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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
Lung Health | Last Active: Oct 23 10:20am | Replies (3405)Comment receiving replies
I have been experiencing this for about 6 months. I had a mild case of covid and felt lots of anxiety around it, so not really sure if its from the covid or from ongoing anxiety. All of my medical tests were normal.
It has gotten better slowly over time. But I feel like I've just stopped noticing the "air hunger" feeling more than anything else. If I try to take a deep breath consciously, it still feels like its restricted. It doesn't really effect my daily life as I can still work out normally and don't feel limited physically. I'm starting to wonder if its all in my head and if my breathing was always like this, but maybe now I just notice it more.
For those of you who have recovered, do you find that every conscious breath now gives you a satisfying feeling? Or is it that you just stop feeling the ongoing "air hunger" but breaths still feel constricted when you consciously focus on it?
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Hi @kka, I'm glad that it's gotten better for you and that it's manageable. For me, I guess it's more that I don't feel the air hunger as intensely as I used to when it all began. Only sometimes does it feel constricted when I breathe, but I'm also able to get satisfying breaths most of the time. And the times I don't, it's not severe and I've learned not to worry about it because I know I'll get a normal breath soon. Does that make sense?
Did this symptom start when you had Covid? It's certainly possible that could affected your breathing, or as you said, maybe anxiety from the Covid. Do you know any breathing exercises that might help with anxiety? If the breathing exercises to help slow and control the breathing helps, that might be an indication that it was anxiety. But if anything, it's worth learning some breathing techniques to slow the breath where possible.