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Can't get a deep breath / Difficulty Breathing

Hi - I've been having difficulty breathing for at least the last 9-10 years...and it's a daily thing.  I am 31 years old, am healthy (exercise almost daily, eat healthily, am not overweight, do not smoke, and only drink socially), and yet I always feel like my breathing is extremely laboured.  I constantly yawn to try to catch a satisfying breath.  There are some periods throughout the day where it's not laboured and I feel as if I breathe normally, but then it creeps up on me and I have to start yawning again.  My nose feels very clogged all the time and my chest, stomach, and back muscles feel very constricted when breathing.  It's especially noticeable when I am working out...especially running and lifting weights.  I have to stop every once in a while just to yawn (frustrating) to stop from getting dizzy.  It's also noticeable as I am trying to go to sleep and/or when I've had a glass or 2 of wine.  I was "diagnosed" with exercise-induced asthma 9-10 years ago, but I think this was a mis-diagnosis as the inhalers never work (I've tried all sorts) and they usually end up making me feel worse.  After using the inhaler I always end up coughing up fluid and my breathing sounds gurgle-ly  (so I don't take them any more unless I feel I really need to...note that I have never had a full blown asthma attack).  I'm worried that it could be something else (was exposed to TB as a teenager, but took the "horse pills" for 6 months and was told I was fine), but none of my doctors will really listen to me.  They see that I am slim and active, and they dismiss me - I live in the UK (free socialised healthcare - so not a lot of time to spend with patients).  Has anyone else experienced this?  I see lots of threads on here with the same topic, but they all have to do with taking medications, being overweight, being a current/past smoker, being depressed/having anxiety, etc.  Please help - I'm tired of living like this.  I'm worried that I could be living with something undiagnosed that could rear it's ugly head one day.
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Hiya I'm exactly the same can't even sing or say a full sentance without my breathing beinf what we call not normal iv been for ecgs blood test ect and nothing wrong I also got told it's my anxiety but for some unknown reason I do feel like it's more been like this for over 12 months now it's annoying and very upsetting can't do the things I used to do first have you tried getting rid of your anxiety as I struggle but need to overcome this it's how to overcome it
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IT IS PARASITES EVERYONE. DONT LISTEN TO REGULAR DOCTORS. FIND A HOLISTIC DOCTOR, NUTRITIONIST, DIETRICIAN AND ASK THEM TO DO EVERY TEST POSSIBLE. THEY ARE TRICKY TO FIND BUT DONT GIVE UP. YOU CAN BUY PARASITE CLEANSES ONLINE. PARAGONE IS A CHEAP EFFECTIVE CLEANSE. 95% OF AMERICANS HAVE OR HAD PARASITES IN THEIR LIFE. THEY ARE EXTREMELY COMMON YET GO UNACKNOWLEDGED BY TYPICAL DOCTORS.
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I am only 11 years old and I have been having breathing problems I do not have asthma. I also feel like there is something blocking my throat when I take deep breath.
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Try taking a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar organic Braggs with water when it happens it's often digestion related and water cures asthma and I've had this problem whenever I eat it's digestion related for me.
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It may be low iron. Doctors usually don't know a lot about vitamins so they say it is anxiety or asthma.  Low iron can cause labored breathing.  I changed vitamins and the new vitamin didn't have iron in it.  I started having the same symptoms with the labored breathing and yawning to get a good breath. I read up on vitamins.  I realized that my new vitamin didn't have iron so I went back to the old ones,(Flintstones Complete) which has 18 mg of iron. My breathing went back to normal in less than a week.  

Also, heart palpitations can be caused by low magnesium. Get some information on vitamins.  

Hope this helps!
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Hi adar..
R u from Israel?!!
Gam li yesh et habaaya azot..dabri iti
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