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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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It’s the strangest thing! It has been happening daily yes and it really doesn’t have a point in the day where it’s worst, it’s pretty consistent but I can get a “satisfying” breath after a couple breaths it just takes me thinking about it. I’ve cut out all caffeine and acidic foods for now but haven’t noticed too much of a difference. Although I am about to get a deeper breath alittle faster. It may be stress induced from switching the night shift but everything else has remained the same, no new stress really. I hate to get on anxiety medication when in reality I was perfectly fine until 3 weeks ago and I know any doctor I go to with give me some sort of med and not consider the underlying cause. I am a nurse so I am used to seeing that all too often!
I plans on watching the exercises you posted but haven’t just yet
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@haleynicole1223 , it’s definitely worth a try to do the breathing exercises daily. As part of the method, I learned to breathe only through my nose most of the time and exercise while nose breathing. This helped me improve quite a bit in the beginning.
What sorts of tests have you had done so far, if any?
I too have been taking PPIs for a long time and even though it helps with the heartburn, it didn’t improve the breathing issue. But I have this inkling in the back of my head that GERD could still contribute because PPIs just deal with the heartburn symptom
and not the underlying problem. So I’m exploring dietary options and trying to improve gut health.