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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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My SOB came on out of nowhere. I tested positive for Covid 6 days later. All of the symptoms went away in two weeks but the sob stayed. I'm on month 16 now. I have some very good days, almost feel cured. Then it comes back in a wave of bad days. I have had all lung and heart tests come out normal. I was referred to a pulmonolgist but they didn't even examine me. Just said the x rays and the ct scan were found. Nothing further they could do. I've tried red light therapy, acupuncture, exercise, vagus nerve exercise, breathing exercise (4-7-8, Winn Hof, Buteyko, diaphragm. I've had massages, I walk a large dog daily. It's recovery/relapse over and over. Every single of the 4 general prac. doctors have said it's anxiety. I don't have sweaty palms, don't feel nervous, nothing. They have all tried to put me on anti-anxiety meds. I've seen a naturopath. $$$ worth of supplements. Sometimes I've taken an antihistamine which has worked off and on. I've had an endoscopy, nothing. Finally I relented and my doc put me on Prozac 10 mg. Nothing. Then 20, 30 and now 40 mgs. I don't know if it's working because according to notations on my calendar, I have the same amount of bad days and good days since this all started. I recently started working with a respiratory physiologist. She is helping me to retrain my breathing to tummy only. I also am to try to suppress any yawn or sigh by swallowing or sipping water. It's so hard sometimes. I have a machine to train my diaphragm to get stronger. I get worse with minimal exertion and have to lie down and slow down. I am giving it a 100% try. The prozac may be tapered off. When I started 30 mgs I felt it was (maybe) helping but that didn't last. I want to be referred to another pulmonoligist to see if there are any other tests. I want to make sure I don't have a pulmonary embolism

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What is your BMI?…….What is your height and weight? Being generally overweight, or carrying a belly - can cause shortness of breath. Another possibility, are smells! Some people are sensitive to various smells……which can cause shortness of breath. It’s tough to test for this issue…….

Thank you for sharing this. Would you say what you have been doing is helping by reducing the times you feel the air hunger? Early on, things seemed to slowly help for me but took a long time to stabilize