Gabrielle
03-07-09, 21:00
Hi everyone,
I'm new here but I've lurked for a while, and I've seen how supportive everyone seems to be. I'm hoping to draw a little on that support right now.
For the past week I have felt on and off breathless with a tight chest. I would describe the breathlessness as a feeling of not getting enough air into my lungs, and my lungs not being "big" enough to accommodate all the air I feel I need. This morning this general feeling degenerated into utter panic and I couldn't go to work. My chest feels painful in a dull kind of way and still tight. I've also had a wheeze on each expiration, and I've felt a bit dizzy too.
I do suffer from mild asthma which I feel has been affected by the heat and pollution in London this week, but I also stopped the contraceptive pill dianette a week ago which gives a raised risk of blood clots in the legs/lungs, which is what I'm really scared of! I stopped because I read a newspaper article of someone who had died and from that point on, the breathlessness started. I keep telling myself the breathlessness would be more acute if it was a blood clot. But I'm still so scared.
I've got a Dr appointment on Monday (my work GP listened to my chest on Wednesday - all clear) because I want to be sure.
Can anxiety really be so powerful as to create such sensations in my chest? I'm so desperate for this to go away, I've cried a million times today.
Thanks for reading this far - I would appreciate anything anyone else has to share.
:)
I'm new here but I've lurked for a while, and I've seen how supportive everyone seems to be. I'm hoping to draw a little on that support right now.
For the past week I have felt on and off breathless with a tight chest. I would describe the breathlessness as a feeling of not getting enough air into my lungs, and my lungs not being "big" enough to accommodate all the air I feel I need. This morning this general feeling degenerated into utter panic and I couldn't go to work. My chest feels painful in a dull kind of way and still tight. I've also had a wheeze on each expiration, and I've felt a bit dizzy too.
I do suffer from mild asthma which I feel has been affected by the heat and pollution in London this week, but I also stopped the contraceptive pill dianette a week ago which gives a raised risk of blood clots in the legs/lungs, which is what I'm really scared of! I stopped because I read a newspaper article of someone who had died and from that point on, the breathlessness started. I keep telling myself the breathlessness would be more acute if it was a blood clot. But I'm still so scared.
I've got a Dr appointment on Monday (my work GP listened to my chest on Wednesday - all clear) because I want to be sure.
Can anxiety really be so powerful as to create such sensations in my chest? I'm so desperate for this to go away, I've cried a million times today.
Thanks for reading this far - I would appreciate anything anyone else has to share.
:)