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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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The Drs are at a loss. They all said the same. So I tackled what I thought would help. I started with diet. No acidic foods, no gluten, no sugar. A year now and it hasn’t helped. I put myself on NAC. It has been studied for use to help with many disorders. Autoimmune, lung etc. Still many studies in the works. It seems to have taken the edge of the breathing. I used to full on go into panic mode and flail around when I had SOB. Since taking NAC about 10 months now I feel it not letting me take a deep breathe but it seems to release quicker. Still there but bit better. That’s all I can think to do. Don’t want to do too much without being monitored.

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Whats NAC?

I'm glad that medicine is helping. It seems like there are a lot of doctors looking into the various issues. Hopefully something turns up especially if/when you're able to get into the Mayo Clinic. In the meantime, I would suggest breathing exercises for the SOB issue. There are a few methods and the one I use is Buteyko Breathing method. It has helped me greatly over the years to have somewhat normal breathing and keeps the symptoms at bay. Worth looking into if you haven't yet.