Mike_NY
09-06-16, 03:07
Hey guys,
Ever since the start of the week I've been having breathing issues. I've just joined a gym and have been the past 3 nights. I've been doing a lot of high intensity cardio, running, elyptical etc and I notice that about 30-40 minutes in I have started getting this little lump feeling on the right side of my throat. It feels like mucus or something that I can't swallow or cough up and it eventually gets like a little swollen gland feeling. It goes away after an hour or 2 but when it's happening I've started to panic that my throat is going to close over. Ever since then I've been getting that "conscious breathing" where I am constantly aware of my breathing and this makes me feel like I'm not getting enough air. I know the issue is I'm probably getting too much air. When I am busy I don't notice it, only when I think about it. It also doesn't affect me doing vigorous exercise until tonight when I started to think about it. I've got into a bit of a state about it the past 2 days and I've felt the anxiety and panic wash over me and I've got little bouts of derealization where I just feel numb. I've been sitting in the steam room for around 15 minutes the past couple of nights and I think I'm bogging my lungs down with water vapor or something too.
Can anyone advise what the lump could be and how I can get a handle on this breathing issue? I've had the breathing thing a few times ever since I've been a kid and I know it's pretty normal. I don't have too much trouble catching a good satisfying breath but I keep trying to catch big deep breaths! I've had to take a Xanax as soon as I got home tonight and it has helped a lot. It was either that or I was going to drink a bottle of wine!
Arrhh I feel like it's one thing after another with me so I don't even want to tell my wife because she's been sick listening to me complain about derealization which I had constant for almost a year the after that I've had bad issues with acid reflux and thinking I have heart issues. It's been a real tough year for me as someone who's never been broken a bone or been ill.
Ever since the start of the week I've been having breathing issues. I've just joined a gym and have been the past 3 nights. I've been doing a lot of high intensity cardio, running, elyptical etc and I notice that about 30-40 minutes in I have started getting this little lump feeling on the right side of my throat. It feels like mucus or something that I can't swallow or cough up and it eventually gets like a little swollen gland feeling. It goes away after an hour or 2 but when it's happening I've started to panic that my throat is going to close over. Ever since then I've been getting that "conscious breathing" where I am constantly aware of my breathing and this makes me feel like I'm not getting enough air. I know the issue is I'm probably getting too much air. When I am busy I don't notice it, only when I think about it. It also doesn't affect me doing vigorous exercise until tonight when I started to think about it. I've got into a bit of a state about it the past 2 days and I've felt the anxiety and panic wash over me and I've got little bouts of derealization where I just feel numb. I've been sitting in the steam room for around 15 minutes the past couple of nights and I think I'm bogging my lungs down with water vapor or something too.
Can anyone advise what the lump could be and how I can get a handle on this breathing issue? I've had the breathing thing a few times ever since I've been a kid and I know it's pretty normal. I don't have too much trouble catching a good satisfying breath but I keep trying to catch big deep breaths! I've had to take a Xanax as soon as I got home tonight and it has helped a lot. It was either that or I was going to drink a bottle of wine!
Arrhh I feel like it's one thing after another with me so I don't even want to tell my wife because she's been sick listening to me complain about derealization which I had constant for almost a year the after that I've had bad issues with acid reflux and thinking I have heart issues. It's been a real tough year for me as someone who's never been broken a bone or been ill.