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Suggest Remedy For Feeling Of Difficulty Breathing, Anxiety And Panic Attacks
Hello! I turn to you because I have posted my question to several sites with no answer. I have a problem with breathing. I think about it all the time and the reason is that I feel the breathing is TOO LOW, it is like I can't get a full breath and my body doesn't move along when I breathe. It gives me a hard time because I feel like I have some kind of burden in my back. I feel like I have to gasp for air because the air does not move when I breathe. It all started a year ago when I had a bad dream about having something in my throat. Waking up I still had this sensation and started to panic. Anxiety was growing and growing until I got hyperventilation - I felt very hot in rooms. Then my breathing suddenly started to CHANGE, I felt I could not go anymore as high as before. At one point there was extremely HOT until the sensation of surrounding air changed COMPLETELY. I felt like my breathing was fixed at a lower level. Two months after the beginning of anxiety my breathing had a final change, becoming very low. I could not feel the air entering my lungs. It has stayed like that after the end of last November. I still live but... this kind of breathing takes all the energy from me, causing extreme tiredness all the time. Has anyone experienced something like that? The tests do not show there is something wrong with breathing but I feel this is NOT RIGHT. This thought keeps creating constant anxiety for me. Have given up physical activities because they magnify the feeling that I can't get the needed deep breath. Thus I am gaining more and more weight. I don't have much hope left:(
I went through your details. I suggest you not to worry much. I sincerely opine that the problem you are facing now is of your own creation. Anxiety is such. Anxiety can make you feel and believe that you have serious physical problems. In actuality all these are simple creations of mind. More over you are troubld with health anxiety which can create chronic physical discomfort and pain without any physiological or neurological cause. In the beginning the patients never accept this fact. They go from doctor to doctor of every speciality. Every doctor tell the same, that this is due to anxiety. Only when there are no other options left, the patient admit. In your case, I am sure that you visited some doctors and they advised you about anxiety. Therefore, follow the simple method of psychotherapy with dedication. You will be alright, for sure.
If you still need my help, please describe the whole problem in detail and post a direct question to me. I shall definitely help you with psychotherapy techniques to over come your problems.
Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.
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Suggest Remedy For Feeling Of Difficulty Breathing, Anxiety And Panic Attacks
Dear Welcome to HCM We understand your concerns I went through your details. I suggest you not to worry much. I sincerely opine that the problem you are facing now is of your own creation. Anxiety is such. Anxiety can make you feel and believe that you have serious physical problems. In actuality all these are simple creations of mind. More over you are troubld with health anxiety which can create chronic physical discomfort and pain without any physiological or neurological cause. In the beginning the patients never accept this fact. They go from doctor to doctor of every speciality. Every doctor tell the same, that this is due to anxiety. Only when there are no other options left, the patient admit. In your case, I am sure that you visited some doctors and they advised you about anxiety. Therefore, follow the simple method of psychotherapy with dedication. You will be alright, for sure. If you still need my help, please describe the whole problem in detail and post a direct question to me. I shall definitely help you with psychotherapy techniques to over come your problems. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.