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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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I used to get panic attacks years ago when this first started for me as well. Finding ways to deal with symptoms and tell myself that I'm ok is what helped the occurrences of the panic attacks become less. Slow, nasal breathing and reduced breathing is what helped me breathe less in general, but also helped reduce the air hunger symptoms. Have you tried any coping strategies or breathing exercises?
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Saturday, when my panic attack happened, I tried calming breathing exercises, I went outside and walked and sat down, I put an ice back on my chest, nothing seemed to help in the moment. It wasn't until I drove home (I was at work) that the combination of concentrating on driving and blasting ac on my face did I start to really calm down and got a few good consecutive breaths in.
I haven't done breathing exercises everyday though.