hi all!
I have read many of the older posts from this discussion and it's the first time where I think I have really found people who are going through a lot of the same things I am. I don't know exactly when it started but I would say before summertime, probably sometime in April where I was laying down one night on my phone and went to take a deep breath, and noticed I couldn't. I instantly got up and started freaking out as I am a hypochondriac and suffer from anxiety a lot. The feeling went on for about a week and then I didn't notice it as much afterwards as it was summertime and I was distracted with friends etc. I would still sometimes notice that I couldn't get a satisfying breath in but I wasn't absolutely freaking out about it. A little after this summer it came back again even worse and now it has been going on for much longer probably a little over a month now. It has been causing me to lose sleep to the point of insomnia and begin having panic attacks that make it even worse. Recently went to the doctors for this breathing and a different problem with pain in chest and arms. Got told I have costochondritis which is basically an inflammation of the rib cage as it hurts to press on the left side of my sternum. They never linked this to my breathing though, basically just telling me that it's my anxiety and to just do breathing exercises/calming music, as if I haven't tried this already. I did many blood tests too and we're fine along with my oxygen saturation. Not a chest x ray though, they told me to come back if it was still happening and it is! So I'm going back soon. Oh and also I don't know if any of you are familiar with costochondritis, but do you think it's possible my sob could be from this? I'm sure the doctors would have told me that, but just wanted to see.