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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@rachelstayhappy

O man I'm going through this now for about the past year. Only difference is, I have severe anxiety disorder and panic attacks. So everytime i complain to my doctor that I have those bouts of sudden runs of "catching my breath" it feels as if I can't at times get my relief and I'm always trying to gasp to get that relief. It's such a hard thing to explain. My doctor keeps changing my anxiety meds, but I know deep in my soul, this is no anxiety.. this feels much different. Its uncomfortable, and annoying. I have been dealing with some sinus problems, stuffiness, trouble smelling at times..but I just feel my doctor kinda brushes me with.." it's ur anxiety" I'm like 😞 I know it's different. At times I don't wanna get outta bed, because that lingering feeling of needing to catch a breath is a nuisance! I'm gonna try exercising but I want to follow ur opinions. I just had it go away for about 3 weeks and I thought I was in the clear, buddy! I was so happy. But ..sure enough about 4 days ago it came back. Those was the best 3 weeks ever I tell ya! Anyways I just wanted to share, cause I'm suffering over here and it's so hard to find the right words to google this issue. But ur comment was just like telling me how I felt. Thank u man, thanks so much for sharing.

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Hi @rachelstayhappy, I’m glad you were at least able to find this forum. You are not alone! I wonder if those exercises helped the breathlessness go away for those three weeks or if it was something else. Do you know if you did anything in particular that made it go away for those few weeks?

As far as your anxiety and panic attacks, were those there before the breathing issue, or did they develop as a result of the air hunger?