I suffer with "air hunger" as a lot of us anxiety sufferers do. However, lately I have been struggling to get a breath and really have to force it.
Starting a few weeks ago, I noticed a strange involuntarily in take of breath that happens randomly and sounds like after you've been crying hard and you do a shuddering or double breath.
Anyway, I put it down to anxiety air hunger, then a week or so ago it happened when I woke up in the morning - the first breath I took (while I was still semi conscious) was a shudder/double breath. Now every morning since then it has happened. During the day I am doing similar big breaths and occasionally shuddering, sometimes sighing.
Now my voice is slightly hoarse when talking and specifically on certain letters, it kind of trails off.
I'm a 'mouth breather' as my sinuses are always blocked. My exhale seems longer than it should be & I always feel slightly bloated/full after eating.
Can anyone help me? I'm scared I will stop breathing in my sleep & there's something really wrong with my lungs.