blueydslm27

I have researched other websites about this and I can not believe how many other people have this problem. But no one has an answer as to what it definately is. I yawn and yawn and yawn sometimes several times in a few minutes just to get a deep breath. I try so hard to breath that sometimes I cause pains in my chest from over extending my lungs too much. But most of the websites all say many different things it could be: asthma, hypertension, panic attacks, collapsed lung or partial collapse, anxiety, etc. etc. etc. Seems no one has yet to have a correct answer from a dr. I know that yawning is just a way to get extra air in my lungs but it is not something that I should not worry about. It is the reason that I am yawning is the problem. And yawning consistently to just try and breath and still can not get a deep breath is a major problem.

I have exactly the same thing as you. I consistantly make myself yawn just so that I can get a deep breath. When I get preoccupied with something, I forget about it for awhile but then later when I think about it, I have a hard time breathing. I try so much to get a deep breath that I get anxious and try more and more. Then I feel like I am hyperventilating and my arms and hands start to tingle. It comes and goes but mostly comes. It just started with me a few months ago. I went to the hospital. The doctor said my xrays of my lungs were clear and that it was probably just bronchial spasms. He then perscribed me the albuteral inhaler and a steroid pill. Well, neithe worked. Actually made it worse. The inhaler made my throat burn and I had bad spats of coughing and the steroids severly messed with my vision. So I still am stuck with this. I have researched the internet many times and the only thing I have come up with is that it is either VCD (vocal cord dysfunction) or a thyroid problem. I can not afford to go to the doctors. The united states is just way too much for someone with no medical insurance. Have you had any progress?