To go back to Drs... again!

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For the past few weeks I’ve been feeling like when I inhale I’m not getting as much oxygen as I am used to.
I went to the Drs about this last week as I’m also having some kind of gurgle bubbly noise when I inhale inWhat feels like my right lung (could be wrong!)
She listened to my chest and took my blood pressure, I had full bloods done and nothing showed up. She said I could have a chest x- ray to reassure me so I’m waiting for the results of that.

But it’s really bothering me. Surely feeling you can’t breathe fully/ properly should be taken more seriously than this?

Thank you.

Would I IBU to go to Drs yet again?

It feels slightly like how my sister describes her asthma.

Go back.

Did she check your oxygen levels with a finger clip?
Are you on the pill or any family history of thrombosis?

Yes, blood pressure and finger clip all normal.
It seemed to start when I came off Sertraline, probably not related?
I just want to get to the bottom of it as I get quite bad health anxiety after my mum died of cancer.
Thanks for your reply..

generalised anxiety can make you feel like this.

My DD1 feels like this when her anxiety is high. Her oxygen saturations are fine though so nobody is worried about it.

hmm thats interesting, thank you :)

I get this the whole time. For me it's because i haven't breathed out all the carbon in my lungs so not enough room to take a full breath. Try a long exhale and see if that helps any.

Have you ever tried the salbutamol inhaler? (Blue), if it was asthma it should give relief within a few minutes.

Hope you get sorted soon

Thank you, I’ll see if they can give me one to try?
It’s another worry!

It sounds like they've taken it seriously and you've had a good range of tests. Maybe a phone call to the gp to chase up the results of the xray? If the xray and bloods are clear, observations are normal, perhaps it could be a physiological in some aspect? YouTube has breathing exercises that might help to try for when you feel breathless if that might be the case.

I get this with anxiety sometimes, I get all sorts of physical symptoms with it and this is just one of many

I suffer with anxiety and this is 100% a perfect description of how I feel . I suffer from health anxiety too which it sounds like you do as well, so this will be making the symptoms you're feeling worse ... Anxiety is a viscous circle.

Second the breathing out thing. I was in my 30s before I realised I didn’t breathe properly. I still hold my breath unnecessarily when concentrating.
medium.com/better-humans/this-is-how-to-breathe-properly-a-surprisingly-important-guide-e65935f21c30
Fairly random video
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNnKVGxabA