Hello all. I apologize in advance if this post is messy and disorganized. I'm pretty out of sorts right now. Basically: 9 weeks ago I started noticing my breathing had become more shallow. I've experienced similar things due to anxiety in the past but this felt much different. Not only was it shallow, it was slow. Slow and somehow weaker. It felt like the automation of my breathing was messed up. And no matter how hard I've tried I cannot take proper deep breaths. I have tried every breathing exercise on the web. Nothing. And in the following weeks it has only gotten worse. Now it feels like my breath is constantly stuck in my throat. I am terrified of exercising and being active and have definitely lost some muscle. 


There are only 2 instances during the day where it feels like I get a deep breath. One is a very short and sudden inhale that sounds like a gasp. Another is a slightly longer inhale that then is followed by a long and very drawn out exhale. These both happen randomly several times throughout the day. I wish I could say they gave some relief but not quite :') 


At first I suspected it was all because of my medication (i was on a combination of pregabalin and diazepam for a while) but I am off diazepam now and yet it continues to get worse. I'm not really sure what to do. My oxygen saturation has been measured a few times and looked okay for the most part. My doctor wrote it off a few weeks ago as anxiety but I have to stress this: it is constant. Even when I am distracted for a while, even when I am sleeping (its almost impossible to fall asleep right now, I think its worse when I lay down). The feeling of not being able to breathe properly is there every moment of my day and night. And it has only gotten worse. The only other notable symptom is that I get dizzy once in a while. I don't even feel the anxiousness/unease in the body like I did in the past when I struggled more with anxiety. I am not sure what else to write..

Any help or advice would be appreciated. I'm kinda at a loss here. Thank you in advance and once again I apologize for the messy post