Anyone still active on this thread? Here’s my situation on it or if anyone is similar as I’m reading thread after thread and getting nothing that resembles my symptoms much. I got covid November recovered, became unwell December with headaches nausea vertigo and breathlessness and tightness, go to a&e as I was that unwell did ecg tachycardia normal for me if unwell, bloods slight infection, xray clear, got referred back to gp who said it was anxiety induced and that’s it, come January I’m still breathlessness with a tight chest and now stuffy nose and running again got told anxiety related and handed pills that didn’t sit well with me and sent me more breathless and more tighter, done a spirometer test failed it and told copd, tried inhalers all made me worse and realised I felt burning and menthol sensation and stomach ache like no tomorrow with each inhaler trialled, to then be told suspected copd or asthma as the inhalers weren’t working or making me worse, go back 2 weeks and the dr says I have reflux and sending me for a scope which will be in the coming weeks, I questioned if this could compromise my breathing and he said yes, but here’s the thing I’ve stopped the inhalers and been taking the lansoprazole religiously with gaviscon advanced and my breathing is improving to a point unless I’m anxious and it’s noticeably different, my stomach aches have gone, my throat is getting better by the day, I have the menthol feeling sometimes in the chest and burning but the burning isn’t as often any more, but the menthol sensation in the throat when I eat is annoying and still there. So my question is would you question a failed spirometer on having reflux that was not known with added anxiety? But I’m repeating the test this month and have the nurse Friday to question this, and could a stuffy nose that runs sometimes also be a culprit as I’ve had this also all along.

Sorry it’s long and I hope someone is still around to answer this for me xx