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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 305800" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>I'm a long time asthma patient and there have been several instances where I was having trouble breathing and it did turn out to be more related to panic than to asthma. Each time I was in situations where asthma would be likely (bad cold, allergies, working in a dusty environment, etc) but when I used my medications they didn't work. When the medications didn't work, it made me panic even more. Once I was so certain I even hiked it off to the doctor who did the breathing tests which showed me what I was dealing with definitely wasn't breathing problems. Most of the time I'm really in tune with cause-effect but there's a few times I've been dead wrong, even dealing with it for decades. Recently a friend whose teen daughter had asthma was going through something similar thinking she was having attacks. After trips to a number of specialists it was the cardiologist who finally recognized the panic during a stress test and set her up with a therapists (can't remember if it was speech or Occupational Therapist (OT)) to help her intervene.</p><p> </p><p>Susie, this may be totally different than what you're dealing with but I thought I would toss it out there. I'm 48 years old and have had asthma since I was 16. If you would have told me a few years ago I would have been mistaking asthma for anxiety I would have thought you were crazy. In fact when the doctor told me her suspicion I thought she was nuts...until it happened a few times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 305800, member: 701"] I'm a long time asthma patient and there have been several instances where I was having trouble breathing and it did turn out to be more related to panic than to asthma. Each time I was in situations where asthma would be likely (bad cold, allergies, working in a dusty environment, etc) but when I used my medications they didn't work. When the medications didn't work, it made me panic even more. Once I was so certain I even hiked it off to the doctor who did the breathing tests which showed me what I was dealing with definitely wasn't breathing problems. Most of the time I'm really in tune with cause-effect but there's a few times I've been dead wrong, even dealing with it for decades. Recently a friend whose teen daughter had asthma was going through something similar thinking she was having attacks. After trips to a number of specialists it was the cardiologist who finally recognized the panic during a stress test and set her up with a therapists (can't remember if it was speech or Occupational Therapist (OT)) to help her intervene. Susie, this may be totally different than what you're dealing with but I thought I would toss it out there. I'm 48 years old and have had asthma since I was 16. If you would have told me a few years ago I would have been mistaking asthma for anxiety I would have thought you were crazy. In fact when the doctor told me her suspicion I thought she was nuts...until it happened a few times. [/QUOTE]
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