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@gabrielm all I can think of was the reason I went to the doctor in the first place was because I had thought I had a little bit of bronchitis, I did smoke and usually around the colder days I sometimes get bronchitis. I don't smoke a lot maybe half a pack sometimes less. I have been smoke free for like 2 weeks now. Started smoking when I was 21 I am now 31. But never had anything like this. Like it was more out of no where. The day before we did do a little laser tag with family. The next day I took my daughter to her 24month check up for her last immunizations for now. I had also started drinking some nutrition energy tea from some nutrition place and that evening boom felt like I couldn't breathe. Told my husband and he drove me and my daughter to the ER. And they said everything looked normal. Vitals, blood work, xray. They gave me a breathing treatment, a steroid tablet, and a prescription for advair inhaler. And the next fews days it felt better and better and then i was like back to normal on like the 5th day. So I went out with some friends that evening and i rarely ever even go out. All we did was play pool with one another and a drank like half of a beer. It was smoky in there though and at that time i have not quit smoking but i had cut down some and i smoked 1 that night because I felt a little breathless again. And I was ready to ho home. Went home and next day felt pretty normal and felt it slowly coming back that evening, and it just got worse the next 3 or 4 days so I go again to ER but a different one. and they did more blood work. Another xray and an EKG. All was normal. Oh yes and I stopped the energy teas the first ER visit because I thought it could have been caused by that. I quit smoking cold turkey after the second ER visit. I'm supposed to do the advair for 28 days and I've been doing it and it doesn't help at all. I though it was helping the first time but then it all came back. I've always been pretty healthy female besides smoking which I no longer am. But never had issues before. No surgeries. I didn't have any complications birthing my daughter. When Ever SOB started again it just won't go away. I thought the first one was just some fluke thing and now it's been a month. I go see a pulmonary specialist may 2nd. But idk if he can help me or not. I feel like this is really taking away time from me and my daughter and my husband is having to do more and I feel so bad. All the doctors want to say I may be anxiety but this is something that lasts all day even after a rest. And I'm not an anxiety person either. My doctor prescribed me vistaril and I tried it and it didn't help me either.