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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...

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dks07
dks07
i'm having a really tough time going to sleep at night, i feel like i can't breath so i get up pace around llay back down and it goes on all night .... even when i talk i feel out of breath... i've been to every test and doctor possible to check my breathing and everything has come back negative ... i literally have done a lung capacity test, E.K.G., blood work, chest x-rays, went to a throat sspecialist and had a tube w/ a light through my nose and down my throat and with all of that just still feel the same way and my eating habits have been horrible i have a rough time swallowing foods its as if i have no swallowing reflexes does anyone have these problems
deleted_user
deleted_user
Reading this post sent chills up my spine because this was me 20 years ago! I think my number one physical complaint back then was not being able to breathe well....I thought for sure I was dying....I had every test done and they found nothing......I realize now that it was my anxiety.....I started seeing a therapist in my early twenties and it helped immensely (although I was still convinced for years that I had a physical condition).....what I know now is that I did have a physical condition!! Our mind, spirit and body work together....my mind was saying "I don't trust this world" and my body took that as a sign to respond in many ways.....I am rambling here a bit but the good news is that as we grow these things change and maybe our anxiety will manifest in other ways but I am 41 now and truly starting to feel so much better about my life......I wish you the same....
DogCrazy
DogCrazy
I think that breathing problems and feelings of not being able to swallow is common in anxiety, i have this problem too but not to the extent you have it.
Have you thought about taking anxiety med an hour before you eat, it might help.
xx
deleted_user
deleted_user
My biggest symptom at 9 yrs old was feeling like I couldn't breath. I would spring out of bed gasping, scared to death. That was 38 yrs ago and anxiety wasn't discussed much in adults, let alone kids. My Mom just thought I was trying to stay up later and sent me back to bed saying there was plenty of air, help myself !! (she meant no harm )..... As the years have gone by the attacks have come and gone and the symptoms have changed their priority. Now the racinng heart is the worst, making me dizzy, light headed and feeling as if can't get enough air to sustain the rapid rate. I do the paper bag breathing, while pacing around outside (usually at 2 or 3 AM ) and it helps.