I'm so glad I've found this forum - I don't feel quite so alone with this! I had covid pneumonia back in Xmas 2020 (hospitalised for nearly a week), and my breathing hasn't been right ever since. I've finally been diagnosed with uncontrolled asthma recently, but with the strong inhalers I'm still having those hunger breaths. No medical professional has EVER been able to explain it - when you yawn and you can't get that release. It feels like you can't breathe even though you know you are and when it gets bad I sometimes gag and cough violently. I'm a woodwind player/teacher so I need my breathing to be at it's best. I'm constantly getting upper respiratory infections (had pneumonia the year before covid, and have currently got a chest infection that certainly doesn't help). Could this be something to do with my throat?