Excessive Mucus, Shortness of Breath

[MarloLC]

I have been diagnosed with asthma, however the typical asthma treatments don't seem to help me. I have been to so many doctors including herbal doctors, and no one seems to have any answers.  I usually am clearing my throat all day and have had to start taking Mucinex on a daily basis to keep the mucus somewhat under control. I can't ever seem to get anything up when I clear my throat. I have also noticed in the past year that when I start to have an asthma attack (or at least what I think is asthma, I'm still questioning these attacks), my stomach will get nautious and I get extremely fatigued. I notice that during these attacks, the mucus won't move around.  It seems to just get thicker, and no matter what I do I can't get anything to come up. My attacks usually last about 3 - 4 hours.  When the mucus starts to finally move around, then I gradually start getting better. Because I have been to so many doctors and their treatments don't help me, they start looking for other alternative answers such as panic attacks. My question always is - explain the mucus then! Why does the mucus change when I get into these attacks? Why does the mucus change again and start to move again when the breathing attacks start to cease?  There does't seem to be a pattern either. I get these attacks at any time of year. Sometimes they last off and on for months, and then I can go months without them. It almost ALWAYS happens at night when I lie down to go to bed. I can usually tell when I'm going to have a breathing/mucus attack in the evening or early afternoon.Lead me in the right direction!

[Sqdancer]

Just read your comments, sounds sooo familiar. Have had excess mucous for three years now off and on. Lately it's been more on. Can not begin to tell you of the meds I've been on. I now go to an acupuncturist. She helped me after three visits. At least I can breath at night and get some sleep. She is helping me get my PH balance of my body back. We all eat too much acid foods. Check Acid/Alkaline food lists on the internet (your PH balance). IT WORKS! I am getting better and greener (from eating salads and broccoli). I get tired of some of this, but hey, it works..S.

[Patti Lodes]

Have you taken the drug Accutane sometime in your past?

[NewCents]

Yo for the past 3 months I have had excessive mucus in my throat and it is the most annoying thing I have ever experienced, I don't have a cold or flu or anything like that so I don't know how and why this is happening. I did come up with one conclusion and that is: I have been using over the counter Nasal Spray everyday for about 8 years and you're only supposed to use OTC nasal sprays for 3 days because it can make the sinus problems worse; So I'm thinking that all these years of using those nasal sprays created the mucus problem, but why would it happen all of the sudden? I have had stuffy/clogged nose for many many years and I think that when I have a stuffy/clogged nose and use those nasal sprays it must clear the mucus/boogers out of my nose and then drips down into my throat causing this annoying mucus problem...but why all of the sudden? this has never happened to me before and as you read I have been using thoses OTC nasal sprays for about 8 years now. I don't have a cough or sore throat so when I feel the mucus in my throat I have to cough it up with a dry cough and sometimes it gets caught in the middle of my throat and has a tickle feeling that drives me so crazy I get aggitated and anxiety. I went to my doctors and he gave me Augmentin which has 1,000 mgs of Amoxicillin in each pill and he told me to take 2 of them every 12 hours; so I did that for about a week and a half then I suddenly felt another annoying feeling on the back of my tongue   so I looked at my tongue in the mirror and saw a couple of bumps right on the very back of my tongue so I went back to the doctors and he said the bumps are a side effect from the Augmentin so he gave me a prescription for Nystatin oral solution and Flonase nasal spray, but I am still having troubles with my the mucus in my throat, the bumps on the back of my tongue, and moderate stuffy/clogged nose, the Flonase seems to help a lil' bit with the nose. I am looking for any information on how to clear all this up so any info. would be very appreciated..Thank you for your time.

[Jacks1]

Here I am in down town Australia (West coast) - trying to get a damn breath into my lungs and wondering why I'm constantly going "hummph" and trying to clear what seems to be invisible mucous erupting from the top of my lungs into my throat - and dealing with constant pain in my chest which manifests itself as reflux - though it's not so much the acid burning thing as the burping and heart attack like pain under my sternum that extends right down my arm.  AND I have been diagnosed with adult onset asthma (after having suffered every allergy under the sun as a child. The reflux and the asthma symptons seem to come on at the same time AND I don't wheeze and the difficulty is in breathing in, not out. And it gets very panicky occasionally - so what to do now!!!????  At least I know it's a set of symptoms that lots of people have and I don't feel like I'm a complete nutter hypochondriac.

[Celestine]

I thought I was the only person in the world with this problem.  It absolutley drives me my parents and my entire family crazy.  I am a 41 year old Native American Female.  And every time I eat or drink any thing it seems like I spend hours in the bathroom trying to get mucus out of my nose and throat.  I even run warm salt water up my nose to losen it up to try and get it out.  IS THERE ANY HOPE?

[OnB]

thanks for sharing your story, i guess i will have to start monitoring the foods i eat, but my question is this , does your heart race alot when u feel all that mucous at your throat? like mine it feels like it's blocking my air passage , do you feel that way too ?