Anxiety disorder and all day breathlessness.

[Spedyrecovry50]

Hi everyone. I am new. I have been diagnosed as having anxiety disorder. Since summer last year I have had alot of panic attacks. But before that I had heart problems. I am overweight. My heart rate at rest is 45-50 most days. Every day I feel like I am breathing through wet cloth and when I go up stairs I am very out of breath. I also am light headed all the time. I have had a 24hour ecg and a echocardiogram. The doctors said that my heart was fine. What I want to know is would anxiety disorder cause the light headedness and breathlessness?

Any information would be great thank you.

[tommy2toes]

Asthma? You never know (I have it. Onset was mid 40s. Always assumed it was genetic but not quite sure now). Anyway, when I had it but it had not been diagnosed, I would sometimes worry myself into having an attack. Please excuse me if I am peeing into the wind.

Regards

t2t (tommy2toes)

[blackcat64013]

Hi,Anxieties can bring on a myriad of symptoms.

The ones you experience are unique to you because your body is different to everyone else.

Mental health doesn't exist without physical health and wellbeing.

Management of both will result in improving your aerobic fitness and your ability to manage day-to-day tasks and activities.

For example, my doctor's care plan includes:-

1. walking to reduce the stress hormones flooding through my body and decreasing weight

2. seated exercises to stretch and relax muscles.

3. medication as needed

4. talking therapy as needed

5. 10 self care items such as music, aromatherapy, photography hobby.

All of this requires some work and dedication to ýour goals but it is worth it in the long run.

[tommy2toes in reply to blackcat64013]

No. 1 on your list is one with which I struggle. I walk the miles, but the weight doesn’t come off. It has always irritated me (I was seriously fit when younger). It is only recently that I found out the over production of hormones makes it nigh impossible to drop weight unless you have the appetite of mouse and the physical activity of an endurance athlete.

[Spedyrecovry50]

Thanks for the replys. It could be asthma. I am founding out alot about anxiety and how it can effect the body physically. I might try walks again. I even have poles which might help.

[Spedyrecovry50]

One thing I forgot to mention. I have the symptoms all the time. This is a typical day for me. I get up after a bad sleep due to dizzyness, palpitations, breathlessness and a missing heart beat. Thats while I am sleeping/trying to sleep. I get out of bed and I am out of breath. I go about my day dealing with the symptoms I mentioned before. I don't really overeat unless something stressful has happened. Then I dive into the chocolates and cakes. If I try any form of exercise that puts my heart rate up over 110 then it stays like that for the rest of the day. If I restrict my calories to much like with 5:2 they I get so dizzy the room spins. When I get up out of the seated position I am out of breath. I feel like something is in my throat most of the time and when I eat i do it slowly incase i choke. Thats most of the everyday symptoms. Thats not including what happens when I have an attack. Is it normal to have these symptoms all the time if its just anxiety disorder. When this first started I was told I had av block and bradycardia. Now they all seam to think its just the anxiety. Any ideas would be great.