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    Breathing

    Good morning,

    Please would anyone be able to help with this? I have been feeling so much better lately (thank you fish oils!) but yesterday I was reading posts about blood clots etc. Since then I have become very concious of my breathing and it doesnt seem right need to take deep breaths quite regularly it seems quite shallow if you know what I mean? I am also overweight but I am quite active I walk 45 minutes at least every day, do you think it could be caused by being overwieght or anxiety or a combination, or should I rush to the doctor as usual?!?!

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    Richard

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    Hi Richard

    I have got the same problem. It usually goes with back and sometimes chest pains. It would go on for a month and then disappear. I am also overweight and it is certainly not helping the situation. Good luck. No need to worry about it.

    Jaco

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    Thanks Jaco, I get chest pains too. very scary! Suppose if we lost weight it would certainly help. This is the first time I have had a sympton of being overweight and its scared me enough to do something serious about it. Good luck to you as well Jaco

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    I had this too and think it was related to my weight.

    See this previous post I made....

    Reverse panic

    Nicola

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    Richard, does the chest pains go with the shortness of breath?

    Jaco

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    Thanks Nicola, very informative. Better crack on and lose some weight!!

    Jaco, I used to get chest pains just on their won but they do seem to have become more frequent since yesterday.

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    Richard -

    **but yesterday I was reading posts about blood clots etc. Since then I have become very concious of my breathing and it doesnt seem right *

    This is not coincidence .. You thought things that scared you, your body responded in an appropriate way by preparing gently for a fight/ flight which includes changes in your breathing. Then you got scared of that natural preparatory sequence which is then perpetuating it all in a viscious cycle.

    Of course being overweight and underfit will not help as your body has to work that bit harder but you are addressing that now so it'll get better.


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    hi richard,
    i suffer from shallow breathing a lot. for me i don't think it's weight related, but has more to do with health anxiety - if i start thinking about my breathing i start freaking out, worrying i'm not breathing properly etc etc.
    i practice abdominal breathing, which i find helps to regulate my breathing a bit.
    henri x

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