skippy66
15-07-10, 08:50
The last 2 nights have been awful for me, I've been struggling to get a proper breath and unable to sleep properly. Does anyone get this?
I've had my heart checked and the fact that this SOB gets better with exercise makes me think it's probably not my heart. So google gives me the following possibilities:
- Allergies. I am allergic to dust and pollen, but I changed my sheets last night and bought a new pillow and it made no difference. I also took benadryl before bed.
- asthma. I tested negative for this as a kid, I don't really wheeze and my problem seems to get better with exercise not worse.
- GERD. I've just finished a course of acid blockers, but I wasn't feeling any heartburn last night so seems unlikely that was the cause of my SOB.
- Anxiety. The SOB seems too 'real' for anxiety to be the cause, and this gets worse when I lie down which makes it more likely a physical problem than psychological.
- then the scary stuff like pulmonary edema and cancer, but does anyone know if these would make SOB worse with exercise?
I'm at my wits end really tired and this in itself is making my SOB worse.
I've had my heart checked and the fact that this SOB gets better with exercise makes me think it's probably not my heart. So google gives me the following possibilities:
- Allergies. I am allergic to dust and pollen, but I changed my sheets last night and bought a new pillow and it made no difference. I also took benadryl before bed.
- asthma. I tested negative for this as a kid, I don't really wheeze and my problem seems to get better with exercise not worse.
- GERD. I've just finished a course of acid blockers, but I wasn't feeling any heartburn last night so seems unlikely that was the cause of my SOB.
- Anxiety. The SOB seems too 'real' for anxiety to be the cause, and this gets worse when I lie down which makes it more likely a physical problem than psychological.
- then the scary stuff like pulmonary edema and cancer, but does anyone know if these would make SOB worse with exercise?
I'm at my wits end really tired and this in itself is making my SOB worse.