take anti-anxiety medication and it's made a world of difference to me. Why not try one and if you don't like how it makes you feel then stop it?

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