Anxiety breathing issues

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Well, a couple years ago I was having a hard time dealing with some things and past things such as my fathers crash and my hard path after that. I finaly broke down and took an antidepresent for a couple years, year and a half maybe. Anyways, it helped in many ways and other ways it sucked to put it straight. Long story, not today though. Most ppl dont care and thats fine, Im just venting a little and had a couple questions.


So, I finally weened off the med. Felt awful for 2 weeks, feel myself again now and its nice. Over the 2 years or so of the med I also did a lot of soul searching and growing spiritually nad just gaining some more understanding of things we cant change. So now Im good with all that and happy to move forward.


However,,,,,,,,,,,since I quite the med, every day except a few I have had that stupid butterfly in upper chest feeling with not always being able to take that good deep breath, then I finally get it. No pain, weezing, mucus or anything like that. Just a short breath feeling, then you focus on it and make yourself dizzy by breathing crazier. Anyways, I know it sounds like typical anxiety but I dont feel anxious at all. Its making me angry. I have no anxiety yet Im feeling the symptoms of it.

Since I smoked cigars for this last 10 years, I know Im only 35, but I had the docs check it out today. Normal lung capacity, 98 percent blood oxygen level. Lungs sound good, all that. They say its just some anxiety symptoms. Well what the heck. I feel great other than the same old neck issues, Im ready to move on.


Anyone else have this annoying breathing issue? I can run for 30 minutes easy kind of lol, bike 100 miles, pump weights, what gives? How can I make it stop without going back on the meds like they mentioned, give me a break.Its worse mid day and so on, until the gym or in the morning is better.Like right now its I can deep breath fine, but feel just a hint of the butterfly in the upper chest.
 
Do you think its caused by your recent family tragedy?
 
Its anxiety. I had it for 20 years. Its like you cant get a full breath. I used to find myself gasping at times. But....... Ever since I got sober, (3 yrs, 1 month, and 9 days ago) I no longer suffer from it.
 
robmcd;4536972; said:
Its anxiety. I had it for 20 years. Its like you cant get a full breath. I used to find myself gasping at times. But....... Ever since I got sober, (3 yrs, 1 month, and 9 days ago) I no longer suffer from it.
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Well, Im just a casual drinker and such, I dont know, the docs say their shouldnt be withdrawals from the med, online, at least a spillion ppl claim withdrawals lol. I just dont want the anxiety back, any of it. At least Im not feeling the anxious part, but Im sick of the chest feeling.
 
Study the meditation and relaxion techniques. Specifically, learn how to voluntarily trigger the relaxation response. You know the feeling you get when you step into a perfectly warm bath or experience a massive relief? What you do is find and activate the same nerves that create those waves of relaxing pleasure all over your body. Then you do it for a few minutes every day. Once you figure out how to do it quickly and without needing to even close your eyes, it's one of the best weapons against anxiety around. But can take a few weeks to really master. Some get it right away while some people need intense coaching and guided imagery at first.

Also, was it a MAOI and did you taper off the way you are supposed to? If so, give it a few weeks to correct. Your system has relied on that med for a long time and has some adjusting to do. Get plenty of sleep.
 
Great, Im going to be the one that needs the coach I bet. Maybe I can just buy a new puppy or something lol. Well thanks for the info though. I will look into it.

Jason
 
Puppies are very stressful. Adding more responsibility to your life is usually a bad idea when trying to decrease stress, which is really what most of us need to do in the first place.
I have had hypertension, high cholesterol, ADHD (who isn't? It's a pill scam!) and was diagnosed with a few mood disorders. Medication almost killed me because I didn't eat anything but breakfast for four years and weighed 82 pounds the whole time. I was 14 when a family friend came over and started asking questions. I was soon off the pills and took to bicycling. I didn't know why, I just needed the high and heavy exercise provided it. I gained 100 pounds that year. After years of alcohol and other addictions, I've learned that regular exercise, a low stress-load and a healthy diet along with intentional good thoughts and time to meditate every day let me live as the person I am without mood issues, without out-of-control thoughts and without any chemicals at all. I had to completely reinvent myself but I did. And it was worth it.

Oh, yeah, the hypertension is gone, my BP stays low and my pulse rate is usually in the 50's. The dietary changes had, I believe, the most impact in my general mood. My brain is still pretty scattered but I have learned when to ignore it. :D
 
muscle spasimns ( eye chest back hands )
exessive sweat roughly 1 cup per day from head band etc bad.
memory problems.
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These are signs of chronic stress and tension. Get rid of them.
 
I've dealt with social anxiety for about forever, and anxiety and panic attacks for 13 years now. I've been medicated the whole time and have tried coming off them a few times and failed. I then tried some other meds (because I became agoraphobic and never left the house for months at a time) and felt worse then ever. I'm back on the original meds (Paxil), and I get by, but I still get anxious a lot. If you can get some Xanax from a doctor, that may help when you get that heavy chest feeling. I find they help a lot, but unfortunately my doc took me off of them.:screwy:
 
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