Difficulty breathing and unable to complete a yawn

[momsblessings]

I have been having a hard time getting a full breath and am unable to complete a full yawn at times, however, I yawn excessively even if not complete.  This inability to get a Breath results in chest pain, throat/jaw tightness, and headache, where my head feels woozy.  I was diagnosed with a mild case of vocal cord dysfunction and went through speech therapy.  I am continuing to have problems and I am unsure if the VCD is what is causing it or something else.  I also have a lump area between my 2nd-3rd ribs (or so) on the right side that is unknown, and I have had a history of neuroma's in the rib area on my posterior side in the past.  My past medical history is that I have complicated migraines, mitral valve prolapse, and was anemic but now I am not.  I had been on Topamax which put me into metabolic acidosis so I am still recuperating from that.  Most recent labs said I was WNL on my metabolic panel, but I still feel horrible and cannot breath well, nor do I have any energy/stamina to do things like I normally do. I just turned 42 yrs. old and have 3 kids, so I have a busy lifestyle typically, but I am having a very hard time doing anything with the difficulty breathing and chest pain issues.  No one can figure out why I cannot YAWN normally and the pulmonologist just feels it is only VCD, but it is not improved since going through therapy.  Any suggestions?
Thank you.

[daedae123]

difficult breathing and unable to complete a yawn

[eljared]

Hi all

My partner his just had this problem come on in the last few weeks. It is gradually getting worse. She has had it several times in her distant past in quite isolated instances, say 1-2days intermittently.

We are going to start a diary to see if we can find a correlation. Also we will try and 'train' her diaphram.

Has any one else tried to document their experience in high detail?

[Shelleyscribe]

I have had unsatisfactory yawning on and off for months and now I am having difficulty breathing properly and a feeling of congestion. I have a hiatal hernia and wonder if this is contributing to the shortness of breath?

[steveso]

I have had the same exact symptoms for years. No medication helps! My condition occurs when there is a major change in the weather, such as a change in barometric pressure. Doctors have attributed it to my chronic sinusitis and GERD. I've tried every medication available and nothing helps.

[Bobmon54]

I've recently developed the inability to complete a yawn regularly. I believe it's partly related to another problem I have. I start to fall asleep and jolt awake trying to breath.My diaphragm loses connect to my brain. I get massive numbness in my lower arms and legs, My vision goes independent and I feel like losing consciousness. I'm sure I was near death 2 weeks ago. I called an ambulance after  3 spells in an hour. Tests all came back negative (EKG,CT scan blood) I saw a good Dr who researched and came back with CCHS
(Ondine's curse) Possibly fatal resp. failure. More Drs and tests coming. I'm terrified I'll die every time I go to sleep. Good luck

[ghalee]

I also have same problem with me from 2006  I think its because of hormone or emotional things and also sleep disturbance ( sleep late and wake uplate) also the soul is not comcomfortable need some kind of soul resting pure love between you and your lover or you and god ....i mean the problem is in soul ....rest your soul you will bd ok


thanks

[nateclaflin]

I too have had this issue. Both several years ago when i was going through a 'bad-phase' in my life and it kinda just went away, and in just the past few days, along with the shortness of breath i've had a minor tension-headache and constant yawning, i agree with the person above that mentions deep-belly-breathing though as i have been doing such for about an hour now and it does seem to be working

now for the embarrasing part....
i feel like i've been modifying my breathing habits recently cause i've put on some weight and have been embarrased by it so i have been doing some more upper chest breathing that i think did sparked the problem. I've also been under a bit of stress (full-time university and part time work) so i think the combo added together re-ignited this problem. if you can control your breath i'm nearly positive this issue will go away, hope this helps someone and i hope my issue continues to alleviate till it's gone

thanks