Difficulty breathing, dizziness, and spikes in blood pressure. What's going on?!


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Difficulty breathing, dizziness, and spikes in blood pressure. What's going on?

I have been having episodes of difficulty breathing and dizziness about twice a month for the past year. They only last about 20 minutes and seem to be more frequent in the fall and the summer. My doctor tested me for athsma; there was nothing wrong with my lungs. Then she gave me a perscription for Xanax, thinking I may be having panic attacks, and that didn't do much.
Today I had an episode, and thinking it might be low blood pressure, I decided to use a blood pressure monitor to check. After a few readings on both arms, standing, sitting and laying down, my average blood pressure was about 150/105. (I used the monitor on my boyfriend and it said his pressure was normal, so I don't think it was a misreading.)
I am pretty young to be having any problems with my blood pressure, and usually my readings are fairly normal.
What could be causing all these symptoms together for short periods of time if it's not anxiety?


Answers:

it depends...does anything like moving around quickly, any particular movement, exercise or getting up from laying down provoke this condition? do you experience any numbness or tingling when this happens? when you say there is nothing wrong with your lungs, did you have an xray of your chest? do you feel your heartbeat in your chest during these 'attacks'? do you experience headaches at all? this might not be lung related, maybe more related to the heart. it could be nothing, but it also could be a mild to serious condition. i would get a full checkup, maybe check out your heart, or possibly get an mri/cat to determine if there are any abnormalities in your blood vessels or any nerve leisons. so, id go to the doctor again. maybe even another doctor. maybe its just sudden anxiety or panic attacks, maybe you have something like a nasty allergy, maybe even something like a pre-stroke condition or aneurysm (anurism, aneurism, ?) yea the doctor.




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