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Feeling faint, can't breathe, but don't think it's anxiety

a couple of weeks ago I fainted while in the shower and my parents said its because I went from a freezing cold room to a boiling hot shower... But it's like fainting opened something in my mind because lately I nearly always feel faint, I can't never properly breathe most of the time it feels like I'm gasping for air, sometimes my lungs or my chest hurts and I shake randomly... Now at first I thought It was my anxiety, but this feels different then the anxiety/panic attacks I usually get... I mean this goes on basically all the time.
My mum is going to take me to the doctors to get bloods done (I'm scared of needles... Like full on scream if I see one) anyway nearly every time I'm going to sleep and I close my eyes out of no where I feel like the world is spinning and then I gasp... Out of no where I just gasp like I couldn't breathe??? I get really freaked out by this and then try my hardest not to go to sleep... But I end up falling asleep... And it's usually around this time that I start shaking... Anyone know what's going on? Because I don't think it's anxiety and has anyone else experienced this? P.S I'm 13...
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Going to the doctor and getting your bloods done is a very good idea.
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15439126 tn?1444443163
In the meantime, you might try one or two cups of camomille tea to see if that impacts your anxious tension.  I find it's about as potent as a very weak dose of serax/oxazepam (a classic anti-anxiety med, though it's addictive if used regularly over the long term).

In the long term, I think it's much better to figure out what you need to do to dampen out your own anxiety levels, there are many lifestyle tweaks that can greatly help.  Throwing meds at something like anxiety, can encourage the patient to adapt by adding even more anxiety provoking practices to their lives (or not address the lack of having some calming routines forming part of their daily living), and soon enough they risk reaching the point where the med no longer works well if at all.
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No I'm not, but after I get a blood test done I probably will be
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Thank you, also I not on any sort of medication
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15439126 tn?1444443163
Sounds like a mix of high anxiety and low blood pressure.  

Are you on any prescription medications?
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No, I don't think it has to do with the cool to hot abrupt change, but it might have triggered something.
You are likely on some medications which can cause serious side-effects and also have possible interaction between them and causing additional adverse effects. One of those effects may have to with breathing  difficulties.

Make sure you let your parents know, so they can check with the prescribing doctor and the pharmacist.
It might be a good idea to post your all your diagnosis, all your meds you're on and any other details you want to include.

You  may have some deficiencies for which you need to be tested.
I know needles scare you, but you can look up  EFT (emotional freedom techniques), which is not difficult to learn at the basic level.
You can then apply these techniques - very simple to do- to help you bring down the intensity of your fear.

One particular test you should be having is a complete iron panel.

Looking forward to your reply.

Best wishes,
Niko
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I Also always feel weak
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