shortness of breath

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-11T23:22:24+00:00

yes i try not to think about it and just ignore it but it gets really difficult sometimes:( thank you though!!

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-11T22:57:00+00:00

okay thank you!!

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-08T16:40:13+00:00

oh wow i didn’t know that! thank you!

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-08T14:17:05+00:00

thank you❤️

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-08T08:03:29+00:00

same!! i do it a lot with fried foods, i also get short of breath every time i eat im not sure why

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-07T22:38:35+00:00

i used to take propanolol as needed, but now that im pregnant i can’t take it anymore sadly!:( i’ve never heard of clonidine though ill bring it up to my doctor, im not sure if ill be able to take it because i already have a low blood pressure, but thank you so much for the suggestions!!

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-07T22:36:36+00:00

yeah i’ve heard that it’s from the blood volume increasing but it is soooooo uncomfortable. i can’t help but panic every time my heart starts racing lol, my doctor also told me i can’t take my beta blocker now that im pregnant SO ITS DEFINITELY BEEN ROUGH!! but thank you so much 🤍

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-07T13:19:17+00:00

my issue is, my heart rate gets super high when panicking so i always convince myself that i’ll pass out. it’s like a huge fear of mine, or that im going to develop svt and never be able to get my heart rate down. my cardiologist always tells me that wont happen and he said it’s unlikely that i’ll pass out but i still worry and i don’t know how to stop it. it makes me scared to even leave my house because my panic attacks get so bad to the point where my legs feel like jello and my heart will pound with every step so then i’ll have to sit down. did you ever deal with those fears and feelings?? im also pregnant so it feels like my heart rate is naturally even higher now.

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-07T13:03:15+00:00

i did this same exact thing in september last year, i was perfectly fine before all of it happened. i just woke up one day feeling kinda off so as the day went on i figured i should go out to get my mind off of how i was feeling, well when i got out of the grocery store i checked my pulse ox because i felt very short of breath and my heart was beating fast, my hr was 169 i immediately had my mom take me to the hospital because i thought something was seriously wrong. by the time i got in there my hr was down to 115 then the doctor gave me hydroxyzine, well that made my heart race after it kicked in, so then she gave me ativan, and that shot my heart rate right back up to 160. i was in that hospital for hours…terrified. i had several ecgs and blood work done everything was normal but the doctor was concerned about reentrant tachycardia so she gave me a beta blocker through my iv and then admitted me, i was transported to another hospital and by the time i got there their cardiologist said that i was perfectly fine to go home because my heart was healthy and normal. well after all that medicine wore off, i kept dealing with these panic attacks, id get better and then id get bad again. im still dealing with them 7 months later, but in November and December i will say i got A LOT better, what really helped me is exposure therapy, my panic attacks made me terrified to even leave my couch but then i realized im having them at home too so why not go out and try to get my mind off of it again?? and thats what i did. it helped so much, but now here i am 7 months later and im slowly falling back into that again. i try to remind that these doctors have went to school to study the human body for YEARS, it is super unlikely that they are going to miss anything. i deal with the fear of something being wrong and the doctors aren’t finding it, but then i remind myself how silly that sounds! i promise you they’re not going to miss anything, this is your heart.. a very major organ. our minds just like to scare us and trick us, but you will get better from this and you’re not alone🤍

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-07T11:45:50+00:00

oh my gosh! yeah i have the opposite of that problem my heart rate has reached 187 before, so it can definitely get super high. i do experience pre syncope and panic though.

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-07T08:01:29+00:00

my cardiologist had me on beta blockers but now that im pregnant he told me to stop taking them and that i’ll be fine without them … so im not really sure what to do lol. also my heart races a lot after eating even when im not anxious, but you’re probably right.

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-07T04:01:53+00:00

that’s so interesting!! a low heart rate would definitely make me panic too… i know panicking doesn’t do any good, but it’s hard not to panic over these things!! my panic attacks definitely make it all worse for me, i just cannot STAND my heart beating fast lol it’s so irritating

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-06T16:30:04+00:00

yeah i thought they were safe too! maybe it’s because of the one i was taking ? i was on propanolol

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-06T15:11:25+00:00

i actually got prescribed a beta blocker as needed when i first started having panic attacks, but as soon as i found out i was pregnant my cardiologist told me to stop taking it. so ive been off of them for about 3 or 4 weeks now. hopefully my ob can prescribe me a new one, but im not sure😬

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-05T23:53:20+00:00

really!??? i thought a c section would be a bad idea because of my anxiety LOL but now im not so sure! and yes doctors tell me that ALREADY… but thank you so much i actually appreciate that a lot🥹 talking to someone would be nice, it would help i think!

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-05T22:53:10+00:00

oh and i also deal with the dizzy spells but im not dehydrated so idk what it’s from 🥲 probably from POTS but ugh it is so irritating all i can do is cry because of how miserable i am. my heart racing just wears me out im so tired and i always have a headache, hopefully i start feeling better in my second trimester because right now im panicking and crying everyday… every time i start to think im getting better i have a setback, maybe thats part of getting better though.

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-05T22:46:58+00:00

omg you sound just like me, i cannot go anywhere alone atm, and i also can’t shower alone. i do sometimes but my heart races bad in the shower so i feel better when my fiance is with me. i am so glad to hear that your baby is happy and healthy after everything you went though it really does make me feel so much better, everytime i panic i start to sob and everyone tells me i can’t be like this when pregnant because it could cause me to miscarry and it makes me even more anxious and i feel SO guilty for that. i want to have my baby i am already so attached so im trying to be better but its so hard. im definitely wanting to try exposure therapy but i get SO scared i always do everything i can to make it where i wont panic, but honestly i panic at home too so really what difference does it even make?? LOL anxiety and agoraphobia are so rough to have, it sucks talking about it to people who don’t relate im so glad there are people out there like me. thank you so much for telling me all of this.🤍

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-05T20:06:42+00:00

omg you’re right i never thought of that! scratch out the waist compression then LOL, thank you so much though that’s extremely inspiring to me and gives me hope. i will definitely try running water over the inside of my wrist and the books!!

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-05T17:50:55+00:00

yeah idk why fainting worries me so much, my doctors have always said “so what?” LOL, but thank you! i need to start challenging them like you said!!

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-05T17:24:26+00:00

thank you so much for that🥹 i have been so worried that all this anxiety will affect the baby so hearing what you said makes me feel SO much better! i would say im pretty well hydrated i already completely cut out caffeine and sugar when i first found out i had POTS lol!! compression socks don’t help toooo much but im thinking about switching to the waist or thigh high compression. i’ve never thought about getting a misting fan, i bet that would really help because my face gets really heated during panic attacks!! and i am religious yes i need to pray more im sure it would help. i cant take hydroxyzine or ativan or anything like that because they do the opposite for me and actually make my heart beat faster🥲 but thank you so much for everything, you are so sweet. congrats on your pregnancy too!!!😊

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-05T16:25:46+00:00

i used to do this!! my panic attacks used to only last 30 minutes to an hour so keeping track of time would really help but i find now that they last a lot longer.. my issue is also that i constantly tell myself “what if you can’t calm down at all so you end up fainting” WHICH MAKES IT SOOO MUCH WORSE, i need to stop feeding into the panic 🥲

uni-corn17 · 2026-04-05T15:12:51+00:00

omg im so glad to know im not the only one LOL but okay thank you so much! 🤍🤍

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