Hi everyone,

So, I've been freaking out a little bit over the last couple of weeks. I'm 25, my BMI is exactly where it should be, but I lived a very sedentary lifestyle (no exercise really) between the ages of 17 - 23. For the last two years or so, I haven't been on any form of steroid inhaler, and only used my reliever before exercise. Over the last couple of months since Coronavirus started (I did also have a bronchitis type infection in February, could have been Corona, who knows.), I have found myself feeling 'breathless'. I went to the doctor, I've had bloods done (they were fine), and I've been put on 1 puff of Clenil Modulite morning and evening. I do also suffer from anxiety and have done for many years, but I am not medicated.

Now, I'm not entirely sure if I am breathless, or if its all in my head. I'm very 'conscious' of my breath, and I can focus on it quite a lot sometimes. These are my symptoms:

1. I 'feel' out of breath when getting of the sofa. I'm not sure if this is breathlessness, or I notice an increase in my respiration rate because I've gone from sitting to standing.
2. I have a VERY minor audible wheeze when I open my mouth wide and exhale gently... I don't THINK it comes from the lungs, but it does disappear when I take a bronchodilator, which does concern me.
3. I live in an apartment building, and my flat is on the second floor. It's 60 stairs to reach my floor. If I run/walk up the stairs to my apartment, I can be left out of breath for a couple of minutes. Is this normal?
4. One further example: yesterday I walked up a hill which is 1.1 miles in total. The whole way is a hill and it's relatively steep. At the top of the hill I was quite out of breath and felt pretty weak, I waited 11 minutes to see if my breath would come back, and it got a bit better but I didn't seem to recover super well. I took 1 puff of my blue inhaler and I seemed to recover quite quickly. Firstly, it concerns me that I need to take a puff just from walking up a long hill, and it bothers me that I need to take it before exercise otherwise I feel pooped.

I'm really freaking out that I have COPD or some other horrible disease which is causing me to not breath as well... I would really appreciate some guidance/opinions.