SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
Usually when I don't get enough air it is when I am in the mall or some other place and when I get outside into the fresh air, I feel better.
Can you inflate a balloon?
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I am one of those "sensitive" people who doesn't like to be in crowded places , cities etc. Knowing and accepting it makes lot easier to not to judge ourselves. Since the topic of inflating balloons for smokers came up, I too have to try it out however silly it may look.
There could be a combination of things going on and I think would be good for you to examine what’s happening a bit more closely to decide if you need to see health professional.
For me anxiety in the past has caused me to hyperventilate and not be able to get a proper breath in. So I was really tense in my solar plexus region and had difficulty getting a ‘lung full’ of air due to not activating my diaphragm hardly at all. Also I couldn’t expand my left lung from a subtle congenital scoliosis. Then all the emotional load that held all that securely in place.
Add to that food sensitivities and a chronic fungal infection in my sinuses contributing to apical (breathing in upper chest) breathing patterns. All this completely undetected by any health profession because it was with me my entire life and therefore was my baseline. So for me the functional small lung volume meant I was often operating/exercising anaerobically and then became adapted to that and no dysfunction was picked up.
I started to figure it all out when I evaluated in detail how I was breathing. Then started the long hard yards to correcting these problems and really digging into the causes.
Fresh airflow is an important treatment for any anxiety related breathing dysfunction.
I agree, also knowing that we need to do things to feel safe in these types of public spaces. I use relaxation techniques, and mental images to create a bubble of protection as I’m pretty sure there is an ‘unseen’ component that feels overwhelming in crowded environments.
Hope that helps you to look at it a bit more closely as breathing is a key component to self work.
Bastian
The Living Force
I strongly support this idea : you should tell a MD about it and maybe take such a test.
Spirometry - Wikipedia
Do not procrastinate !
"You should always take shortness of breath seriously," stresses Dr. Safdar.
Indeed.
Also, in my own experience, swimming regularly, even softly, but with the head inside water (and maybe with a tuba), helps a lot to improve one's breathing ability. But before that you should visit a MD.
SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
No, I haven't. I will after my wrist has healed, I will wear a cast for 3 more weeks, have small fractures and a broken bone after skateboarding and falling.
I was at a museum 2 weeks ago with my grandpa and I started having problems breathing so we had to cancel going for the car, when we drove off my body started tingling just a little and I got dizzy. Yesterday I was talking with someone and when I gasped for air I got dizzy again, had to focus, then it was over in a couple of minutes.
That really doesn't sound good. I hope you can see a doctor very soon and get it sorted out. May your arm heal quickly.
Happy Poo
Jedi
Hi there, just read this discussion and thought that I'd mention, its probably worth asking about checking your heart out when you see the docs, with any kind of dizzy spells..
I doubt very much that there's anything going on at all, as I see how young you are but it's always good to check, just for piece of mind.. Not to make you worry or anything! :)
I've just had a couple of experiences with this in the past with a few of my relatives and Sometimes the doctors don't always check this out, just to say.
And hope you don't mind me adding to this.. Good luck.
SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
I have been vaping more than smoking regular cigarettes which I almost quit some years ago. I only smoke regular ciggarettes when I have been having anxiety, but I have been vaping daily for a year or two now. I have also been using snus as well as smoking since I was 15 years old or so. My breathing was very weak these last 2 weeks, so I stopped out of fear, all tobacco/nicotine products, and now I feel normal with my breathing. I still have my appointment tomorrow. I think I may be allergic to something in these Vape Soul e-cigarettes, or at least I had a reaction to them because I bought some new flavors and after that I was choking for air. I never get a nicotine kick, I just smoke because it feels good to inhale, and snus because it adds flavor.
I'll stay nicotine free, at least for now.
I checked my heart a few times with EKQ. The last time was half a year ago, I think. It looked good.
I'll stay nicotine free, at least for now.
I checked my heart a few times with EKQ. The last time was half a year ago, I think. It looked good.
Happy Poo
Jedi
Hi Thanks for reply, this may be the same as ECG or echocardiogram in Uk I'm thinking.. Glad you've checked it out, I've had ecg done too. The machine that measures the electrical patten of your heart and prints it out, or you see the pattern on a screen.. There are more in depth checks they can do too though if necessary, i can't remember which though. Hope it gets sorted soon :)
SHNAGFNAY
Jedi Master
So, the doctor couldn't find anything wrong with me. I also mentioned that I could not inflate a balloon and he thought that was strange. Since I felt better these last few days, being off the e cigarettes, I should wait and contact them again, if it begins happening again.
