I am going through my third season of anxiety and my main symptom is shortness of breath. I get it as soon as I wake up in the morning. This season of anxiety began right after I had an ovarian cyst rupture and it makes me wonder if my anxiety is related to the hormonal change.
Anyway, the shortness of breath is so hard to live with. I feel like someone is laying on my chest and I'm trying to get a deep breath every 5-10 minutes and when especially stressed and worried about it, even more frequently. When I get a deep breath, it feels like my lungs will only expand to a certain point and then there's a pop or a barrier there.
does anyone else get this? Sometimes I can't get the deep breath and then it makes me panic.
I've noticed the tight chest feeling will sometimes move to my neck and it feels like my throat is tight or really bad reflux. I've also noticed when I lay down flat and then get up my chest feels extra heavy sometimes, almost like there's fluid in my lungs.
Does anyone else deal with similar symptoms?