Still with the breathing problem...

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anfrhm

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Two months.

I've been like this for two months, and not a single doctor can tell me exactly why.

As some of you may know, I was diagnosed with a relatively small case of anemia. I was prescribed medicine and put on pills, and for a few days I actually felt much better. Now, a second set of results came in and they show that I in fact, have no anemia. I'm guessing I felt better purely because of psychological reasons.

I've been having a problem breathing. It's like it's a task, more than an automatic thing. I have to take very deep breaths at least twice every five minutes. If I don't take a deep breath or yawn, I feel miserable: my lungs hurt, and my breathing is erratic.

I've been to three doctors and they all tell me different things. Psychological disorder (I need to see a shrink), anemia (scratch that out), post-traumatic stress disorder (I had a bad case of asthma about two and a half months ago, and she told me my body might still be getting out of it).

In all honesty, I don't care what I have. I just want to be out with it. I can barely sleep, and when I wake up in the morning it hits me very, very hard.

This is, if anything, a desperate call for help, from you guys. Some of you have given me ideas as to what it may be, and I'm willing to try anything and everything.

My reasoning so far:
Since I can actually sleep, and stay asleep, I'm thinking it's not a biological problem i.e. something in my lungs. When I say "I can barely sleep" it's because it takes me a while to fall asleep, since I have to manually breathe until I pass out. This sucks, however, because it means I might need to see a shrink, which I am not looking forward to.

In summary, this entire problem is depressing me. I've had...dumb ideas, to try to get rid of this whole thing. I want to feel fine. I can't cuddle with my girlfriend because I have to shift position every other minute to fucking breathe. One thing, however:

When I smoked a Black&Mild, about two to three weeks ago, I felt fine while the smoke was in my lungs. Could I have become addicted? Should I smoke another one, and see how I feel? My friend told me it's bad for you to inhale cigar smoke; am I permanently fucked?

Help.
 
With no other history, I don't have much to add except:

Sounds weird, but sounds weirder saying it. I know several people back home that have or I should say, had breathing problems. The cure for them was getting a Chihuahua. One case was a couple that got married in the 60's and the wife had really bad Asthma. With medication, she would get hospitalized once a month for it. They got one of those annoying dogs and she was fine. To add to this story a little, the dog died 14 years later. For the entire time they had the dog, she didn't even need any type of treatment. When the dog died, she though she was over it. A week later, she went into the hospital.

She lived and got another dog. When that dog died, the same thing happened.

I know a few other stories along these lines, but I have no proof to suggest anything more than coincidence. I know you weren't looking for something this far fetched, but it's all I got.

I'll add that wile this is not a proven solution, I have not heard or found anything to discredit this.
 
That thing leehype said, sounds like it was quite mental, even if you don't always realise that it is. Sometimes it is so subtle that just getting a cat or a dog can make you feel so much better. Taking care of it, making you happier(even if you feel happy it can make you happier), teaching it things etc..

I would suggest you try Menthol(as about that in a pharmacy) in a steambath, see if that helps, then you can see if it's a little biological.

If you don't feel comfortable going to a shrink, you could try writing a journal online/IRL getting down your thoughts. So you can see with your own eyes how you feel. If you want to talk but not with a shrink, you can PM me. Ooor then you PM/talk with someone of your friends, some people are more comfortable not talking to a person they know/see or feel more comfy talking to your best friend.

It could also be that you think about it too much, when I have a migraine I get very sad, I want to cry/hit etc but can't because it will make it worse. So, is there stuff that makes you harder to breath? Sometimes I have problems breathing, I have to get fresh air. Sometimes my migraine get past if I can not think about it, but it is hard..


I can understand you, for the past 21years I've had migraines,the parties ive missed, the times we've mades plan to go on a date, the family stuff.. I've never been able to jump on a trampoline. Until now, but I have to eat medicine everyday. Sometimes it's hard to live with a condition which makes your whole life restricted. But, I've in recent years when it's being more difficult searched on the internet over and over and over again. I've gotten some answers,some suggestions, not all the answers but it can help..You just gotta have the energy.
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I have a dog. It's huge and fluffy and hairy and furry. It calms me down a lot, but that's not it. I start having the breathing problems when I stop doing a lot of work, and I have time to think about shit. So it's definitely not biological. Do you guys suggest I just restrain myself from breathing deeply, and see how long I can hold it? An hour? A day?



I've been smoking those things since I was 15. I went a year (17-18) that I smoked 3-4 of them a week. With that information, could they be the cause?
 
I'm not a doctor, but doubtful in my opinion. I've inhaled plenty of black and milds and larger cigars. I know you're not supposed to, but seriously, if I'm smoking a large piece of tobacco, I'd like the nicotine.

Does it hurt when you take deep breaths, or just hurt in general?
 
It doesn't really hurt. I should rephrase that.

I just HAVE to breathe deeply. My lungs...they make me breathe deeply.
If I don't, they feel extremely uncomfortable, like I'm suffocating, but I'm not.

I also yawn excessively. My body, for a reason unknown, needs to repeatedly receive a large influx of oxygen, at random times. It's worse when I'm not doing any activity, and when I wake up in the morning.
 
I totally did both of these things like crazy for a while. Drove me insane. I stopped smoking a lot of weed, and cigarettes other than ones I would roll myself. Within two or three weeks it didn't happen anymore.
 
That sounds like what used to happen to me when I was still smoking alot.

It would come in spans of time and then go away. Im pretty sure it started as a smoking too much turned into a mental thing because once Id start Id have a hard time forgetting about it.
 
It's either you or the air.

To help find out if it's you, buy a cheap spirometer. I had to use one after a lung collapse. They're used to increase your lung capacity. I think every home should have one. It's like an exercise bong.

How hard is it to get the air quality checked? Do guys in hazmat suits show up with ghostbuster equipment? I always wanted to test the air around me, but have no idea how much it would cost and what's involved.
 
I'm going with psychological on this one. I know when I get very stressed out my heart will start skipping beats, up to every couple of minutes.


Stress and trauma definitely have an impact on the body, and in different ways with different people.

If you are not into self-analysis (which is a good thing to get into) then by all means see a shrink. Don't wait until it's the last thing you do, make it towards the top of your list.
 
I have the same sort of breathing issue at times. It's panic attacks for me, the doctors think it might be post tramatic stress from when I had cancer.
 
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