Too tired to breathe???

Can this horrible fatigue really be from Lyme?  I've been feeling a strange sensation in my chest - as if I'm too tired to breathe, as if the effort required to take a breath is more than I can manage.

I'm not wheezing or coughing, so I doubt it is my Asthma...

Razzle this isn't fatigue-- have it checked out- so many things could cause it........

Razz, I don't know what you need to do either, but gosh, you gotta do something!? This sounds very serious! could it have anything to do w/ your lupus?

does it come and go? How long does it last when it comes on? Do you have anyone that could run you to the hospital when it comes on so that you can be seen like this?

Please keep us posted! I am sorry about everything you are suffering, while I sit and whine and want to give up and I don't suffer a fraction of what you do!

Please find someone to help you, somehow!

Oh Razzle,

I really feel for you..   I hated when doctors looked at me like a nutcase!  But I hate it more that you are having problems breathing..

I was brought up with Vick's Vapor Rub in this antique Green Glass Thingy.   It worked when we had problems breathing (from colds or whatever we had as kids)...

Maybe the menthol from the Vicks would open up your passageways or something like that?

Just a thought,

Denise

P.S.:  Not affiliated with Vicks in any form or way

It's not my airway, I can breathe ok, just something in my chest feels tired & worn out & wants to take a break for a while. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Razzle,

Do you think air hunger sounds like what you are experiencing? I've had that too. Got tested for asthma twice - negative. I've been told air hunger is a symptom of babesia, but that doesn't make it any more comfortable. I found that air conditioning makes it worse. The things I found that helped: The doctor gave me an inhaler that helped some; maybe one of those would help you too. Also, chewing ice helped alleviate my symptoms.

Rose

Doesn't feel like air hunger (I've had this in the past, too), feels more like tired muscles that are needed for breathing. I had a pleural effusion (fluid in the lining of the lung) in March of this year, and I'm starting to wonder if there is some scar tissue from the pleural effusion that is contributing and/or causing this tired muscle feeling...

Thanks everyone for your inputs. I think if I still feel this way on Monday, I'll talk to my LLND about it and see what he says...he's the only doctor I have who doesn't blow me off.

Hi Razzle,

That's exactly the way I explain it to the doctors and my family.  I usually say "my lungs are tired... they feel like they are too tired to breathe."  Being so physically exhausted and not sure how to fix it, makes it frustrating.  No one really knows what to do for you.  I went to the Cardiologist last week and he did an Echo and an EKG and said the heart looks fine.  But the unbelievable fatigue makes it feel like it's a huge effort just to breathe.  I'm glad to hear someone else who knows what I'm talking about.  I wish it wasn't happening to us but just know you aren't the only one. 

Kristiana

Hi Razzle,

Please talk to your llmd or llnd right away. The things I am thinking of that can cause this are nothing to fool around with. There are infections, fluid buildup, heart/lung issues, electrolyte imbalances etc. that can singly or as a group contribute to these symptoms. Please do check it out sooner than later. We will be thinking of you. Please let us know how you're doing and what the doc says. I hope this improves quickly.

Best wishes, bablylmers mom

Hi Rover, and welcome to the forum. Interesting to read this post after so much time. What struck me is the familiar sentiment that seeing a doctor won't work. My wonderful GP of many years moved out of the area eight months ago and I'm still trying out new doctors to replace him. Any doctor who thinks it's his/her job to reassure me that nothing is wrong with me when I'm there saying something is, fails. So far I still don't have a doctor.

Rover, I hope your symptoms are not from a heart issue, but if they are, pestering a doctor until you get an answer seems a wise if unpleasant course of action. I've been that tired; it's difficult to make it through the day in that condition. Another thing I can think of is maybe sleep apnea - have you been tested? Has anyone ever told you that you snore?

I hope you feel better soon.

Rose

Thanks for asking about this. I was put on Singulair for my Asthma, and that seems to have resolved this sensation (not sure why) -- we'll see how I do in October this year, because that is my bad Asthma time of the year usually.

Hi Razzle,

How you doing?

I haven't had the elephant on my chest thing in a long time. have you beem shecked for parasites like stronglylides?

I have had this too, and especially before going to sleep. Sometimes I'm afraid of falling asleep because I tend to wake up from me not breathing and having to take a deep breath. And it is as it's hard to breathe in properly, as if it only goes to the bottom of my throat and not into my lungs. In the past supplements or iron have helped me, as I have been anemic and hard of breathing is common with this I believe. Also once I had this it was resolved when I let out a lot of emotion, as if it was built up bad emotions that were making my chest tight.

Hope it gets resolved! x