Hello,

I'm writing here because as of lately, I find myself having trouble taking satisfying breaths, but most posts I've seen are of people who cannot for the life of them take deep breaths. However, I guess I'm lucky and I can still take satisfying deep breaths: it feels like a satisfying stretch in my chest and it usually makes my arms tingle, all the way to the tip of my fingers. Sometimes I end up being lightheaded and dizzy afterwards, but not always.

I've had this happen in the past but it would usually only last a few minutes. Now it's been going on for days, I wake up super tired and I need to take a deep breath else I feel like I've been suffocating all night long. Wondering if it has to do with oxygen/co2 in my blood or sleep apnea or something.

It's also winter and the air is kinda dry, my nose sometimes bleeds and gets clogged at night, dry throat and nose, could it also affect it? I've been feeling rather stressed lately for external reasons but I don't know if it's full on anxiety, I've been on Cipralex for my anxiety for 2 years now. I'm super confused and I feel self conscious because I'm always sighing without realizing it, I feel like taking these deep breaths just worsens my problem. I've been looking into the control pause technique, will try it for the following days to see if it helps.

Anyone with something similar, like they can still take a deep breaths but most breaths feel unsatisfying? It feels like I'm going to die or pass out at times... I don't feel particularily anxious, but maybe it's because the state of anxiety is now a norm for me and I don't feel anxious anymore? I have to call my doctor to renew my Cipralex prescription so I'll probably mention it to him.