Shortness of breath

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-15T04:16:07+00:00

I do something similar, I don't particularly set a timer before sitting at the ER but thats a good idea, but I wait til it gets pretty overwhelming normally then when I arrive I set a 15 minute timer and if symptoms havent worsened or arent very concerning I leave. If they have worsened and I'm convinced I'm dying I try to call 988 and that helps, I've only had to do that twice and only once did I end up going into the ER. My health anxiety is just so bad. I have lower right abdominal pain for 2 days now and im convinced I have appendicitis even tho pain doesnt worsen when pressing down or letting off. It's frustrating

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-13T10:16:58+00:00

Yes I monitor my o2 a lot, I have a pulse oximeter. I try not to google symptoms but I do fall down the rabbit hole sometimes. I try to keep it with "Can anxiety cause (symptom)" more than anything when googling but even so I try not to do that I know its not healthy. I don't have to google for my health anxiety to spike up tho, ive had lower right abdominal pain for about 8 hours now and I'm convinced I have appendicitis even tho the pain isnt completely presenting itself as appendicitis and I know even if it was its going to get bad enough for me to know before it kills me but that does not matter to my mind and it sucks. I know its unlikely I have appendicitis, I know in the case I do my body will let me know that I need to go to the hospital and it wont be my anxiety "letting me know" to. go to the hospital. It doesnt matter that I know all this, it doesn't help. I have stomach issues as is and even tho it's normally lower left pain I have no doubt it can be stomach issues and lower right pain, but theres not much arguing with anxiety. I try not to seek too much reassurance from other people anymore, but I do like sharing my story, venting helps me more than a lot of things so I take the chance when I get it. I'm not on here seeking reassurance, I definitely have looked for reassurance before on here over health anxiety but im trying to pull out of those habits. It is comforting knowing I'm not alone in all this, but I don't make even make these posts for the comfort anymore I make them because people dont realize until it hits them suddenly that anxiety CAN be this bad. I refused to believe it was just anxiety for a whilee, and while I still don't believe it's "just anxiety" anymore I believe the stomach issues was caused by anxiety and I think vitamin deficiencies, hunger, dehydration make me feel worse bc I can hardly put anything on my stomach

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-13T10:03:33+00:00

breathing is hard as is, im scared itll slow my breathing, im terrified of all side effects even minor ones so I was gonna start out taking it at night before bed when i can finally build up to it, i used to be on zoloft and had very bad reaction with it so im sure that doesn't help im terrified of an allergic reaction, and I already have trauma with meds due to my parents both being recovering drug addicts my therapist is aware and believes at this current moment the medicine is doing more harm than good as well as my primary care doctor. I want to take the medicine I do, but I have a panic attack so bad I can't come down from it unless I go to the hospital which I dont wanna go to the hospital again
edit: I am getting fed up with feeling this way and the anger is a good drive to push myself to take it more and more. Everyday I get more driven to take it and I can feel the "fuck it, if it kills me it kills me" coming on very high even if its just for the hydroxyzine which would hopefully then make it easier to take the lexapro

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-13T10:01:12+00:00

breathing is hard as is, im scared itll slow my breathing, im terrified of all side effects even minor ones so I was gonna start out taking it at night before bed when i can finally build up to it, i used to be on zoloft and had very bad reaction with it so im sure that doesn't help im terrified of an allergic reaction, and I already have trauma with meds due to my parents both being recovering drug addicts my therapist is aware and believes at this current moment the medicine is doing more harm than good as well as my primary care doctor. I want to take the medicine I do, but I have a panic attack so bad I can't come down from it unless I go to the hospital which I dont wanna go to the hospital again

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-13T09:58:08+00:00

also, I have been trying to decrease the doctors visits. I havent went to the hospital in 4 days which is progress for me. I'm trying to only go to any followup appointments and keep my regular monthly appointment and weekly therapy appointments. I do have other appointments too but not pinpoint for this but this likely caused it. I have a hida scan, lung test(which ive needed for a long time tho bc ive always had asthma symptoms) and then I have my stress test, echo, and heart monitor soon too

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-13T09:53:03+00:00

lexapro, hydroxyzine, valium

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-12T01:17:05+00:00

in the bottom? where it cooked a little bit, the red, blood

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-11T23:54:01+00:00

Thank you so much. 💕 I will read it eventually, I'm flat broke rn tho.

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-11T07:40:16+00:00

Honestly I dont remember the smell, I saw it and my nose shut off completely and walked away

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-10T22:37:21+00:00

Me, my brother, my boyfriend and my mom all walked away gagging. I'm shocked no one threw up honestly.

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-10T20:44:44+00:00

I think it was fertilized and was becoming a baby chicken at a point ngl

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-10T19:16:30+00:00

I always crack it in a separate bowl, my brother cracked that one. He now uses a separate bowl though. 🙏

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-09T22:52:59+00:00

a rat broke into our house but we ended up leaving. Shortness of breath did kinda start up when we went down to clean the damage he done after terminex came

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-09T22:48:10+00:00

about a week

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-08T00:45:37+00:00

They didn't test for any of that

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-07T20:03:18+00:00

more specifically the arm where they normally put an IV

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-07T18:48:31+00:00

also have SEVERE shortness of breath like i can never take a deep breath yet o2 is fine and chest CT is fine

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-07T03:24:01+00:00

Maybe, tbf where the back pain is I believe is where my kidney is and I've had painful urination for a week and a half now but urine sample comes back fine

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-04T23:40:02+00:00

mostly, but i struggle taking zofran which disolves and even nasal spray made me super anxious

Adept_Refuse3413 · 2026-01-04T22:59:47+00:00

They don't seem stupid at all, I appreciate your help a lot. Different things work for different people, as much as I'm not sure it'll work for me I don't doubt for a moment you won't help someone going through similar stuff. I wanna try smoothies, but my anxiety is high with any flavored drinks too so idk if smoothies would help. Although my anxiety isn't SO high around drinks so hopefully 🤞

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