i catch myself unconsciously holding my breath all the time.. and when i am breathing regularly , it's very shallow.. and i have to MAKe myself take deep breaths , which are very hard to do...i sometimes can't get air down into my lungs and feel like i'm suffocating, then i panic, and get dizzy! My Dr. told me that i had asthma, and i do have what i know to be asthma attacks, and treat with an inhaler,which gets me air into my lungs at the moment, but then i go right back to the shalllow breathing.. but i'm not sure the 'holding the breath' all the time thing i do is part of that? i wonder all the time if maybe the lethargy i have a LOT, and my fibromyalgia i was diagnosed with many years ago, are caused by me just not getting enough oxygen into my bloodstream and into my muscles and into my brain (causing poor memory and poor concentration , etc.??)...i've had a couple surgeries, where i was kept in longer after, because they said that my O2 Sats were too low, and it took a while for me to get to where they wanted me to be before releasing me....does any of this make any sense?...WHAT is wrong with me!!!??? I'M SOOO SICK of not feeling well, and being totally sapped of all energy all the time. Please help!
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