Okay, so on Monday night I remember hitting a cart with my brothers... but I remember having floaters or streaks of light in my vision before hitting the cart. I still hit the cart because I wanted to go to sleep so I can get this over with... well because of the floaters and streaks of light in my vision, I wasn’t able to feel my high... like I knew I was high, but I couldn’t feel it. Anyways, I ate a small bag of Takis and I remember not feeling good and throwing them up. I remember having a strong headache too.

^oh yeah... before this, I already had a sore throat a week before this I’d say.

I went to my room and eventually fell asleep.

I woke up Tuesday morning and my headache/migraine was gone. I mean I could still feel it, but barely. I remember taking a hit from the cart and going back to sleep because I wasn’t able to go back to sleep. I fell asleep.

I wake up, but feeling sick... headache, weak, shivering, sensitive skin, etc.

Obviously I thought common cold because this is what I feel when I’m sick...

Anyways, I’m over here feeling so sick and I start throwing up. I felt so sick so I went to the ER so they could give me some form of medication.

I got to the ER and they give IV for my headache and some other medication for the weakness... and they told the medicine was probably going to make me feel drowsy or something which is perfectly normal.

As I’m getting this medication... my nose is stuffed and my throat is dry... my mind focuses on that and then suddenly thinks “I can’t breathe” so I start to panic. I start telling the nurse I can’t breathe and I start crying because I felt like I was going to die...

They helped me calm down and they told me it was perfectly normal because the medicine can also cause patients to feel anxious.

They give me a nasal spray which cleared my nose, but I was still having this feeling like shortness of breath. I told them and they checked my oxygen levels and they told me every part of my body was getting enough oxygen, the oxygen I need. They even showed me the monitor which said “100” but it really didn’t help me feel better because I was still having this shortness of breath problem.

They scanned my head and everything came back good.

I went to the ER again, but later in the night because my shortness of breath wasn’t letting me sleep.

They tested my blood and scanned my chest... anddd everything came back good.

Both ER’s told me they think I’m experiencing severe anxiety because of the little anxiety attack or panic attack that I had earlier in the ER at the Mayo Clinic.

I went back home and struggled to sleep because of the shortness of breath, but my mom stayed with me till I fell asleep. I’m grateful for my mother :)

Wednesday morning I wake up feeling okay and my mom went off to work... I couldn’t go back to sleep because I kept thinking if I was going to feel the same way today as I did the day before. Anddd yeah the shortness of breath came back. My mom came home because I kept calling her... I apologized to her, but I felt safer when my mom was there with me.
Anyways, I try sleeping, but I kept waking up. Like I was able to sleep for a couple of min, but I kept waking up in between.

Then my woke me up and told me to get ready for my doctors appointment. I get ready and off we go!

I get there, but the mask was making it harder for me to breathe. I was in the waiting room waiting to get called and I remember texting my mom at the same time telling her “thank you mom” and “I love you” and I felt like crying right there because I’m so blessed to have the support of my family.

I got called and I told my doctor everything. Every single symptom and every single thing I felt or thought even if it didn’t make sense or sound like I didn’t make sense.

My symptoms:

Shortness of breath,
Cold sweat,
Sweaty hands,
Tingling in hands, feet, and body.

I told them my vision feels different at times and even walking feels different at times. I’m not sure how to describe it, but I described it to her that it felt like a “dream”. And surprisingly I found a Reddit post today of someone describing it the same... and another person describing it as “foggy” so I’m not too sure.

Whenever I get the shortness of breath, I fear not being able to breathe and dying because of not being able to breathe.

But yeah they were convinced it was anxiety too... nothing wrong with my body nor my breathing. Just this shortness of breath making my heart rate go up, but it was still at a normal level. Anyways, they helped me feel better because they explained some stuff to me that had to do with anxiety. I could relate to some of the stuff that they were mentioning to me and I started feeling better... I remember leaving feeling better and the shortness of breath actually went away!

The rest of the day I was feeling better because the shortness of breath was finally gone!

I slept pretty good, but then woke up this morning thinking again whether I was going to feel the same way or not. Anddd the shortness of breath came back... lasted until 5pm I’d say. Currently 10pm and rn at the moment
I’m actually currently feeling a little bit better. I don’t have the shortness of breath rn, but it feels like it wants to come back if that makes sense.

Btw, nothing really triggered the shortness of breath. Like... I feel ever since the ER anxiety/panic attack... my anxiety worsened and now I get anxious over everything maybe?

First 2 days were pretty scary... as much as I try not to cry, I really couldn’t help it.

I know I can get better... and I believe I can get cured completely because I believe God will heal me. If you’re not a believer in God, then don’t worry! Just please don’t say anything negative and remember to be respectful!

But yes, I know this will take time and patience and I know this won’t be easy. But with the support of my family and with the help of God, I know I’ll get better and I know eventually this anxiety will go away!

I too feel alone because my mind makes me feel like I’m alone, but my heart knows I’m not and you guys aren’t alone either!

I find it helpful to read similar experiences, but sometimes it can get me feeling a little anxious. But I assume it’s normal as it’s pretty uncomfortable learning what you’re struggling with.

I find it difficult to focus on anything else other than how I’m feeling, but I know this is normal since I’m still pretty new to this and based on the experiences I’ve read. Yes, I know everybody is different, but we all also share some symptoms!

I also forgot to mention that sometimes I’m able to motivate myself and sometimes my family is able to motivate me which makes me feel good and positive for a bit, but then it all comes back.

Basically I’m asking for advice, thoughts, coping mechanisms, reassurance, etc.

This is one tough battle... but God wouldn’t put you through a battle you can’t handle! We got this and we’ll get through this!