I had breathing problems a couple weeks ago and have throughout the years. It typically is anxiety related as we are worrying about our health. Breathing is something our bodies automatically do and the more we worry about it the more our bodies stress out over it.
Get it checked out but more than likely anxiety related. I have have panic attacks at night for years and just come to accept them as me worrying about my health.

What do you take that helps you?

I would ask your doctor for a reccomendation of what to take. I take Zoloft, it works for me.

Just talk to your doctor about what you are feeling and what is going on with you. Let her/him worry about what to give you for it. Everyone is different. It took me awhile to figure out why I had my attacks, but maybe if you figure it out it will help. Unerstanding them; why they happen will help.
Jenn

Thank you, I do not have faith in my doctor right now, mu husband has been having a problem with his Wellbution, he has 11 Puking
2- Dizzy
3- Hard to leave the house
4- Problems getting a depth breath
5- Cant sleep
6- Not hungry much
7- Very Emotional
8- Cant drive
10-Gets the shakes
11-Gets angry fast
12-Blurred vision
13-Hallucinations
14-Panic attacks/anxiety
15-No engery
16- Hard to get out of bed and take a shower
and the doctor up'ed his med's insteading of changing it...

I do things naturally now. I take gaba which calms the nerves as is a neurotransmitter for the brain which we need and gets depleted during stress, 5 htp is good for depression/anxiety, and magnesium, vitamin Bs (or a good vitamin, and fish oil capsules, and a good probiotic, melatonin is good for sleep too.
I also take klonopin as an as needed basis. I also see a natural path and chiro. I think that if meds are causing more harm than good for you or your husband I would rather experience the anxiety and or depression than staying in bed for days.
Everyone is different and meds work for some and too many side effects for others. I took something for 10 years and had a bad experience, but everyone reacts differently. (I don't want to exclude people who need meds and this is just my opinion).
From what I have read and know that meds treat symptoms but do not actually deal with the root cause. Sometimes our bodies are nutritionally deprived as well and we do not have enough vitamins and minerals to sustain due to high stress levels.

I was on paxil and lorazepapm for 8 years. They worked well for me and finally took myslef off of them over a year ago. I will say that i took myself off cus the meds did take away the anxiety/panic attacks but it also made me feel nothing else. I was never mad, anxious or scared but I was also never happy, excited or surprised. At first I was fine with it but as the years went on, I realized that the possibility of feeling anxious and panicky was worth the risk to feel happiness and joy again.

It was great for a while but then I had throat surgery a couple of months ago and the meds and feeling in my throat brought my panic attacks with a vengeance. So I put myslef back on the lorazepam and it helps to take the edge off. I also started to listening to some anxiety CBT programs, looked into meditation and tapping and went the whole last week with no meds. But then last night, I had a nightmare that where my throat was closing up on my and I couldn't breathe and I woke up in a MAJOR panic attack for the first time ever from sleep. So I took the lorazepam and it helped. I'm still debating on whther or not I can handle this anxiety(which has not gone away since this morning) and lack of sleep(I woke up after only 3 hours sleep) without the lorazepam. In short, lorazepam works to take the edge off so you might want to talk to your doc about that. Just try not to be depenadnat on it, rather use it to cover the symptoms while you learn to understand and control your anxiety.

Thank You All, I decided to keep my appointment tomorrow with the doc, I will let you know how it goes.

You may need to be patient with your doc...If he doesn't know you well enough or long enough he may not feel that a longterm medication is the way to go yet. Don't be mad, he's just doing his job. It's a good time to decide if you think he's listening to you. I would tell him that you would like another appointment to touch base on this in two or three weeks, if he doesn't suggest it. Meanwhile, start some exercise and making some lifestyle changes to hold up your end of the treatment. Very Best Wishes!

Thank you, I hope it goes good, I need to be in tip top shape in my mind and health, since my husband is out of work and I am the only one working, we can't afford anything to go wrong.

I am on valium at the moment. Hang on and keep your drs appt.,

Thank you all for the positive advice, you guys are all I have!