male / 27
smoker (marijuana and cigarettes 10 years)
The first time i had this problem I worked out intensley with weights, then immediately took 3 hits of a marijuana joint,. within a minute, my already fast heartbeat went through the roof, then within 2 mins of that, I was left GASPING for air for hours, it was a very scary time i called ambulance and after a while i calmed down and breathing was ok enough for me to go home
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This happened 3.5 months ago, and i quit cigs and marijuana after that cold turkey.
Now since then, i have been hacking out clear and yellow mucus numerous times a day on a daily basis. However, when i go to my doc to tell him and her about it, they listen to my lungs and send me for chest x rays and everything comes back normal and clear (then why do I hack out SO much clear and yellow mucus and have sinus congestion everyday????) anyways, today, after staying away from doing heavy demanding type jobs since the first episode, i had to cut the grass front and back,.. i finished the front and started on the back,. when all of a sudden i could felt my heart rate increase and then BAM it went through the roof , i stopped mowing the lawn and then within 2 minutes i was left almost gasping for air and could feel the tightness and congesting inside the center/lower area of my chest near diaphragm, this continued for hours , my breathing was shallow and erratic for hours. I strongly beleve this is happening because i have DEEP mucus stuck in my chest but the doctors look at me like im a fool when i say that and ignore me because the chest x rays show that i have clear lungs and when they listen to my lungs they are , as one doctor put it, "clearest lungs in the hospital". I dont know what to do, i cant work out anymore, i cant even mow the lawn,. whats wrong with me?
so to summarize:
Demanding activity -> RAPID heartbeat for 5 minutes or so -> Labored/difficulty/shallow breathing for HOURS afterwords like lungs are working at 50%