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Can't breath properly.
Siena
Posts: 15,687 Skive's The Limit
Honestly the last week or so I can not breath properly and I am so fed up of having to take deep breath to catch my breath. Helppp. It could be from stress. I do get this off and on when practical stressed. And my gp always just says it stress cause x ray shows nothing. Okay so I'm just meant to live with that. It also annoys my family cause they feel stressed hearing me trying to breath.
Feel so out of breath right now 😭😭😭😭😭
Not being over dramatic feel like I'm dying a lot and not getting enough oxygen
Feel so out of breath right now 😭😭😭😭😭
Not being over dramatic feel like I'm dying a lot and not getting enough oxygen
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It's positive that they didn't see anything on X-ray, but can understand it will still be stressful!
I think if you're really worried you can definitely see a GP for a second opinion.
It could well be stress/anxiety, or maybe even hayfever if you get it, the pollen count is awful lately x
I think its a good sign the doctors aren't worried, but not fair to leave it at that and not try to figure out what you could do to help, try some breathing exercises, and see another GP if you're worried
That does horrible to be experiencing, if you are worried still then I do echo what @Past User says and maybe worth visiting type GP for a second opinion or ask if there is any other support they could provide you 💗
Breathing exercises and meditation may help if you could try them?
Hope you are okay x
Sending hugs. We are here for you
I completely understand how scary this may be so I just wanted to send lots of hugs. Something that I might suggest is keeping a diary for a while about what you have been doing and how you have been feeling each day, and how your breathing has been that day. You could then take that back to your GP and work together to see if there are any patterns that may be causing this at all?
The reason I suggest this is because if they can't see anything on X-rays it may be more of an external thing causing this, and a diary might be a good way of identifying this But this is just one suggestion - we are not medically trained so in any health doubt I would always recommend visiting your GP again. It can be really frustrating when they can't find the cause first time round but it is absolutely okay to keep on asking - you are so important and they are there to help you
Take good care!
this did start again when i had 10,000 words to do in 2 weeks so thats how thought is stress again. But i handed in the assigments and still not going
I am really struggling to breath even more today to point its been hard to speak with my family because I need to stop speaking every second to try take lots of deep breath to feel ive caught my breath but hard to take deep breath & doesnt but i feel out breath again a few mins later anyway and i feel like crying im so fed up.
So then im just like its probably getting worse cause im thinking about it too much. But idek. The cause, because its happening at night too and surely i cant be that stressed when i am asleep so ive been "overthinking" and came to solution my heart is failuring from low iron.
I thought oh this feels proper bad maybe i should see my gp tomorrow. But ive literally said so many times tonight "i cant breath". And they just stare and say is annoying to hear me deep breath all the time. But they dont seem concerned so i dont get if i should be or they just dont care. And id think theyd say maybe see your gp but no ones said that. They do know i get it when i am stressed though s maybe thats why. But still.
I don’t know. Im going to go and search more on the internet of causes
but have googled it all. So im pretty sure they call it dyspnea (shortness of breath and feeling like cant deep breath properly). And lots of things can cause that like Anxiety & like heart & lung disease & all sorts. But i dont really have any other symptoms so it is just probably stress or/and anxiety 😒which is annoying because i want it to stop😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
and it does say being over weight can cause it. But im underweight but recently ive only been eating mostly junk so maybe its gone all to my heart & become diabetic?
it does say on one site that if its interferring with your daily life to seek help immediately.
I’m not a doctor so don’t quote me on this but I doubt that you have anything like diabetes 💗 Not from just having some chocolate and junk food recently... it sounds horrible having to put up with it everyday and can hear how distressing it is for you.
Maybe it is worth going to your GP again or ring 111 because I’m guessing you worrying about what it is is maybe making it worse? Xx
Just state how it’s really effecting your day to day life and I’m sure they will try and help a bit more 💗
Lots of love,
Butterfly x
I didnt see my gp but Im going to ring 111 in the morning because im not coping & i cant deal with it any longer. And i am thinking about dying a lottt. so i don’t know if id be ringing 111 option 2 (mental health crisis) or 111
And in this paragraph i was meaning my family but didnt even write that lol.
But now My sister is really worried now because is so bad.
I did the 111 online where they ask question related to the main syptom & one question was "are you on contracetive pill" & then it said i should see my gp with 2 hours & if not go to walk in centre. Im guessing cause the pill can give you blood clots which can be hard to breath & then die wehn dont get oxgyen in the end & people have actually died from the pill. But for me maybe just coinencidence.Because already out of breath before starting it but has been lot worse since on it but hardly been on it for long. But tbh im hoping i am dying. Ik maybe overdramatic but honestly feels like death
and shouldnt ring 111 if its just anxiety. That would be waste of their time
also my right shoulder has started hurting so obviously i google that sypmtom & it came up with Heart attack. But i think i know it may not actually be - because when i try to deep breath i have to like put weight down on my body to like try hard to catch my breath & most of weight is on right arm so yeah maybe not heart attack ((((((
PTW
& this has been really annoying to write cause ive wrote "suicidal" a lot but i shouldnt if i should stick to my peer training since "suicide/suicidal" is none recovery word & in training they said to use the lanaguage everywhere. So i tried to write "thinking about ending my life" in the first para - which is what im meant to say instead - but that looked too concerning as dk, sounds like plans so idek how to stick to my training & idek why thats bothering me when wanna die lol. So i thought about wording it like"been thinking about dying" but even then thats different to thinking about ending your life. Omggg i just get too stressed over everything & clearly cant handle life.
PTW
I am safe rn. Just saying i have been thinking lot about dying, probably no one will ever know to full extent of that or how hard life is for me rn but is shit & i don’t know what to do anymore. Theres no hope for some of things affecting me.
Im also annoyed for how many times i say i wanna die but still alive. Although the most less "suicidal" ive been was in training and maybe that was because it was interesting rountine & less lonely but dek i dont think will find rountine which will enjoy again
Ans my older sister just told me we are suppose to never take the pill. Only take the mini pills cause mum has had deep vein thrombosis. So yeah actually possible has got worse from the pill
hVe work @ 12:30. With any luck can skip work
wish i got appointments this soon for my MH
He kept speaking about my mental healht was really nice and support of it but not mental health i cant breatj and just meant to carry on
kept saying i look anxious and do i want someone else. Im not anxious i cant beeath
I really hope your appointment goes okay today. Let us know how you get on
It sounds like you've been really struggling recently particularly when you've been home on your own. You're doing really well. Fighting through these thoughts can be so hard and it's really positive to see that you've been reaching out for support from a few different organisations to help you through this. Was there anything in particular that helped you through yesterday when you were home alone? Perhaps writing this down could be helpful to read back on when you're next home alone.
I know you've been to Mind's sanctuary before and found it helpful. Is that something you might find helpful to go to again? They are open seven days a week from 6pm to 1am if you'd find that helpful to go to today. Samaritans and Crisis Messenger are also available 24/7 anytime you want to reach out to someone.
I am safe rn. Just saying i have been thinking lot about dying, probably no one will ever know to full extent of that or how hard life is for me rn but is shit & i don’t know what to do anymore. Theres no hope for some of things affecting me.
Im also annoyed for how many times i say i wanna die but still alive. Although the most less "suicidal" ive been was in training and maybe that was because it was interesting rountine & less lonely but dek i dont think will find rountine which will enjoy again
It sounds like you've been thinking a lot about dying recently. I can really hear how hard life is for you right now. Do you want to talk a bit more about that?
You mentioned that you know exactly what you want to change to enjoy your life, but it's something that you don't think is possible. Can I ask what it is you'd like to change?
You also mentioned there's something going on in your life that you feel like you can't say. I just wanted to let you know we're all here to listen and we won't judge you for anything you say. We really care about you and want to help you as much as we can.
I'm really glad you're still here with us Shaunie. You really are so strong for fighting through everything
In appointment he just basically said is anxiety but check with gp if have astma but nothing emergancy now feel bad for wasting time. And disappointed im not dying of heart failure or blood clot.:(. I fewl like crying. But need to go to work cause i owe too much money to family lol😭i brang my work top with me but am wearing white adidas trainers lol which theyre going to proper have go at me cause not suppose to wear branded trainers let alone anything other than black.
I have heart beats everywhere esp in my legs so i thought i had blood clot lolll
yesterday i used crisis messenger twice in morning so maybe how. But i dont think can use much more times before they say i am using too much . Im sure samaratians are ignoring my messages but not my emails. Paprus are shit for messages.
And i cant even make a new email address and tell samaratians annoymously about my "challenge" cause am embarrassed so idek what to do anything. I cant change it if cant even get help for it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭. Maybe one day will say here cause i like here but idek
im really fed up.
Wanted to die today then realise is fathers day then thought maybe selfish so maybe not then thought omg youre just coward and making reasons. Now im just sad and dek what to do with life anymore. But trying. Just so shit.
(Dont have plans now) im just dont want to be alive ((
I keep searching everything on internet
And im just like "no is okay, i just wont breath" then put the phone down loll
now im feeling really bad for being so rude. Ik not her fault. But im so fed up and agitated from not breathing properly 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭i just want to killmyself omg
Omg hate myself
i just rang them now to say that i am really sorry for being rude and putting phone down and yeah she was really nice about it.
And then she went on how i need to speak to someone at least today. And how she will get one of them to ring me today. And she is a nurse. A nurse who tells me its stress and anxiety. So can see how this conversaton is going to go anyway. Then she just rang me again to say they have had a cancelation so can come in at 12
But if does say its anxiety i will try to not to get annoyed or speak about the science of it lol cause it could be. But will ask what can help me then. Cause yeah i do not think once we have ever spoke about ways to cope with it. Probably cause i like to speak about how physical the airways and how stress can do it lolll cause im always like " i just dont understand how my brain can make me not breath properly". Lol. And they probably think me knowing how - makes me less anxious in thinking something physical. I do still think is somethig phsyical tho
I feel like crying over everything 😭
But given me precription for an inhaler and an appointment with someone else who does reapiritory to check for asthma for next week. And it would be good to know if the inhaler helped at all. Never had inhaler before. & why does it take so long to test for asthma. Thought would be like breath into this and thats it
She said if it looks like i dont have random onset of asthma then it is anxiety and would have to go down the route of refereals to mental health teams and couselling for anxiety😒😒😒😒 dont want to be under services again tbh. Get too attached so rather be by self now
But she said she thinks is anxiety & talked breathing excerises & how doing the training corse at recovery college & it finishing & then change & pressure of things may be anxiety
ive just used the inhaler and hasnt help at all //// and i didnt know they give it out randomly if dont know of have breathing challenges. //.
Hope i cant like overdose on oxgyen lol?
and i remember this time and it went. It feels like that But it feels twice as worse this time and dont think will go cause it feels more than stress.
The inhaler isnt helping at all. And if anything is making me feel worse. So guessing dont have asthma Which is shit cause i paid £9 for that when they dont know if even have asthma
But omgg im literally giving stress and anxiety to my sister and shes saying that watching me struggle to breath constantly is making her struggle to breath now and stressful to watch😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭making me more stressed lol😒😒😒😒😒
i would do breathing exercise but i dont think it is anxiety this time and i know i dont have asthma. So will be really anoying that they will label it anxiety otherwise. When still could be other things so would still ask for more tests like diabetes
litwrally cant have many more days feelings like this. Is sooo frustating. Ive tried to distract myself but isnt helping
I actually think im just going to ring my gp again tomorrow morning because no ones taking this seriously. Im literally suffering right now and feel like im dying so i may aswell kil myself.
Im going to ring and say that i don’t know if can help but i still cant breath and i honestly cant last any longer
i just want to sleep 😭😭😭😭😭😭 i litterally feel like my face may be blue right now
omggg. If you can breath properly right now BE VERY GRATEFUL
edit - downloaded load of games on phone to see will help to distract. Ive tried lots of breathing stuff and not helping since is all about deep breathing
Sending hugs
Did the games help distract you? We are here for you
nothing is helping me distact. Ive hardly slept.
really struggling to breath and not killmyself right now 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
i rang 111 they told me to go to walk in centre or ring my gp to ask for appointment again today. So rang gp. Have appointment for 5:10. Is with actual doctor this time not nurse, so dunno if will make any difference. I just want medicatio. But swear that would be too late to go get anything
But fml im really thinking about ending my life