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Posted 11/9/2017 12:49 AM (GMT 0)
Hi again, for those of you who have air hunger what does it feel like? I'm now wondering if that actually is one of my symptoms since I'll get this panicky feeling all of a sudden and I used to think it was anxiety or a panic attack because I'll feel like I'm not getting enough air. It was scary today I was driving and suddenly got light headed and felt the weird panicky sensation of needing more air.
Posted 11/9/2017 1:02 AM (GMT 0)
I think I had a mild form of it for awhile - it felt like I couldn't get a full deep breath - it would happen at night in bed.

It was during the time when I would wake up a few times a night gasping for air.

Have you been diagnosed with Babesia?
Posted 11/9/2017 1:40 AM (GMT 0)
Mine also was mild but happened at different times.

It felt like a shortness of breath . Like I needed an extra breath.
Posted 11/9/2017 1:51 AM (GMT 0)
I've had air hunger since I was about 6 years old. It was pretty mild until I got the severe, life-altering chronic symptoms at age 39.

When I was younger, it was like Girlie said - couldn't get a full satisfying breath. I would stop was I was doing and yawn and have to concentrate to try to get a good, deep breath and get my lungs to fully expand. Then it would pass.

After the life-altering symptoms started, the air hunger was more severe and more constant. I couldn't easily get relief. It felt scary and I had anxiety with it. The periods of time when it was the worst lasted for weeks to months, but it did fade into the background. It's recently resurfaced since I started Sida acuta, which is the main herb for babesia.
Posted 11/9/2017 2:40 AM (GMT 0)
I get It also once in a while. It's like the other said... you can't get a cleansing breath. I try to ignore it for a few minutes then try again. It usually works. You kind of figure out what works for you to get the cleansing breath but don't panic. That makes it worse. Try to stay calm
Posted 11/9/2017 3:12 AM (GMT 0)
I often thought of my air hunger as shortness of breath, like I had done exercise to make me short of breath, even when I hadn't.

However when it was severe, it was more like you say, feeling like I wasn't getting enough air (and couldn't), and accompanied with what felt like a panic attack. High altitudes exacerbated it.

My LLMD always said both (shortness of breath and anxiety) indicated babesia.

I was lucky to have insurance cover my Mepron (for two rounds!) but in the end it was herbal stuff that rid me of my babesia symptoms. Cryptolepis specifically.
Posted 11/9/2017 5:08 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone! Yes, I was positive for babesia, however I've never had some of the classic symptoms like night sweats and I didn't think I had air hunger but maybe those weird panicky moments that would come out of the blue is actually air hunger, although not quite as obvious as for some of you! My main babesia symptoms have always been chills, fatigue, anxiety and head/ neck pain. My insurance will only cover 30 pills a month of malarone and my llmd wants me to take 4 a day! It's getting very expensive! I'm tempted to just do the herbs, I too am taking crypto.
Posted 11/9/2017 9:37 AM (GMT 0)
Has anyone had the air hunger, which also has a cough? I also wake up struggling to breathe, it is like i have sleep apnea and i wake up choking and struggling for breath? I get the air hunger at all times in the day and i can feel it similar to the onset of a panic attack?
Posted 11/9/2017 4:28 PM (GMT 0)
I have that without the cough

It is a very scary feeling and I have it at night and day
do not know if I have babeshia
I do have 5 bands of lyme
the babeshia said no but I do not believe it
never felt like this before lyme
G
Posted 11/9/2017 6:31 PM (GMT 0)

sharo said...
Has anyone had the air hunger, which also has a cough? I also wake up struggling to breathe, it is like i have sleep apnea and i wake up choking and struggling for breath? I get the air hunger at all times in the day and i can feel it similar to the onset of a panic attack?

When it was really bad for me - I did get tested for sleep apnea...because my husband was noticing i was making strange sounds when I exhaled and I would stop breathing intermittently.

The test showed I did have it. I tried the Cpap for a month...didn't help.

I'm sleeping much better now...no wake up's in the night...I'm thinking I might do a sleep apnea re-test and see what it shows.

I never had this prelyme.
Posted 11/10/2017 2:46 AM (GMT 0)

sharo said...
Has anyone had the air hunger, which also has a cough? I also wake up struggling to breathe, it is like i have sleep apnea and i wake up choking and struggling for breath? I get the air hunger at all times in the day and i can feel it similar to the onset of a panic attack?

I had all of that when it was the worst. My biggest fear in treatment is that the worst symptoms I had will come back, possibly worse than ever. That scares me. I used to feel like I was going to die in my sleep. That was all before I knew about Lyme or babesia or bartonella.
Posted 11/10/2017 3:10 PM (GMT 0)
I've had it for at least 20 years. It feels to me like I can't get a deep enough breath. Sometimes my throat will have a cold sensation and I may cough while trying to get air. Also when I'm having an episode it feels like my deep breath stops before I'm ready and won't let me breath more air in. I get tightness around my neck and shoulders when struggling for the air.
I thought I was having asthma or adult onset asthma since it has gotten worse over the years. I even got an inhaler to see if it would help. Of course it didn't. Just made me jittery. I pray with buhner herbals is goes away.
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