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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@bermudezmabel

I honestly almost cried when I read this article! What you shared is exactly what I have been experiencing since Sept 2021 and I feel like I’m going crazy because of it. I continue going to the different specialist and nothing abnormal is found. They pretty much said I have GERD but I am not convinced this is my real problem. The worry surrounding my breathing is beginning to become unbearable. I’m getting no answers. I felt like I was alone until I read this article. I will try the breathing exercises and working out you suggested in hopes that it will help me. I am so desperate right now to find a solution. I just want to feel normal again. I never had any health issues and I’m only 39. For a long time I thought the breathing problems where due to covid which I got in September. 2 week after covid, is when I starting noticing a change in my breathing and I’ve had the issue ever since then. It’s been about 1 year and 3 months that I’ve been dealing with this situation and I’m really concerned that it won’t get any better. It interferes with my daily life to a point where I am beginning to have anxiety because of it. I want to thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge about it. I will continue reading up on this issue and hopefully I will get some results

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Gabe, Volunteer Mentor | @gabrielm | Jan 10, 2023

Hi @bermudezmabel, first of all, I'm sorry that you're going through this. I know just how you feel. When this first came on for me, it was 2012 and I was 26 and was also despairing that I would be dealing with this for a long time. However, when I incorporated the Buteyko breathing method, the problem disappeared for a while then came back a couple more times until it remained since about 2017. Though not as bad as when it first came about. So there is hope that it may go away, or at the very least it will improve. I know what you mean about it becoming unbearable. I felt that way too. But if it's any consolation, training my mind and my thinking over time to think thoughts of 'I'm not going to die, I will be fine' and 'there is an answer out there, I just have to keep looking' definitely helped me to come down from those moments of despair.

But part of the Butyeko method is, though difficult, to try to go as long as possible without taking a deep breath and start breathing only through your nose as much as you can. Doing these things helped the symptoms go away for me and helped me breathe more normally. I first learned it from a book by Patrick Mckeown called "Close Your Mouth". He also has other books out that are probably worth checking out.

Then I eventually took an online Zoom breathing course through this organization; https://www.learnbuteykoonline.net/

Have you had any lung function tests done? I assume so since you've seen many specialists, but how were those results?

Please keep in touch. Feel free to ask as many questions as you need, I'm happy to share more of my experience and what else has helped me.

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