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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@gabrielm

Hi @sueran1, thanks for the input. Did your exams discover any issues? I think there is an element of dysfunctional breathing for sure; like our breathing has been “off” for some reason. I think breathing exercises help to retrain the breath. But yeah, the tough question is what is causing the breathing to become off in the first place. How long have you been dealing with this?

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sueran1 | @sueran1 | Dec 22, 2021

Hi Gabe

Exams uncovered no issues.

Yes I wonder if there is an underlying physiological cause or (in my case at least) whether my anxiety is the underlying cause - athough this seems unlikely for most reading through some of the posts as many have mentioned they do not suffer from anxiety. And it is also interesting to note that I have tried to take a benzo when my symptoms are bad to see if it helps but whilst I feel much calmer my breathing is still the same.

I have been experiencing this now for around 5 months (the symptoms started gradually went away for a bit and then came back worse).

I was actually at the ED tonight because along with the SOB in the last few weeks I have had trouble swallowing - is this a symptom that has been mentioned before? The dr in the ED recommend a swallow test.

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