I urge you to look into the Buteyko Breathing Method
which can help you normalize your breathing again.
This alone can make a dramatic difference in your life!
I hope you have the determination to complete this program,
once you check it out and discover that it can correct chronic hyperventilation and improve most of the symptoms caused by (incorrect) breathing-related conditions.
The normal breathing website contains over 400 pages of valuable information, including free exercises you can try.
In time your anxiety symptoms should subside, including your GERD symptoms, which are likely due to your GAD.
Hope this helps,
Niko
Thank you to those who gave me breathing advice! I have been working on it when waking and noticed a difference today.
Well I went to the doctors my blood oxygen was 98 & my doctor said I had extensive work done that it cannot possibly be my lungs and it was most likely psychological until she saw how my heart rate is very high all the time. She said all my ekgs are good but she did a test where they checked my pulse while laying down, then sitting and then standing and noticed the increase and diagnosed me with POTS syndrome where you get lightheaded and heart rate accelerates upon standing. I'm also getting a heart monitor to view how fast it goes when sleep. My doctor honestly thinks having a heart monitor is unnecessary and thinks it is still anxiety related but she's ordering it just to be safe but thinks after so many ekgs and me being 18 it won't find anything abnormal.
I too have had similar issues. I however got so stressed I got gastritis. I called my doctor online and she said to take prilosec as well. She also mentiond gerd symptoms. I took it for 10 days to get my stomach acid levels back to normal. I think this is mainly caused by stress and anxiety. Whenever I feel a symptom I know I google it and get scared. If youre having similar issues I would suggest relaxing for a week or two and not think about your anxiety. Write, draw, or execise maybe to put your focus some place else. If you still feel bad, then you can go back to a doc to see if they can help.
The doctors don't believe anything is wrong, they told me today in kind of an annoying tone they did extensive examining on me and would have found something, especially with the CT scan. I have been giving an inhaler and it did nothing. She kept mentioning how my blood oxygen was normal and to talk to a psychiatrist.. She did say I may have POTS syndrome which said it could cause shortness of breathe but not all the time. She doesn't even believe the GERD could cause it either. it is myself who believes it is something terrible because i have this feeling constantly. I'm already taking lexapro 5mg but I haven't seen my psychistrist in a while so I think I should definitely up my dose.