Hey..I have a story to share..I think I am going crazy, hopefully not.
So I will summarize this as best as a I can..
In august 2015 suddenly I had a few days of difficulty breathing..like I couldn't take a deep breath and it was never satisfying. and as if the air is thick and dirty and doesn't satisfy me when taking the breath.
This happened to me before that, about twice a year..I never really paid attention to it as it passed after 1-2 days.
Well this time, after those 2 days, it didn't pass, and I started panicking.
I was never an anxious person..but I started getting some serious panic attacks, and that was like that for 2 days, until I went to a lung doctor who said my lungs are amazing bla bla and he doesn't know what it is, and sent me fast to a hospital to do a scan..
They found that I had the smallest amount of air in my chest space..and diagnosed as sponatanues penumodastium or whatever it's called.
I was in the hospital for 3 days for so they could check me, after 3 days they released me and told me rest for 30 days and it will gradually get better.
Needless to say, the air from my lungs disappeared but the feeling I had before panic attacks never disappeared.
I went to two lung doctors and they said it's all in my head.
Fair enough, I will just try to forget about it..I but I could'nt, I couldn't even speak at times..
I thought quitting smoking would help, I smoked 50 cigarettes a day by the age of 22 so I quit smoking (still a non-smoker) but it didn't help even one bit.
I tried some breathing method called buteyko which just made it worse because it made me think of my breathing which made it worse..
At that point I was sure it's anxiety.
But then, few months later, I started having the WORST heartburns and crazy gas and bloating..
Now I remembed I was diagnosed with H pylori 5-6 years ago and my teens so I did a test and it was positive with 340% above normal.
I went on an antibitoc treatment which killed the bacteria..confimed.
However at that point the heartburn (acid reflux) became worse, I was diagnosed with IBS and I literally can't eat anytthing for the past 13 months..this IBS is killing me..and I am taking medication against acis reflux which helps, but doesn't help the IBS.
All this time, to this date, my breathing is the same.
There are better times and there are worse times..
Then in about summer 2016..I developed this weird sensitivity to smells.
I literally CANNOT breath, feel like I'm choking when there is perfume, something baking in the oven, cigarette smoke..
My performance at the gym is stagnated, I am not advacing since that breathing thing happened.
I also wake up to pee 1-2 times a night with a full bladder and I don't drink too many but I do make sure I am always hydrated.
Mid 2016 another thing appeared out of the blue where at the end of when I'm peeing, it hurts like hell in my lower abdomen, deep inside..it happens on random, completely.
It just came out of NOWHERE!!
I had blood tests, multiple times - all good
I was at the urologist - we did an ultrasound..he said it's all good
I was at 2 long doctors - all good
I was at gastrologist - told me I have IBS but that's it..H pylori's dead
I did a stool test for worms or anything like that, nothing found.
What is going on?!?
I was a strong, healthy pretty energetic young man at 22 and then since the breathing happened in august 2015..my life has been going downhill..new issues keep popping up, I feel worse every day.