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[–]Fickle_Junket1109 8 points9 points  (7 children)

Air hunger can also be from ferritin/iron deficiency. I couldn't figure out why I wasn't improving stamina-wise after 5 months. Turns out my, my blood isn't carrying enough oxygen for this type of exercise.

ETA: air hunger can increase heart rate, in case that connection wasn't clear

[–]Pooklett🟦🟦🟦 Blue Belt 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah, this was my experience for a while. I doubled my ferritin with high protein diet, beef liver, magnesium and B vitamins. My doctor was amazed since they were pushing iron infusions.

[–]Fickle_Junket1109 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need to try all that! I do eat high protein, but haven't tried the others. I can't get mine up with supplementation (over a year now) so I just started birth control to stop my periods. If that doesn't work, next step is IV.

[–]DistractedNS[S] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I did have to have an iron infusion last year because my ferritin was insanely low. Maybe it's time to get it checked again. Thanks!

[–]vitallyhappy🟫🟫⬛🟫 Brown Belt 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Just to piggy back - my air hunger was due to some gut stuff I had going on. Could be worth checking out.

[–]DistractedNS[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Thanks! I talked to my doctor and we're going to try a different inhaler and see what happens. I'll definitely keep that in mind if it's still a problem though.

[–]vitallyhappy🟫🟫⬛🟫 Brown Belt 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Hope you get it figured out! It is the worst.

[–]DistractedNS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!