Hypomania
25-11-19, 16:43
Hey everyone.
Just wondering if anyone has ever experienced symptoms of feeling out of breath with anxiety? I don't mean gasping for breath or hyperventilation that you see with a panic attack (I've had that before), but I mean just a general feeling of being mildly out of breath and noticing slower or more labored breathing. I have been getting it sometimes when walking around or going up stairs etc and I've become very conscious of my breaths, like I'm always asking myself "did I breath enough here?" "Am I out of breath?" "My breathing feels slower and shallower...am I not getting enough oxygen?"
I know breathing issues are common with anxiety, but usually you read about hyperventilation. My issue seems to be that I'm not breathing enough or something.
Is this common? I'm anxious about this now, to the point where I'm worried to even do normal things like walk around etc.
Just wondering if anyone has ever experienced symptoms of feeling out of breath with anxiety? I don't mean gasping for breath or hyperventilation that you see with a panic attack (I've had that before), but I mean just a general feeling of being mildly out of breath and noticing slower or more labored breathing. I have been getting it sometimes when walking around or going up stairs etc and I've become very conscious of my breaths, like I'm always asking myself "did I breath enough here?" "Am I out of breath?" "My breathing feels slower and shallower...am I not getting enough oxygen?"
I know breathing issues are common with anxiety, but usually you read about hyperventilation. My issue seems to be that I'm not breathing enough or something.
Is this common? I'm anxious about this now, to the point where I'm worried to even do normal things like walk around etc.