Originally Posted by
ankietyjoe
I moved last year, to cut a long story short the move was extraordinarily stressful. I 'beat' anxiety a long time ago and don't really suffer with anxiety per se any more. I can control panic, and know what to do.
However.
The move destroyed me for a couple of months, and my breathing became horrendous. I wasn't anxious, I was just physically and mentally exhausted. I spent most of my day feeling like I was gasping for breath, and it was 24/7 for about 6-7 weeks until I ended up carting myself off to A&E, where of course they found nothing.
You say you've experienced anxiety before, so I would suggest taking a little mental audit of your life to see if there's anything going on that's causing underlying stress, there usually is. It's often things that we've become used to, but that are still having the effect of causing a lot of physical tension. And of course, pay attention to any kind of reflux or GERD that you're experiencing.
You don't have to be in blind panic mode to have the feeling of breathlessness, especially that feeling of not being able to take a full breath. That's exceptionally common.