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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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Thank you for responding, and really appreciate your staying active over all these years!
The anxiety I feel while having this mysterious SOB is similar to something like "when you are about to get called on stage to speak in front of 10000 people", or "hearing really daunting news and your heart drops" - just picture those feelings lasting hours...not unbearable but definitely annoying and concerning. I find journaling very helpful, and any type of distraction to take that feeling out of my mind is helpful (cooking, stretching exercises, going for a walk where there's something to see so that I don't have to have a conversation in my head).
As you predicted, my doctor suspected GERD (I did have GERD history many years ago) and asked me to take meds (Famotidine) for a week or two to see if it improves before doing other exams - we'll see...
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@entno8, I'm glad you're doing various things to help with the anxiety. I did the same thing as well and have various things that I do to deal with the anxiety. Although these days I don't have it as much because I've accepted that I will be dealing with it to some degree and I've trained my mind to remain calm if I have a bad bout of symptoms know that I'm going to be ok. But I journal sometimes (not as much as I should- I'd like to be more consistent about it) and other forms of distractions and relaxation like walking or woodworking, etc.
Let me know how the meds help with the GERD. I'm always trying to find ways to combat that for me. Right now it's taking Prilosec daily, so that helps with symptoms but would like to ween off it soon.