Hi I'm a 23 year old graduate student in
michigan and I've just about come to my
wits end with a problem that I've been
dealing with for almost three years now!.
I had bad allergies (running nose,
watery eyes..you name it) while growing up
and at that time I was naive and didn't
want to take any medications for them so
i'd just wait it out. The one remedy that
I did find helpful was running, and for
the most part this proved successful until
one day three years ago. At that time I
just got accepted to grad school and I was
elated. My allergies started to act up so
I decided to go for a 7 mile run (before
every run I would decided how far i would
go before I started and no matter how
poorly I felt I would finish that
distance...im very stubborn). On this day
about two miles in my run i began to feel
terrible and ache all over but, being the
stubborn person I was, I continued to run
the remainder five miles at a snail pace.
At the completion of that run i felt o.k
but the next morning i woke up and had
this sensation that I couldn't take a deep
breath. I went to the doctors and I had
my heart and lungs checked out and
everything came back normal. Since that
day I've tried to ignore the fact that I
couldn't take a deep breath and continue
with my life, however it's gotten to the
point where I'm so conscious of my
breathing that it's very hard to do
anything else and I've become very
depressed. I constantly feel like my
breathing is impaired and I have to work
to get a breath in (I was checked for
asthma and I don't have it)
Due to the fact that all the medical
tests came back as normal everyone says
this is all in my head, and to a certain
extent I believe them, but I think anxiety
and depression have resulted and
compounded this problem but they are not
the underlying cause. I do agree that
anti-anxiety and depression medication may
seem appropriate but I don't think they
will have a big impact until I come to the
root of the problem. The one strange
thing about all of this is that since that
day my allergies haven't nearly been as
bad. If anyone has been in a similar
situation or could offer any advice i
would greatly appreciate it. Could
exercising with bad allergies been the
cause of my problem? I'm very desperate
for help!
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MandMs
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Posted: 05-06-08 02:07am
Have you been troubled with all these
symptoms (runny nose, tearing, itchy eyes)
during a season or all year round?
Did you have an anxiety issue before "that
moment"?
Does the sensation of not being able to
breath or "air hunger", occur mostly on
waking or exertion?
Are you experiencing malaise feeling?
Do you usually get feeling of pain and
weakness in your muscles, after very short
periods of use?
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runner34
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Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 05-06-08 18:02pm
Hi MandMs, I truly appreciate your quick
reply.
1.) I usually had seasonal bouts of the
allergies at the time (they weren't year
round)
2.) I was always somewhat of an anxious
person before that incident but never to
the point where it would impact my daily
functioning.
3.) The sensation of not being able to
breath is practically constant...I don't
think there has been a day the past three
years where I can say that my breathing
has been "normal"...It's been so long that
I don't even remember what normal
breathing feels like!
4.) Yes, at this time I would say that
I've been feeling very down!
5.) That's the strangest of
things...(quick note..I used to be a
marathon runner and have run 3 boston
marathons in the past) I can still run 4
miles under 7 minutes a mile but it just
doesn't feel the same and I don't think I
could tolerate running long distances
anymore. I can climb one flight of stairs
and feel totally out of breath but I also
can run 4 miles in 26 minutes and be ok
(ok in the sense that I can do it...the
breathing problem is still there)
thanks again for the response
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ahughes06
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 6
Posted: 05-15-08 02:43am
Maybe running those last few miles with
those allergies made you breathe a little
harder or more shallow than usual? If
that's the case, maybe your intercostal
muscles are just a little tight from the
unusual exercise of them. Don't hesitate
to go back to the doctor, though.
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