LHaving a bad time with anxiety and wanted to ask if anybody can relate, and for thoughts...
For a good few weeks I've had air hunger (had this on and off most of my life) - wanting to yawn or breathe deeply to get a satisfying breath. Often I can't and it feels stressful.
It isn't constant but is frequent.
Tonight I was making dinner and feeling okay (other than the usual sense of dizziness on occasion and indescribable head fog) and then suddenly had a strong wave of lightheadedness. I carried, trying to ignore it, and then:
- Feeling of lightheadedness
- Pressure in my sinuses
- Stuffy/congested sensation in my heart
- Skipped beats
- Panic
I calmed down and am now typing this.
I'm thinking it's my body's way to reset an imbalance in blood gases (due to the over-breathing) - or similar. I say this because it has happened like this before, but it always feel different; I was close to calling an ambulance but my wife helped calm me down.
Or perhaps it's not a blood gas rebalance but a rebalance of thoughts, as I have had a lot of anxious thoughts and unhealthy anxiety-inducing behaviours, such as checking my blood pressure.
Can you relate.
What are your thoughts?