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shortness of breath/frequent yawning

I am a 41 year old female with a 2 year old, in good health other than being about 10 pounds overweight. Two months ago I began experiencing shortness of breath. I yawn constantly in an attempt to get air. The doctor thought asthma, especially given my family history of lung problems, so though my lungs sounded clear I tried advair/albuterol.  No change in condition.
I had a ct scan to check for a pulmonary embolism and everything looked good. I have been taking previcid for 2 weeks to treat possible acid reflux, but there has been no change in my condition. I feel better when I sleep and wake up feeling great, only to have the sob return within a few hours.
A possibly relevant fact: the day before this started I was at yoga doing a twist when I felt a very, very sharp pain in my right side under my rib, along with a feeling as if a rubber band had been snapped in the same place. The pain was excruciating and traveled through my breast and shoulder, but was gone in a few minutes and I was able to continue class. Also, I was in the desert for a few days and it went away but returned about a week later. I fairly certain it isn't stress/anxiety as the trip out of town was not relaxing. The breathing seems better when I stand/worsens sitting down, and I may have been standing more than usual on the trip. I am feeling so frustrated, scared, and depressed.
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I had this kind of breathing problem that I need to yawn to satisfy a breath and  sometimes find a breath that can actually satisfy me. I first experienced this 2 days after waking up shaking from the cold weather. The first time i experienced this i panicked, i thought would pass out but i didn't. I went to the e.r. they took my high blood pressure and it was high ( maybe because of the panic). they made an ECG on me and the heart was fine after 3days with 2days meds.  i had a lung xray and the docs comment was there were no problems except for the slightly swollen heart due to my high blood pressure. after almost 3 month I still have the problem. I went to another doc they made another ecg but the heart was fine gave me another set of meds for highblood but i discontinued then because my blood pressure went back to normal. Now i'm trying alternative medicine. I went to a reflexologist they said that it is full of "cold" which caused me to not breath comfortably. I'm trying to have my back and whole body treated with reflexology to find a cure for this. after some sessions it got better. i still have the problem but not as severe as before. some are suggesting ventosa, and acupuncture. I'll update when i'm done with this sessions.
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I'm having a similar problem tight now.tightness in chest,when I breathe a pain under my chest bone feels like something is stuck.I went to the emergency many tines because I was panicking from not breathing correctly.also when I yawn or breathe deeply I notice the side of my ribs on both sides the air takes longer to go down.I started taking indomethician and after 2 weeks everything went back to normal then it all came back again.I been having this problem for 4 months now and it ***** and only seems to go away when I'm not thinking about it but I can't concentrate on my school work because of this cobdition.I'm now take something prescribed by my doctor because he says I might have hyper tension and in a month I should be better.its been 2 weeks now and I feel a little different a little better.
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I am 22 female, and i have also been having the similar type of problem the only thing thatbscares me is the fact that i started smoking a few years back but this problem started only 10-12 days before..i thought that maybe it is due to congestion and it would go away as soon as my throat clears out but nothing seems to be helping me.. i'm very scared i don't want COPD or Emphysema or any other lung disease.. but i have not experienced any other symptoms relating to these diseases as such coughing or coughing out blood or pain while inhaling or exhaling.. i really don't know what it is ..this problem is neither getting better nor worse
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I have been having difficulty breathing fo all my life since I was 9. I remember vividly when it all started. It was during PE classes when we all played soccer. In the middle I felt shortness of breath and I was brought To the nurse by my teacher   who sent me home and I don't remember what happened afterwards. It was another episode when we were at the Girl Scouts and one of the girls had an epilepsy episode.  I get so scared that I was rushed to the hospital that night because I couldn't breathe. Dr. said that I got scared and that's why I couldn't breathe because everything all the tests showed nothing. Ever since it would be worse before I got my period every month. I was also bulimic so when I was eating and vomiting I would feel constantly shortness of breath. In the past four years I have been lit reading a lot about hypoglycemia and I have learned that eating every three hours might solve the problem. It really did for me. I now have so much less of the shortness of breath. I wouldn't say it has been gone forever because I also exercise and walk in when I exercise I have to increase the carbs amount that I'm taking and I'm not really taking enough because I don't want to gain weight. That triggers the shortness of breath again in my case. Also stress contributes a lot. So whoever reads it , it might be worth the try to eat right every 2-3 hours in small quantities so your blood sugar doesn't suffer ups and downs. Good luck people. I am so happy to find out that I am not the only one
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Sounds exactly like me.  Whatever happened?
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I just want to ask hows everybody? Im experiencing this shortness of breath and excessive  yawning for years, i was reading almost all the poat here and i can get a clear idea, some says anxiety, acid reflux, hyperventilation, problem with carbon dioxide.level but more says they dont know what it is . How's everybody? Please.share your success story, share the things that helped you !
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