JennyGregory5
03-11-08, 21:28
Hi guys,
I feel like I have a different problem each week but this old favourite has come back to me again over the last couple of days. I have a variety of different breathing issues.
It all started when trying to fall asleep over the weekend and I kept waking up gasping for breath. It was as though I had stopped breathing, this has happened before but is still very scary!
As a result of this I became really conscious of my breathing and felt as though I wasn't getting enough oxygen from each breath. ANyway eventually tiredness won and I got to sleep.
Since then whenever I'm resting or relaxing I feel as though I have forgotton to breathe. It seems as though I have to really concentrate on breathing to actually get the job done and even then I feel short of breath. This isn't a constant problem, if I'm busy doing something then it doesn't bother me but it is causing me major concern, I'm thinking a variety of heart/lung issues. I think it may have been triggered by my Gran getting diagnosed with an enlarged heart last week.
Basically i'm after some reassurance that this is just my anxiety playing up and not that I'm about to drop dead. I'm reasonably healthy and 23 years of age, probably bordering on obese weightwise but losing it steadily now for a couple of months thanks to healthy eating and exercise (breathing issue is not a problem when exercising!)
One more thing..... can you suffer from health anxiety and generally have symptoms from anxiety when you don't think you are feeling anxious or stressed at all?!
Thanks
Jenny
I feel like I have a different problem each week but this old favourite has come back to me again over the last couple of days. I have a variety of different breathing issues.
It all started when trying to fall asleep over the weekend and I kept waking up gasping for breath. It was as though I had stopped breathing, this has happened before but is still very scary!
As a result of this I became really conscious of my breathing and felt as though I wasn't getting enough oxygen from each breath. ANyway eventually tiredness won and I got to sleep.
Since then whenever I'm resting or relaxing I feel as though I have forgotton to breathe. It seems as though I have to really concentrate on breathing to actually get the job done and even then I feel short of breath. This isn't a constant problem, if I'm busy doing something then it doesn't bother me but it is causing me major concern, I'm thinking a variety of heart/lung issues. I think it may have been triggered by my Gran getting diagnosed with an enlarged heart last week.
Basically i'm after some reassurance that this is just my anxiety playing up and not that I'm about to drop dead. I'm reasonably healthy and 23 years of age, probably bordering on obese weightwise but losing it steadily now for a couple of months thanks to healthy eating and exercise (breathing issue is not a problem when exercising!)
One more thing..... can you suffer from health anxiety and generally have symptoms from anxiety when you don't think you are feeling anxious or stressed at all?!
Thanks
Jenny