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help me relax

have never had anything like this only
now since this chest congestion started
back in sept.I had just quit smoking went to dr with coughing and whizzing in my chest,last for months, dr said ciggs had cought up with me and I might have copd, Ever since after reading so much about this
I got this attack that I thought I was suffercating not good. my dr says fvc1 74% ct scan looks not to bad diagphram is good.
I don't ever know if I do have copd DR just says probably after smoking so long we would all have it.that is not an answer,I want to know for a fact.I am feeling panic and this needs to stop I never had this even when my wife died afew years ago after 27yrs together
I can not go through this stuff again please someone advice me I can't relax day or night.
there has to be a way to calm down feel helpless.live alone my two girl don't ever call to see how I am doing.sorry for venting
thank you for all your kind replies.Morgan
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For your anxiety, you may want to try medication and a homeopathic product that really helps --- it is called "Rescue Remedy" and you can buy it at almost any healthfood store or online.

Glad you are feeling better.... hope the anxiety passes real soon.
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Thank s for your kind reply, I am no longer having a problem  with my cough or wheezing my chest seems to have cleared up lately dr put me on flovent but now I have stoped taking it. But I seem to have developed some king of anxiety
and had a full blown panic attact to other day I thought I was suffercating. Just thinking of what copd can do to you makes me freak out. I never had this before, maybe I read to much lol. I want to get of medication I have been on ambian and larazapam have been taking this for about two years maybe they don't work anymore, was thinking of raiseing the dosege. I know I don't want to get that feeling again. thank you again Morgan

PS I hope that all tha tcoughing was my lungs trying to clear them selfs.
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Are you coughing up anything ? I do know that many people who stop smoking, can often have months of where they are coughing up brown stuff. Most of the time, it is just their lungs cleansing and clearing themselves out.

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Gallbladder stones or sludge can cause chest pain and shortness of breathe. before i accept anxiety as a diagnosis I would get a complete physical.
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Lori,
I just have to ask if there is any chance of mold growing in your home?
I have had alot of problems,and been through many tests, which do not show this.  I wish they would make a test for this, in regular blood tests.
We rented our home out for a yr. and came back to water damage...
WE just recently found alot of mold under our carpet, and started on ripping it up.  We also found mold behind our bathroom wall.  Since I am fed up with the tests, I am taking benadryl, and a natural antibiotic, and will see if I have improvement as this mold is removed from our home.  I never knew everything it could cause, untill I looked it up on the internet.  This is just not something the drs think of!  Please consider this a dangerous thing, as you search the internet to see what it can cause.
I was amazed at what I learned!
I was told I had an anxiety attack and had none of the symptoms of an anxiety attack.  I thik perhaps when they dont know, they automatically call it anxiety.  This could leave alot of people untreated for the REAL problem.
Please read up on this, if there is any chance mold is in your home.  The drs need to start taking this more serious!
Thank You,
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I wonder how many ofthese people with breathing problems have mold hidden in thier homes?
I have been sick, with alot of these problems, and my sister reminded me of moldy carpet I pulled up by myself. I have been through many tests with nothing confirmed.  WE are now pulling all of this carpet up.  We had rented our home out to tenants that left much water damage, that we could see.  We are now finding things we couldn't see. Mold behind the bathroom wall, and under all of these carpets.  I was never so sick, so it makes me wonder if this could be a problem for alot of people?  
I think this needs to be looked into and including somehow in the medical tests.
Thank You,
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my breathlessness is getting worse since about 2 years ago. i feel chest tightness and now getting chest pains. lots of palpitations too at rest or exercise. even simple things like brushing teeth or taking shower (esp when moving upper body) makes me breathless. i constantly have a tight/stretched feeling in my central chest towards to throat. and i feel constantly not enough air 24 hours a day. it's definitely getting worse. the tightness/stretched feeling makes me want to cough up 'that thing' but it usually turns out to be 'blook streak sputum'. i feel so scared. i have lots of investigations eg stress test, echo, CXR, bronchoscopy, OGD , PFT, etc. blood tests of ANA ESR are high. PFT normal at one time but restrictive pattern at one time. my echo show increase pulmonary artery pressure at one time but normal at the other. i am so confused and worried. i have a feeling that something very wrong/serious is happening to me. alarmed when coughing up blood. seems that my middle inside chest all stuck together because whenever i lie down i can actually feel a mass pushing inside my chest and cause my swallowing saliva problem and i can hear gurggling noise down my throat.
what is happening? i am scared. any comments?
God bless everyone.
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-worried Zoe
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