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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
Lung Health | Last Active: Oct 23 10:20am | Replies (3405)Comment receiving replies
When I read your initial post, I thought to myself this is exactly what I have! I mostly do cardio, I can do an hour on my airbike and not be winded at all. I sometimes do a 20 minute jog. But the next day I'll be sitting at my desk taking in deep breaths of air, not moving at all. Does this sound normal? It does make me anxious sometimes and I'll start googling or going on reddit searching for answers, but I am just confusing myself more.
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Definitely doesn’t sound normal! Lol. It sounds counterintuitive but what initially helped me was to take in a deep breath as infrequently as possible and just breathe shallow breaths only through the nose. It’s part of the Buteyko method but it helped my breathing after a few days of doing that. It’s not very comfortable, I know, but try to hold off with the deep breaths as much as possible and see if it helps after a couple of days