potato11
09-03-13, 18:51
Hi everyone
I am just trying to gather some reassurance (naughty I know) regarding breathlessness and anxiety.
I've had it on and off for a while, but for the past couple of weeks I'm having it pretty much constantly. I've been off work (annual leave) and I think sitting round the house in a slouched posture hasn't done me much good!!
I have been to a couple of exercise classes which help me feel better, but once I'm home and sat down I feel bad again. So it's weird - one minute I'm thinking "I must be ok as I can exercise" and the next I feel breathless sitting down!?
Currently on night shifts (I work in a hospital) and so my anxiety is high with "making myself ok" for work. Sometimes the breathlessness affects my ability to speak in full sentences, and the panic makes me feel like subtle breathlessness is about to turn in to a full blown "help I can't breathe!!" episode - thought (touch wood) it never has.
As with most symptoms is just hard to believe this is "just" anxiety! particularly working in a hospital, I am aware of too many diagnoses!
I am just trying to gather some reassurance (naughty I know) regarding breathlessness and anxiety.
I've had it on and off for a while, but for the past couple of weeks I'm having it pretty much constantly. I've been off work (annual leave) and I think sitting round the house in a slouched posture hasn't done me much good!!
I have been to a couple of exercise classes which help me feel better, but once I'm home and sat down I feel bad again. So it's weird - one minute I'm thinking "I must be ok as I can exercise" and the next I feel breathless sitting down!?
Currently on night shifts (I work in a hospital) and so my anxiety is high with "making myself ok" for work. Sometimes the breathlessness affects my ability to speak in full sentences, and the panic makes me feel like subtle breathlessness is about to turn in to a full blown "help I can't breathe!!" episode - thought (touch wood) it never has.
As with most symptoms is just hard to believe this is "just" anxiety! particularly working in a hospital, I am aware of too many diagnoses!