i quit smoking 5 months ago and im having hard time brearthing

[mohi_hani]

hello my names mohi im 26 and i was a smoker up until about 5 months ago, i started when i was 14 and now  that i got a little sick i quit, i have a few concerns that i need help with....ok um when at the time when i was about to quit i went to hospital and had a chest xray the doc said im fine and that i have an infection ( bronchitis) he told me to stop smoking so i kinda did for like 2 months then i kinda started again due to stress, then i felt bad again so i went back to the hospital and did another chest xray and i was fine so i completely quit, then 3 months after i quit i started getting chest pains so i kinda got scared and went again and this time i went for a ct scan and thankfully i was fine so the doctor told me that im scaring myself and i should stop tripping out which i did, now 2 months after my ct i started ghetting chest pains like pins n needles and i do have a hard time breathing  i hardly get a cough and my brain keeps hinting to me that i might get lung cancer and i cant seem to focus everyday thinking about this stuff please someone help lool oh and 1 week ago i went to a pulmonary told him everything and that i wanna do another ct he laughed and said that my lungs are fine and i dont need to do one he checked me up and said that its all in my head yet i feel chest pain and a little discomfort :(

1 slight pains in my chest and back sometimes
2 heavy breathing its like im trying to take a deep breathe but i cant from the first time its like u cant fill ur lung up then u do at the second time u take a deep breathe then u succeed.
3 discomfort on my esophagus somewhere around there not on the lung but like on the bottom of my throat it feels like its hard to breathe from :(

guys im scared i need comfort oh yea im a hypochondriac  so i might be scaring my self a little more that im supposed too be worried my brain keeps hinting lung cancer lung cancer :( im so scared to the point where i wanna do another ct to make sure again and this time im scared lool cause x rays and ct could cause u cancer lool i think. i had 3 x rays and 1 ct scan :(

[erin626]

Those symptoms sound very similar to mine when I get a panic attack. I think you're just getting yourself anxious and scaring yourself into thinking something is wrong.

I agree with kathyjo...talk to your doc about some antianxiety meds. Whenever I get the symptoms you describe I take a very small dose of xanax and they go away.

Congrats on quitting!

[kathyjo]

Did you ever consider that you might be having panic attacks? Maybe you should ask your doctor if he can prescribe something to take the edge off, short term and if you find that it is working, than you probably have it.
Anxiety can mimic that feeling and the pins and needles sounds like panic. You might even benefit from a psychiatrist as they can prescribe meds.
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Congrats on your quit and I hope you feel better very soon!