Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Hi all,
I've returned to the group after being out for a couple of years, as my anxiety has returned. This is discouraging. I have a big fear of having trouble breathing. Today I had to use my inhaler a few times and rarely have to use it. I don't know why but I have this big fear of having a blood clot that travels to my lungs (I know this is irrational)...and now I've convinced myself tonight that I will probably die if I fall asleep! Ridiculous I know! As I sit here a wheeze, I just get more anxious.
Anyone out there who has asthma and when they get anxious they wheeze with little other cause?
It seems like just being anxious is making me wheeze or the wheezing is making me anxious? Chicken or the egg?!
Either way...anxious over here and afraid of irrational bad things happening!
I've returned to the group after being out for a couple of years, as my anxiety has returned. This is discouraging. I have a big fear of having trouble breathing. Today I had to use my inhaler a few times and rarely have to use it. I don't know why but I have this big fear of having a blood clot that travels to my lungs (I know this is irrational)...and now I've convinced myself tonight that I will probably die if I fall asleep! Ridiculous I know! As I sit here a wheeze, I just get more anxious.
Anyone out there who has asthma and when they get anxious they wheeze with little other cause?
It seems like just being anxious is making me wheeze or the wheezing is making me anxious? Chicken or the egg?!
Either way...anxious over here and afraid of irrational bad things happening!
I know from experience that if you are using your inhaler multiple times a day, your asthma is not well-controlled. You may need to see your doctor to change up the meds. In the months before I was diagnosed with anxiety, I was having a lot of problems with my asthma and allergies. My doctor changed my meds and I started taking allergy shots and now I'm mostly symptom-free.
If you can get free of the wheezing, then you can try other things like breathing techniques to help deepen your breaths. I have found that yoga helps a lot, too.
Hang in there! I know it sucks.
My aunt had asthma from the time she was 2 years old due to physical stress of being very premature and having her tonsils out. She had bad wheezing at times till she got some good meds. Hers was due to that I believe.
Try and get good nutrition and practice relaxation. Enjoy happy thoughts and watch good--happy movies. Stay away from the news as much as possible! Talk to friends and I hope this thought helps!
Take care
M.