should I worry?

[Anxietymadman]

so I’ve been having breathless for about 5 weeks nearly, and my oxygen levels have been checked etc etc etc, now my oxygen is always 98-100 constant, tonight I’ve took multiple readings and they are all 95-96 and that’s all it’s not going up from that, should I worry about that? It’s never really sitting at 96 until now

[glenninindy]

Adult Onset Asthma can also be mistaken for panic attacks. Even though my oxygen levels were/are, in the 95-99 range, I now use an inhaler when needed. AOA may cause slight chest pain, which you also have. AOA takes longer to diagnose, so I would go to your pharmacy and buy an inhaler. If you feel a little better, tell your doctor to prescribe an asthma inhaler for you.

[Anxietymadman in reply to glenninindy]

You know what I was thinking about this the other day I will do this and see how goes, thankyou

[Anxietymadman in reply to glenninindy]

They said I need prescription

[Dixie9326]

Have you tried different fingers ? Are your hands cold? Try taking a few deep breaths!!

[Jameshuh]

Hi anxietymadman. Certainly get checked out but if there is no physical problem then it is possible your anxiety is causing you to have poor posture leading to slump over and have shallow breathing as your diapham is being squashed. This is actually pretty common. You should also be aware that constantly checking your oxygen levels might actually be reinforcing your health anxiety, Paige Pradko's channel is great at explaining what that is and how to fix it. Wishing you peace and health.

[Anxietymadman in reply to Jameshuh]

Breathing has been great today for once 😂, jynx it now and watch it be bad again later on, I have got another dr appointment Monday I said I’m not being told it’s anxiety and let it be there so I’m making sure before I brush it off as anxiety

[Jameshuh in reply to Anxietymadman]

Absolutely get it checked out but also let them know about anxiety as that could be the cause. I hope you are breathing great for good soon😜

[tykesammy]

Hi ,when I started the peri menopause, and I know this won't apply to you lol, but about 10 - 11 years ago now, I was out walking my dogs, and I said to my husband, I can't breathe, I said I must have a chest infection. So saw doc and they diagnosed me with AOA. I was given 2 inhaler's for 8 years, which did nothing. So had a specialist Asthma test !!! They said you have not got asthma at all, turned out I was on candasartan beta-blocker and it was that that was causing it.