I have these symptoms and get anxiety/panic attacks due to them. Other triggers of my panic attacks are when I feel like my heart is beating too fast or I missed a breath. I am wondering if this all has to do with my acid reflux making me feel like i can’t breathe?
Also, when it is humid my nose stuffs up even more. I have been to the doctor and are treating the reflux with nexium but the attacks are still there from time to time.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated
Omg thank you so much for the information.
My panic attack came out of nowhere on vacation. I had had nothing to eat basically and drank heavily on an empty stomach(very stupid of me). I felt like I couldn’t breathe while in a bar in Brazil out of nowhere. Was in my room for 2 days till my flight back due to this awful feeling everytime I would step out of my room. I went to the doctor they said it was anxiety and acid reflux.
Stuffy nose came afterwards when I came back and started taking the Nexium but it gets worse in humid weather.
I have always had anxiety attacks due whenever I was short of breath due to physical activity such as basketball. But never this bad.
Also, sometimes when the AC hits me right int he face or a fan is going I feel like I am getting too much air and my nose is way too open(if that makes sense).
Please let me know if you have any more details or if you need more info. Thanks again everyone.
well…
its probably your medication
to stop reflux you have to dampen the effect of your vagus nerve which is also associated with slowing down your heart beat (thus your heart is beating faster), and also you can feel like your are getting too much air, because the vagus nerve normally makes your airways narrower so when you medication dampens the effect of the vagus nerve, your bronchi are too wide resulting in you getting more air than usual
I cant explain the stuffy nose part, but thats one of the most commons symptoms
check out the side effects of your medication, I guess your panic attacks are due to your medication
tachycardia is listed(your heart over beating)
Was the not being able to breathe part before you started taking your medication?[I would guess it was, because before your med I guess your vagus nerves were over stimulated]
well dont be suprised if you get the other sympoms of your medication…
the heavy drinking is probably what started the panic attack, food in your stomach stimulates your vagus, heavy drinking probably had the key role (and over stimulating vagus to cause bronchoconstriction, but I dont know whether heavy drinking would effect your lungs that much)
any way my advice is not to overload your stomach, don’t eat too fast,
well…
its probably your medication
to stop reflux you have to dampen the effect of your vagus nerve which is also associated with slowing down your heart beat (thus your heart is beating faster), and also you can feel like your are getting too much air, because the vagus nerve normally makes your airways narrower so when you medication dampens the effect of the vagus nerve, your bronchi are too wide resulting in you getting more air than usual
I cant explain the stuffy nose part, but thats one of the most commons symptoms
check out the side effects of your medication, I guess your panic attacks are due to your medication
tachycardia is listed(your heart over beating)
Was the not being able to breathe part before you started taking your medication?[I would guess it was, because before your med I guess your vagus nerves were over stimulated]
well dont be suprised if you get the other sympoms of your medication…
the heavy drinking is probably what started the panic attack, food in your stomach stimulates your vagus, heavy drinking probably had the key role (and over stimulating vagus to cause bronchoconstriction, but I dont know whether heavy drinking would effect your lungs that much)
any way my advice is not to overload your stomach, don’t eat too fast,
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It could. My father in law has had a couple of panic attacks brought on by severe acid reflux and has had the "I can’t breath or take a deep breath" feeling (actually the opposite of yours). His heart also beats very fast, which is very common with panic attacks. The only thing he does is take his acid reducing pills and if the attack comes on sudden, takes a Maalox or Tums right away and that seems to give almost immediate results. He was on anti-depressant/anti-anxiety medication for awhile and that also helped. He has not had one of the attacks in quite a while.
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