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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@kjuryit

Hi Gabe, thank you so much for sharing your story! I hope you are well. It helps me know that I am not the only one with the same condition. My breathing issue started 2 years ago. I feel this urge of constantly taking a deep breath, which 90% of the time it doesn’t work from the first try. I have visited all possible doctors, even psychotherapist. I took antidepressants as they were thinking this is anxiety. It didn’t help. I am doing breathing exercises which help from time to time but the problem comes back again. Sometimes i cry from frustration and anger because it disturbs me and just comes without a warning. I have excellent blood, lung and heart results, however they diagnosed me with a stress induced asthma which to me is wrong, as I don’t have any cough, wheezing and stuff like that. I dont have any allergies and i am very active person. Nevertheless, the breathing issue bothers me sometimes when I exercise (especially with cardio exercises), but sometimes it doesn’t occur at all. There are times when it’s more intense and times where is manageable. I have done also hormonal tests and everything there was also fine. I am about to try the inhalers to see if this would help but I doubt it, as I don’t even take any medications in general. What i have noticed is that sometimes if i eat a bit more or the urge of taking a deep breath was already there, then i feel my stomach bloated and the issue gets more intense. Anyway, I wanted to share with you and thank you for telling us your story. I gave up on checking and trying to find out what is wrong with me as even the doctors don’t know any longer…I am trying to find a way of how to learn to live with it. Keep us posted and stay strong!

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Hi @kjuryit. Thank you for posting and sharing your story. I’m sorry you’ve been dealing with this. Sounds very similar to me. If I can give you any hope, being persistent in breathing exercises and trying to find answers does help or become manageable over the long term. I was like you where it was quite up and down but over the past few years it’s been more stable. What sorts of breathing exercises do you do? How intense is your regular exercise when you’re able to do it?