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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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Wow @brandelyncon, I'm sorry you've been dealing with this for so long. It's been about the same time amount of time for me.
Does the dosage increase of the omeperazole help? I get breakout reflux every now and then but so far have resisted going the higher dosage especially because at some point I would like to try to ween off of it and would be more difficult with a higher dosage.
I've thought for a while now that there may be a connection between the reflux and air hunger. Possibly inflammation of some sort, nerve damage, or something else. It's just a hunch but I do see many people in this thread with our similar breathing issue also having GI issues like reflux and reflux disease.
Have you explored breathing exercises or anything to help with the breathing?
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I do Buteyko breathing when I am having a particularly bad episode. It does seem to help some. Today is one week since my bad flare-up and I am feeling much better during the days. Nights are still rough because I am thinking about it more and not focused on other things. Reminding myself that I have gotten through it before and it will pass has helped. My GP is sending me for an ultrasound of my stomach to rule out gall bladder issues. The higher dose of omeprazole does seem to be helping so I am going to stay on that for now.