Have I developed asthma suddenly or is it frequent anxiety attacks?!


Question: Have I developed asthma suddenly or is it frequent anxiety attacks!?
Since last Thursday, I've been having 2 to 3 hour periods where I have a hard time taking deep breaths!. Every time I try to breathe deeply, I can't take in all the air, my chest feels tight and I don't feel satisfied with the amount of oxygen I take in!. 1 out of 5 times, I'll get a nice deep one, the rest are useless!. If I try to ignore the urge to breathe deeply, the middle of my chest hurts and it starts to feel the same way it does when you hold your breath for a long time!.!.!. Each time this happens I'm not doing anything exhausting or stressful, usually sitting around!. When I'm exercising (walking) it's harder to breath than it was a week ago!. The middle of my lungs feel really cold and I get a random difficult breath every couple minutes!.
I don't think this is anxiety though!.!. I'm not the type to worry and the only thing I experience with this is a little dizziness when I try to take extremely deep breaths too many times!. No anxiety, sweating or anything else!.

This has only happened twice before Thursday!.!.!. Once when I was 10, and again two years ago!. Both times it faded away on it's own after a few hours!. I've lived with indoor pets since I was 8, there aren't any new air fragrances around the house, my diet hasn't changed, I can't detect any patterns in these episodes, I'm not overweight, I'm too young to be having any heart or serious lung problems and I don't smoke!.
So what do you think it could be!? All the doctor at Urgent Care told me to do is try exercising, but so far nothing has changed!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
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1!.) Get a nebuliser (puffer) from a pharmacy; see if that works!.

2!.) View the techniques for control of anxiety/panic attacks, in section 8, at ezy build, below!. Begin, on this first occasion, only, by holding your breath for 5, or 10 seconds: this will give you the confidence to realise that YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR BREATHING, but not pass out, or die (your autonomic nervous system resumes breathing, if you become unconscious)!.

Advice from a published psychiatrist on controlled breathing!. (1!.) Get a clock, or watch with a second timer!. (2!.) Practise for 5 minutes, 4 times daily, until proficient!. (3!.) Take a small breath in, and hold it, for 6 seconds!. (4!.) Think to yourself: "RELAX", just before breathing out!. (5!.) Try to feel a sense of releasing tension, as you breathe out!. (6!.) Breathe in for 3 seconds, then out, for 3 seconds!. Try to make your breathing very smooth, and light, as you breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth, or nose!. (7!.) For the next minute, continue to breathe in, and out, every 3 seconds!. (8!.) Go back to step 3, at the end of the minute, and proceed through to step 7, doing this for 5 minutes!. Use this at the very first sign of a panic attack starting, or any time you feel anxious, or tense!.

Understand panic attacks, and what triggers them, in your life (if it is unresolved anxiety, or stress, see sections 6, or 42, respectively)!. The paper bag method also works for most people, but is not suited to all circumstances, such as driving, or playing sport!. Another alternative is psychotherapy, to address its fundamental cause: read section 1, and examine the http://1-800-therapist!.com/ website, and use the locators, and phone book!. I used to suffer from panic attacks, until I questioned what had changed in my life, at, or just before that time, to trigger them!. For some people, this is enough!. These days, I have instilled the habit of, whenever a situation occurs where panic is likely, I visualise a large, "STOP!" sign, as vividly as possible, followed by repeating to myself: "stay calm" in my mind!. You could try the same method!. It usually takes 30 - 40 repetitions, for most people, to establish a new habit!. I also suggest that you learn, then practise the controlled breathing technique, until competent, then employ it, at the very first sign of a panic attack!.

Practice one of the relaxation methods on pages 2, 11, 2c, or 2i, daily, and when needed!. Also, give the EFT a good tryout, to see if it helps you!. There is also a version for use in public places, (if you like, you can claim to have a headache, as you massage/lightly tap your temples, but you would then be restricted to subvocalising: saying it to yourself in your mind)!. Section 53, and pages 2, 2!.q and 2!.o at http://www!.ezy-build!.net!.nz/~shaneris also refer: "Even though I sometimes suffer from panic attacks, I deeply and completely accept myself!." Note: the controlled breathing only helps with the symptoms (as do medications/herbal remedies): you need to address the underlying cause, and this requires some form of therapy, and Cognitive Behavio(u)ral Therapy has been shown to be effective!.

Because many people can't access/afford professional therapy, I include the EFT, and EMDR variant for them to try, free of charge!. Cognitive Behavio(u)ral Therapy is generally available in most areas, but EMDR (see section 33) may well be worth trying, and is becoming more widespread!. A variant of Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing therapy, which has been used successfully for those people suffering from anxiety: it is easily learned, quick to use, yet can be very effective, is on page N, of section 6, and I use it before the relaxation techniques, because I have found that it makes them quicker to employ, and more effective!. If you are fairly suggestible, (40% of people are) check out: http://www!.hypnosisdownloads!.com/ In this way, you should be able to determine the cause!.

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Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc!.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc!.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level!.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication!. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac!. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings!. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac!. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc!.

The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced!.!.!. you have that "learned behavior" in your mind!. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this!. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction!.!.!. There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to!.!.!.!.

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