Hoping no one would mind if I started out this post explaining a little about myself. I am currently 23 years old weighing 160lbs and I am 5'10 or 70 inches in height. I was born and raised on Long Island, New York where I lived for 20 years of my life before my parents decided they wanted to move to Georgia. I have been here in Georgia for about 3 years now and its well different then where I was born and raised. When I first moved down here the only priority was to find myself a job and so I decided to give Fire Fighting a try which I hate to say it, kinda sucks. I have been on the job for about a year and a half now. Ever since I started out I have been coming down with breathing issues and I could never understand why this has been coming about cause I have always been taking care of myself. For example I take my fitness very seriously and I even meal prep my food for the week every week while taking a multivitamin and a fish oil once a day.
Now for the past 6 months I have been having this constant urge to take deep breaths to relieve this feeling below my sternum that forces me to try and take a deep breath. Now majority of the time I cannot complete the breath while other times I can and its weird. Now working out, it does not hinder me but it also does not make it comfortable at all. So when this first symptom came about I went to seek out a pulmonary specialist which he did not see the need to do any test but I felt like it was necessary so I had him order a pulmonary specialist which I will post the results below.
FEV1: 4.33 Liters
FEV1 Percent: 98%
FVC: 4.94 Liters
FEV1/FVC: 88%
TLC: 6.18 Liters
TLC Percent: 88%
RV: 0.92 Liters
RV/TLC: 15%
DLCO/VA: 6.25
I also had an EKG, Chest X- Ray and an Alpha 1 Deficiency test down which the Alpha 1 came out negative and the EKG and Chest X- Ray both came back normal.
Well after this the symptoms still to this day are persistent and have not faded. I have developed new symptoms such as which I would say is a slight wheezing sound that is coming from the nose when I'm inhaling but not from the mouth which is weird. My nose is not congested or runny but when I take nasal spray the "wheeze" slowly goes away. I have been having a very minor cough. Its not like an all day cough but it is there. Throughout the day I have to keep yawning to keep catching my breath and over and over again have to keep inhaling very deeply to try and expand my lungs which I am not sure this is leading to the pain near my obliques and back pain. When I went to get a second opinion from a different pulmonary specialist he listened to my lungs and said they sound all clear and did a spirometry test on me which turn out
FEV1: 4.48 Liters
FVC: 5.11 Liters
FEV1/FVC: 86%
This test was literally two days ago and what i don't understand is why my FEV1/FVC decreased 2 percent. Im worried that I could be possibly coming down with early COPD and I am so paranoid over it and thats all I think about. The only thing that runs in my family is heart disease and diabetes. No lung diseases run in my family other then obstructive sleep apnea but when I finally go to sleep at night I have no problems sleeping. I have never smoked and never did any drugs but i have been around second hand smoke from aunts and uncles but no one in my house smokes. Being at the fire station there is mold and mildew. I hate it cause the exhaust from the engines leak and I'm afraid this could be messing up my lungs. I am actually planning on moving to florida to become a Nurse Practitioner but I am so nervous about the issues I am having right now. I know according my grandma her daughter who is my aunt used to have really bad anxiety but I am not sure if this is really bad anxiety.
Not understanding why some peoples lung function tests are in the 100%'s. Is it cause these people are taller and have bigger lungs or something?
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The spirometry tests results can vary from day to day NYCborn. A 2% change isn't significant, in fact my specialist has told me that the machines can vary up to 5% either way without there being any change in my lung function. 98% Fev1 is normal. Your lung function is calculated according to what is the predicted norm for your age, gender, weight and height - this will be a range so 98% will be within normal.
You do seem very anxious and some times anxiety can account for breathing difficulties especially if you are having mild panic attacks. Ive had that yawning, deep breathing thing for many years and I was dxd with asthma in my mid 20s. You mention some second hand smoke from uncles and aunts but you don't mention anything to do with your job except for mould and mildew at the fire station. Are you not in contact with any smoke when you are working? All smoke can cause problems not just cigarettes. There is the possibility of allergies, or even risk in the long term from smoke, plus there are chemicals which are released when buildings catch fire. But just going by your tests, your lungs seem good right now.
Could you do some relaxation exercises or meditation to help you relax and let go of anxiety? Hopefully some others will come on with more ideas.
I wanted to first start off by saying thank you kindly responding to my post and giving me some valuable information. I did want to ask you that if the statement I made before was correct about taller people having higher percentages? I was mainly worried about COPD due to the fact that if I remeber right your FEV1/FVC has to be below 70% and your FEV1 within 80% of that which I dont understand but since mine was not as high as others I was getting worried that I could possible be declin I mg quick.
Yes I am not going to lie when I say I am anxious cause every time I'm constantly on the internet looking up symptoms of COPD and reading articles on which could very well possibly be messing me up cause I don't stop until I fall asleep. How would you know if your have panic attacks or mild attacks cause the yawning and deep breathing are constant all day. The pulmonary specialist I first went too said the possibly of me having asthma is very slim due to the fact that there was a very slight change in the PFT test after the administer of a bronchodilator. The second pulmonary specialist I went too said he is pretty certain I do not have asthma and even more certain since it does not run in the family.
At work I have been to 4 fires and worn my breathing apparatus on 3 of them and not on the fourth cause I was outside but we have the car exhaust are the stationsame give off fumes when we start them up and there is gravel in the back parking lot that builds up dust in the station. The chemicals I deal with at the station are Pinesole, Windex, 409, Febreze and Lysol which we use to clean the station in the morning and at night.
I'm just honestly worried about developing copd and that's 1 reason why I'm leaving the fire service to go to Florida to start Nursing school.
Many people here will tell you not to google - I don't always agree as personally I have found it useful, but for people who are anxious it's really not a good idea. You can drive yourself crazy with it.
What your pulmonologist says about the small reversibility not being suggestive of asthma sounds correct. Im sorry if I've confused you. I wasn't suggesting you had asthma, just that I know that feeling of yawning and taking sudden deep breaths actually from being a child. Yawning can be about stress too.
Im afraid I don't know enough about the relation between fev1 and fvc/fev1 to know how to answer your question NYCborn. Maybe someone will come along who can. With my partial knowledge, your figures look pretty good and you've seen two specialists who are saying there is no problem.
If you don't manage to get your anxiety under control, would counselling be an idea? Sending you very best wishes.
Yeah I could not agree anymore about for people who suffer from ryan bad anixety that researching online is a really bad idea cause I know sometimes googling did make me feel better but most of the time it just made things worse.
Oh no I hope you didn't think I was trying to imply that you said I could possibly have asthma cause those were not my intentions. I was just trying to add a little more information since I left out all the chemicals part and the bronchodilator.
I'm glad you can relate to me about yawning and having to constantly take a deep breaths cause most of the time a lot of people think I'm crazy or sound cray and it sucks cause it's like I'm trapped in a bubble cause no one believed me but I'm glad you can relate to me 😊.
No worries about not knowing enough cause you have responded and have given me more peace then what I have had when I first began this post and I thank you for that.
I actually was considering seeing a Thearpist bUT worried aboUT seeing one cause I don't want to end up on medication. One guy here at the station is on medication and he is like a walking zombie.
I just did a bit of research as I was puzzled as to why your thought there was a problem with your FEV1/FVC ratio. All the sites I looked at said it should be 80% or over which yours is. Here is table of results which is clear:
If the FEV1/FVC ratio is less that 80%, the next question spirometry can answer is the severity of the obstructive defect. To do this, look at the FEV1 percent predicted:
> 80% = minimal obstructive defect
65 - 80% = mild obstructive defect
50 - 65% = moderate obstructive defect
< 50% = severe obstructive defect
I'll put the link on in a minute, can't copy both in one go.
Thank you again for responding back to my post and being so kind about it =).
Im sorry about the confusion of my original post cause I think i mistyped but once I finish replying to everyone who has posted on my thread I will look at that link you so generously posted for me. I did want to say that my FEV1/FVC is only 6-8% above what they consider is normal and yes this could very well be my anxiety kicking in but that makes me nervous cause it doesn't feel like a comfortable number to me but that could also be due to my height? Since I am only 5'10 then I'm assuming my lungs are not as big as somewhere who is lets say 6'3 which would mean my FEV1/FVC would be lower then someone taller then me. Hope that doesn't sound stupid and if it does I apologize cause you have been so kind to me and I really do appreciate that.
The doctor that I was seeking for my second opinion did tell me that different machines can spit out different numbers and vary slightly.
Your post did help and I'm grateful for it! Thank you so much for being so kind =). Hope you are doing well and hope you have a great holiday!
Good point about breathing less, Knitter. I think that yawning thing may also be about stress. My vet told me that dogs yawn through stress and if that's true (which I have observed myself in dogs) I don't see why people wouldn't do it too.
Firstly I would like to say thank you for responding to my post cause it is very much appreciated.
At first when all this was happening I did come across and condition that was called Chronic Hyperventilation syndrome and thats what I thought it was until I tried calming myself down and still have not changed.
Im assuming since this has been going on for a few months now that my body has taken this are a "norm" and now I have to teach my body how to breath normal again if that makes sense. Thank you again for replying to my thread! Appreciate it very much
Thank you for commenting on my thread =). I am actually planning on looking up some breathing exercises on youtube after reading the link 02Trees has kindly posted for me to read. Believe it or not I do some pursed lip breathing when I'm working out and that worries me cause I thought that was a sign of emphysema but maybe I'm wrong. Again thanks for replying to my thread! Hope you have a great holiday!
Just a thought - the climate you are living in at present is quite different to where you lived most of your life. I find that when I travel to dry climates my breathing improves significantly. Quite a number of people find it difficult to adjust to a different climates. My breathing is practically non-existent on wet, damp days. Just something for you to think about.
Thank you for kindly for responding back to my post cause it is very much appreciated.
I couldn't agree with you more about the climate being by far different then what where I was originally from. Back on Long Island New York during this time of the year I would be freezing my butt off begging for warmer weather lol while here in Georgia I was able to walk to the gym yesterday with no issues. It was so warm yesterday that I actually forgot that we were even in December lol.
I'm not trying to sound mean when I say this but I am not sure if it really is the climate cause I have been living here in Georgia for about 3 1/2 years now. During my first 2 years I had no breathing issues whats so ever until I guess I started at the fire department but before I started at the fire department I went to a fire school where we did live burns and PT's. After graduating I finally joined a fire department which is my current one that I have been at for 1 1/2 now. My first 7 months on the job had no issues whats so ever other then the people around me. I would always come into work always stressed out and kinda scared cause I had so much pressure on me to perform and make my superiors proud but nothing I did ever succeeded at that. I would always worry about failing or getting yelled at that always I guess gave me "Anxiety". Well long story short I finally started having breathing problems out of no where on the job of constantly having to take deep inhales and yawning to try to achieve that satisfactory breath cause my body is hungry for it. After constantly doing this my neck muscles start to get really tight and it sucks. Well at the beginning of all this there was one day where I was having really really bad chest pains along with this but when I calmed myself down the chest pains went away. Till this day I am still having these breathing issues along with what looks like my stomach getting wider and I am not sure if this is a sign of hyper inflated lungs or just an illusion I am seeing.
My biggest concern right now is the new symptom that has been doing on for weeks now which is a wheezing, whistling or whooshing sound coming from my nose when I inhale or sometimes even when I exhale. It really is weird cause my nose is not even congested cause when I try to take a nasal spray to try and clear my nose up, once I squirt the bottle into my nose all the medicine leaks into my mouth cause I am assuming that nothing is in my nose to clear up which makes me worry that maybe something in my nose is inflamed that is preventing good airflow through the nose but when the pulmonary specialist checked this out 4 days ago he said my nose sounded slightly congested but nothing to be to concerned about.
My doctor stated pursed lip breathing should only be done for people with high CO2, or COPD. Spirometry came back normal and had to have methacholine(sp?) challenge to confirm asthma. It does run in my family. I've never smoked but was subjected to second hand smoke. Its been two years and asthma meds have not improved my shortness of breath and muscle weakness with exertion. I also have a vocal cord disorder which is anxiety (and GERD) related, and was told there was a possibility of having low CO2. Both COPD and low CO2 were ruled out after blood gas test which took nearly two years to finally test because they didn't think it was COPD and was told insurance wouldn't cover it for low CO2. One of my docs finally submitted it. Good to have those things ruled out. Relaxation breathing is the therapy for this vocal cord disorder and for anxiety. I do have high anxiety and stress, and over breath and doctor is fairly positive anxiety is causing my issues. I am starting simple meditation exercises to see if that helps. There are plenty of free apps out there. I also need to start walking to build up endurance. Don't underestimate the serious affects of anxiety and stress. I forgot to mention, you really should try not to mouth breath. Everything should be through the nose for a relaxed, controlled breath (but not COPD sufferers though who are supposed to do pursed lip breathing). Check out Buteyko breathing method, this is the therapy that the speech and language pathologist was giving me for the vocal cords / anxiety. Good luck! Sorry if this post is jumbled, I'm writing from my phone which isn't the easiest.
Firstly thank you for responding to my post. I appreciate your answer kindly and your doctor is correct when saying pursed lip breathing is in play for helping release CO2 from the body. I honestly do a lot of pursed lip breathing at the gym cause I guess it helps relax me, I really have no idea. The test your doctor performed on you for asthma is something I never heard of, do you mind explaining to me how it works? No lung diseases run in our family other then the Sleep Apnea and I believe that why a lot of these pulmonary doctors are not taking me seriously cause there is no family history of it.
I'm really sorry to hear about the medication not helping your asthma at the beginning cause that most of been frighten. Like you stated about not smoking but was around second hand smoke I am the same exact way and it sucks cause sometimes that is nothing we as people can do anything about. For example here at the fire service walking into someones house can be a messed up situation. We just recently had a call about a 1 year and the lady was smoking up a storm of cigarettes in her house. I ask her politely of course if she could be so kind to put out the cigarette which she did but if she wanted to say no, she had ever right too which sucks in my opinion cause I believe if I feel like my health is being compromised then I should have a right in that cause we are taught our safety comes first but that is not considered safety. Its very weird to me but whatever i guess. Anyways sorry about getting off subject a little.
You said you had a vocal cord disfunction and GERD, I know GERD or acid reflux runs in my family. My father was just recently diagnosed with it actually and was giving medication. He feels much better now but I did have a question for you about how you came bout fining out about your vocal cord disfunction.
I really hope this is not a dumb question but you said you had a blood gas test performed to completely rule out COPD my question relating to that statement is wouldn't a Pulmonary function test or spirometry be just fine in diagnosing COPD or seeing if there is an early stage of COPD? The reason I ask this is cause if not so then I might want to go and get a blood gas test performed just in case as well.
There is no worries about your post being all bunched up cause I can still read it =). I did wanna ask you if those breathing exercises have been helping you in any slight?
NYC Born, sorry for the late reply. Unknown to me, I had a number of issues going on at the same time. Do you know how to private message here? There's a lot of information that would be easier to email direct to you rather than post here. I'll try to contact you some time tomorrow.
Hello , did you succeed to over come your problem ? im currently at same ,,position,, I feel urge to yawn , but i cant, feeling like my chest is under pressure, i cant take deep breath, but sometimes i do, and i feel like all tension in chest go away, but in 5 minutes it come back. I done every health check , and everything came normal. Please help, give me some advice, it is ruining my life.
Hi, I am also having the same exact issue. I have passed all medical tests so far with flying colors. I have an ECG scheduled later today. I do not know anyone else who has experienced this, other than the people on this thread. It would be great to discuss with you.
Hi, I hope that this thread is still active. You just explained exactly what I have been experiencing for the last 4 weeks. I am a very healthy 47 yr. old. 6'2", 195lbs, I eat well and exercise. I am yawning / taking deep breaths upwards of 20 to 30 times per hour. I am not tired. I am not "out of breath", but I feel this compelling need to yawn or take a deep breath. I have been to 5 different doctors. Blood work: excellent, stress test: excellent, EKG: excellent, Physical: excellent. Heart Rate & Oxygen Saturation all excellent. I go for an ECG tomorrow, but my Cardiologist is highly doubtful that it is anything heart related.
I am completely confused and frustrated. I am in constant business meetings and interacting with people where I am literally yawning in their faces. By nature, I am not an anxious person. I'm actually quite laid back. However, this condition is making more and more anxious.
I am really curious to know if you ever figured out what was wrong or if any combination of suggestions helped you or anyone else who may have experienced this "excessive yawning / deep breath" condition.
Hello MRKLH - welcome to the forum. As you've realised, this is an old post, though some of those who've replied are still active on the forum. If you don't get any response to this I'd suggest you start a new post, perhaps referring back to this one, explaining your problem. I hope then you'd receive many helpful replies.
I have experienced this off and on for my whole life since my early 20's. I'm 60 now. I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia in my early 20's. I asked the doctor what we could do about it and he said get used to it, and don't eat things that aggravate it. Easier said than done of course. But that is what I have done for 40 years. Dealt with it and looked for any means of relief I could find. Good luck in your search for your correct diagnoses. Biggest trigger for me - caffeine! Avoid the coffee in those meetings. Biggest instant relief for me - Gas X!
Thanks Oldtimer. I have an appointment with my 6th doc today. I am going to see a Neurologist. Cardiologist and Internists can find nothing wrong. It has been over a month now and I have not gone a single day without this excessive need to yawn (and or take a deep breath). The GasX comment is interesting, as I did note to myself that I've noticed an increased amount of gas in my body over the past couple of months. Something in my mind did tell me that the gas could be related. Outside of this condition, I still feel absolutely fine, but it is hard to function normally when I am yawning a literal 20 - 30 times per hour.
Good luck and report back. I can only share my life experiences with the same described condition. I don't have the Gerd or other symptoms that supposedly come with a hiatal hernia. I only get the desire to yawn to satisfy my lungs. I feel my hernia is mostly air. Part of the stomach protrudes through the diaphragm like a balloon and gets trapped near the sternum. It crowds the lungs and even the heart sometimes and wreaks havoc on the ability for normal relaxed functioning of both. In the beginning it always created anxiety for me too. I have overcome that these days because I am aware of what's happening now. If you need to yawn to satisfy your lungs craving, not so much for more air but to simply expand to resist this feeling of suppression, you should get an upper GI to look for a hernia. One tip - they give you a solution to drink so they can see with an x-ray. Of course the solution completely does away with the bloating or gas and by the time they x-ray they say aw, yes you have one but it's so small that can't be the problem. After drinking that stuff I felt awesome. It's when it flares up like a balloon that you need to yawn. When you need to yawn, can you do a sit up as you normally can? I was a power lifter in my 20's and I'm convinced squats while full of air from coffee led to my stomach compromising my diaphragm. If I am having a flare up my whole mood, core, desire to be agile are temporarily compromised. It's like your mind and focus are distracted by your lungs immediate desire to expand requiring a yawn to achieve it. These days there are surgeries for a hiatal hernia but I'm not there yet. I manage to keep it in check more than not. But flare ups are miserable.
Good luck to you - hiatal hernias are not threatening but I wouldn't wish one on anyone.
This is exactly me. The hardest part is being in professional meetings all day and yawning non-stop. I’m sure they either think I think they’re boring or that I stayed up too late watching Netflix (LOL). Everyone tells me it’s anxiety but I’ve never been an anxious person and have always been laid back. I’m 51. This has been going on for 6 months just completely out of the blue. I’ve had chest X-rays and a CT scan, all normal. It’s embarrassing because sometimes my yawn is really long with my mouth open forever. Those are usually the ones where I don’t catch the full breath.
I've experienced this for so so many years. At first there was no urge for yawning, but I constanly taking deep breath to let more oxygen in. This first happened when I was 10 or 11. My parents took me to doctors and done medical checks which didn't offer any results to explain this symptom. After a year I stopped taking deep breath but the yawning thing started. I am 26 now. Last month I started taking deep breath again. And the yawning still here. I consider myself having a relatively healthy life style. I don't smoke and rarely around people who do. I also do yoga at least an hour per day. As for my quality of sleep, I am very sensitive to light and noises, but as long as I have my ear plugs and sleep mask on, I sleep quite soundly.
Hi Guys and Girls, im another sufferer of this condition. ive had a lot fo tests, but going to do an endoscopy soon to suss it out a bit more. my suspicion is a hiatal hernia. but yeah who knows!
i will admit i do suffer from anxiety, but i have never felt more in control of that than ever. ive been suffering this for about a year, i returned to see my psychiatrist, after a while of that it become clear it couldnt just be that, because im feeling great.
im a very fit person, and it does not affect me when i work out or run/walk etc. i get it most when im driving actually, i suspect the sitting position maybe inflates the issue.
im hoping the creator responds with his outcome, because im curious to see if they got anywhere, but good luck to everyone who suffers this, i must admit slightly comforted to know im not alone though. its amazing how hard it is to explain this issue to a doctor, but yet everyone here is spot on with what im experiencing.
i will post if i get anywhere with the doctors! good luck all!
Good to know it’s not just me that’s experiencing this. I’ve been dealing with this exact breathing issue for about 4 years now. I’ve been to cardiologists, pulmonogolists, ENT’s, etc. and haven’t gotten a diagnosis for this yet. I gave up for a while and just recently started seeing doctors again because it’s incredibly annoying to live with. Will also post back if I find anything out about it. I wonder if the person that originally posted this received any diagnosis. But I think his description of this was on point. It’s the constant need to yawn/take a deep breath and sometimes the breath is satisfactory and others it is not. Constantly yawning in public or in classes/meetings and it’s not a good look. Every doctor I’ve seen tells me that the tests they’ve done on me were normal so idk what it could be. I too am not a very anxious person so I don’t think that’s it. Hope to hear back from anyone about their findings.
I am so relieved to see others are dealing with this. I’ve needed those deep breaths my whole life but it’s gotten so much worse over the last year and a half or so and now requires the yawning too to feel like I’m getting the air I need. The deep breaths come every minute or two at worst. It’s driving me nuts and I find it hard to fully relax because of it. I’m in agreement with many that I don’t feel particularly anxious though I experience it occasionally. I’m very healthy and strive to be so. If anyone gets test results or other info that’s helpful, I sure want to know! Thanks all.
Hi everyone who might be reading this now, I have been experiencing the same thing for over a month (and have in phases previously in my life) and it seems to be solely from anxiety/panic/stress. Recently, I started having panic attacks after starting a new medication and I got into a bad tension breathing pattern, pulling in my shoulders and constricting my chest so it feels like I have to yawn or sigh to get a satisfying breath. I am working on the anxiety, but also trying to break this breathing habit (because ultimately, that's what it is - there is no medical reason for it) with the use of a teacher of the Alexander Technique. I highly recommend you look into this as it's the only thing that's been helping me! This article explains more:
I'm in the same boat...I'm in really good health...got scared one night when I woke up not breathing and had to force myself out of bed and hunch over and like fight myself to take a breath...
but i am facing the challenge of feeling the repeating need to take a deep breath and yawn but most of the time not able to get the yawn.
EKG blood o2 , heart rate is good im 6'3" around 195 ish maybe 200
the only thing that i can relate this to is around the time it started i began doing a course that is spiritual in nature and focuses on clearing blocks (mental, deep rooted programming, beliefs) So if anything I should be more calm. I don't know if change on an inner level is causing this or what because there are not actual physical reasons that I am aware of.
Research hiatal hernia commection with trouble breathing. Your diaphram or lungs may be compressed by hiatal hernia. See Youtube for numerous videos. I have same symptoms....scenerio triggered few years back after a long run. Anxiety worsens it as a secondary problem. Some anxiety meds may help but may need to treat underlying hernia for full relief. I'm looking at a laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair myself. All the best!
They did find I had a hiatal hernia. I've been managing it by restricting my diet (eating once or twice daily only). I also take a prescription acid reducer in the morning (Omeprazole 40 mg) and I take two anxiety meds (buspirone twice daily, and alprazalom as needed) to help with the nerves that get impacted by the hernia compaction. These anxiety meds help relax my body which greatly helps my breathing! The long term solution will be a hital hernia surgery. I'm working on getting the right doctor/surgeon and also trying to get to a place financially where I can afford it.
I have this condition(constant need of deep breath or constant yawning) for a 5 or 6 years. I also have a hiatus hernia , and i think that the problem is that hernia. Replay me for more info plsease.tnx
I've been managing it by restricting my diet (eating once or twice daily only). I also take a prescription acid reducer in the morning (Omeprazole 40 mg) and I take two anxiety meds (buspirone twice daily, and alprazalom as needed) to help with the nerves that get impacted by the hernia compaction. These anxiety meds help relax my body which greatly helps my breathing! The long term solution will be a hital hernia surgery. I'm working on getting the right doctor/surgeon and also trying to get to a place financially where I can afford it. Also, peppermints help calm my esophogeal spasms. I eat those throughout the day. At night, I sleep with two pillows.
How did they test for the hernia, and did you have to ask your doctor to test for a hernia if did he suggest it? I want to see if I have one but don’t know how to ask and I’m afraid the doctor will disagree with me because they always think it’s just anxiety
Hiatal hernoa tests included upper GI and endoscopy. Vagus nerve can be impacted by hiatal causing anxiety and nerve issues. Also hiatal can cause compactness that prevents full diaphram and lung expansion. This can trigger anxiety secondarily.
I am DEFINITELY experiencing this , and have been for 8 years straight. The every so often chest breath that feels soo good and shoots into my upper chest , followed by “different” breaths that don’t go up that much. My breathing has lost all balance. Sometimes I wonder if it’s my inhale that’s the problem or my exhale, maybe my body isn’t exhaling properly and air is getting trapped in my lungs. Besides constant annoyance, the worst affect it has is my speaking, I always lose my breath when speaking becuase of this - seems like not many people with this has that side effect. No doctor has any idea what to tell me, I’ve been given anxiety meds and inhalers, etc, but the only thing that seems to be lessening it somewhat is time and attention to always inhale and exhale smoothly. My body has forgotten how to breath, and I doubt it will ever breath smoothly like it once did. Good luck guys, if anyone finds treatment that helps this please respond :/
Hi! I wonder if you figured out what was wrong before? I saw your other post. I am feeling exactly the same things. I see my shirt moving as my heart is pounding almost all the time but it’s not fast or anything though sometimes it does beat pretty fast when I get anxious. Sometimes I get so dizzy trying to catch my breath. Every time I go see a doctor and take tests, it all comes out okay. I’m taking meds for anxiety like rivotril etc. but sometimes it just gets really bad. I hope you’re okay now and I would love to hear how you cope with it.
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