Hi everyone - I have had many tests done and some say I have this and others say I don’t. So I really don’t know.

I have been dealing with this uncomfortable and terrifying feeling like I am not breathing. The hospital (and everyone else) says that I am and they send me home. But it is a weird feeling like I don’t feel the air moving in and out of my chest. It is like a hollow, dead feeling in the center of my chest, by my sternum.

I also always clean my bathroom with bleach and it usually irritates my lungs. Today when I was cleaning the a bathroom, I didn’t feel as affected by the bleach smell and I didn’t haveto go outside to breathe. I just don’t “feel” like the nerves in these areas are working. I haven’t recently been sick, or done anything different. I know that I haven’t had covid or any other respiratory illness.

When I feel like I cannot “feel” myself breathing, I get serious panic attacks. So bad, that I have called the ambulance 5 times in the past 2 weeks. It’s going to be one hefty bill when I get it in the mail.

My psychiatrist keeps telling me this is a psychosomatic issue. That when I start “thinking” that I can’t “feel” myself breathe, I panic and that is how it goes downhill from there with the ambulances.

Is there anyway I can “test” to see if the sensory nerves are broken and this is what is occurring? I am beyond scared and terrified and I don’t want to lose the ability to breathe on my own.

Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

A very terrified Redditor