Since a month ago : I feel dizzy, spaced out, light headed throughout my day - like I’m about to pass out / die / paralysed at it’s worst. I can’t focus on anything, there’s a pulsing in my head and I just feel ‘off’ and unable to function. There are periods where I’m fine, but most of my day is experiencing some severity of these symptoms. If I purposely slow down and focus on my breathing, I feel much better, but, I can’t stop thinking about my breath thereafter, and I can’t sleep if I’m consciously controlling it throughout the day as I can’t ‘let go’ at night. 

Every breath is a struggle. It’s a reciprocating cycle. I notice these symptoms, anxiety increases, they get worse. I think stress has accumulated in my body, and anxiety is forcing me to breathe quicker naturally when my body doesn’t require it at all. I’ve heard about Buteyko but I’m very fearful of consciously breathing often due to being unable to sleep. I mostly only do it in a bad episode.

I don’t even know where to begin to solve this :( I just want to be able to function normally and for my breath to be unconscious and not symptom producing. I would appreciate any advice / similar experiences