anxiety or what?

I have recently been feeling like an elephant is sitting on my chest when i do any amount of activity. i cant catch my breath and my inhaler is not helping this problem? This weekend i was walking around a very small video store for about 10 min. and completely became unable to breath. tried breathing slow. nothing worked. within 15 min my husband had me at the er i was slobering all over my self and could not catch my breathe after 4 puffs of my inhaler and i was scared to death.... i seriously didnt know what was going on. they told me it was anxiety attack and i hyperventilated. they did not do any test. now im home and i cant do any amount of activity without becoming short of breathe. this is a new problem for me. i do have anxiety disorder but usually something triggers it. this time i was in a perfectly fine mood and not worried or anything. any advice? my doc is closed today ofcourse it is a holiday.

What concerns me is that you said you were fine and your anxiety wasn't high before the attack. My concern is it a health issue beside anxiety. I remember that I had shortness of breathe for hrs. and then my anxiety increased because I couldn't get my breathe like I should . My husband tried to convince me it was anxiety, but I went to ER instead. It was a huge medical problem, I had a blood clot in my lungs. If it is better now , I would probably not worry. If it happens again I would check into why you are short of breathe. I read you are on a inhaler. Maybe you should check on your lung capacity test. Just remember if you can't breathe, anxiety will set in. So maybe it wasn't Anxiety first.

Post Edited (ak angel) : 2/20/2012 1:36:25 PM (GMT-7)

thanx yall i have been having shortness of breath with very little activity but not anxiety. i do take xanax daily. i have inhaler as needed for asthma and do not smoke and no one in my home does either. all i have done today is a couple small loads of laundry and became very winded and had to sit and do the candle exercise. im also home alone so that makes me more anxous. your both so right this site is great for just talking to people that understand.