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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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hey. i hope you see this. although it wont be helpful. i just wanted to say that i have the same thing and it's been 10 years now since it started. i am resigned to living with it. i can get through the day just fine with all the distractions, going to bed is the scary part...when its just me and my thoughts. i went to one doctor that told me it is a "chest cramp" he gave me a medication and a chest ointment but i did it for 4 days and stopped cause it seemed pointless...if you see this message. try and get back to me. i am going back to the doctor to try the treatement for good this time. if it works i'd like to tell you about it.
i know a lot of people say "i know how you feel" when they actually don't, but you described exactly what i've been living with for the last 10 years. all i can say is to be strong. accept it for now. you wont die. it cant kill you. it's just uncomfortable.
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Hi @roberto9319, thank you for sharing your story. I've had my air hunger for about 10 years as well. I know what you mean about going to bed. I've noticed that I tend to focus on the air hunger more when I'm trying to sleep and it seems to be worse if I'm lying down. So now I start my night sleeping sitting up in a recliner then move to the bed when I know I can fall asleep quickly. I've learned to live with it, but doing breathing exercises and physical exercise definitely helps to keep symptoms at bay. So I can live a normal life, just not do certain things like high level physical exercise or climbing up long flights of stairs. Things like that where if I push myself too hard, then I really feel extreme air hunger.
Definitely let me know how your treatment goes! It's always good to hear from others how things are going with them and how various treatments affect symptoms. I hope that the treatment helps you.