breathing..

[**whenwillthisend**]

hi there...i have sufferred anxiety and panic for going on nearly a year now-my biggest problem for the last few weeks is the breathing thing-does anyone else suffer with this-a feeling like you just cant bottom your breath or get enough air in-im terrified i will stop breathing....its very scary and i just have to ride it out till the feeling passes.....i did go see g.p who basically wasnt helpful but did give me an inhaler has asthma was brought up has a possibility a few months- so i have used it and i suppose it helps-but not sure im using it right so will have to go back to see nurse.............does anyone else suffer with this horrible breathing issue?
thanks for readingxx

[hopeful]

Yes I get this sometimes,its horrible. I find its best to not pay attention to it and it passes after a few minutes.I put mine down to smoking though which Im planning to quit soon.Id not thought about asthma before.
Take care
julie x

[richard sharp]

its just part of being an anxious person, when your relaxed you will breathe normally but while you think about it youll find it difficult. theres no cure for anxiety but when you can think about things from a more relaxed perspective it will stop the alarm bells of insecurity ringing and you will find yourself enjoying things more. its the what if thinking that gives us a hard time.

[Ma Larkin]

Hi, I suffered from this for weeks, probably months. I didn't even notice when it had gone because I got so used to it being there, and I've only just noticed it's back to normal so thanks for that!

It is definitely a symptom of anxiety, you don't need tests, and I don't think it will be asthma. I thought I was developing "adult" asthma (I'm 40), but it passed without me even noticeing and I feel fine now, slightly anxious (I think once you suffer from anxiety it is always somewhere in your sub-conscious mind so you never really get over - my personal opinion only).

It's hard to say persevere with it, but it's the only advice I can give. what I can say is, don't spend your time worrying about it. I worried too much about it, but I know for definite now that it was linked to my anxiety.


Hope you start to feel better soon.

Les, x

[Lindalou64]

yessssssss......beathing is my worst i hyperventalate all the time i just try and relax which is hard as we know and my breathing gets back to normal i also got an inhaler.....which i do smoke but this happens with anxiety or panic....smoking dont help.........when we breathe the wrong way it becomes a habit.....and to learn the right way is so hard.....guess even for myself need to practice it when im feeling good and not full of anxiety...........best to ya...........Linda[8D]

[honeybee3939]

Hi,

Dont know if you have seen these posts before, but they may help:

Breathing technique
How Do You Do The Breathing (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4042)
Breathing.. wow (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4037)
Breathing Techniques (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4044)
CONTROLLED BREATHING (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5041)
Working to get better, have a few Q's to ask... (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5412)
Insatiable Mouth / Chest Breather???? (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7113)

Love

Andrea
xxx

[darkangel]

this is one of the sypmtoms I have had for 9 yrs on and off.

Ive not stopped breathing but it feels as though i would - but im still here - one of the main syptoms of anxeity

darkangel

........life is for living not just for surviving

[reddevil]

Hi,

I went through a stage once where my breathing was different, I was breathing like I had just run a mile and I ended up going to A+E.

It was all anxiety in the end.

Breathing is one of the common symtoms of anxiety.

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