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hi. i am having new symptoms which are worrying me.

i am getting more frequent episodes of chest tightness and mild(?) shortness of breath. the breath is like, i can breathe, but i constantly feel like i would need to take a deep breath to get enough air. however, actually taking a deep breath, or two, does not make it go away or improve.

i do not hyperventilate and my pulse is normal and regular.

i am not anxious to start with, although when the tightness happens then i become a bit anxious. but in the past, when i have had anxiety attacks with pressure on the chest, it did not feel the same way as this. and these days i am very calm to start with...

i had worse, but less frequent episodes of this sporadically during the peak of the allergy season, accompanied by deep cough. one in particular where i had chest pain and a sense of throbbing/burning when i inhaled.

the cough has been life-long but i had never had the pain/tightness that i can recall. nor shortness of breath except after coughing non-stop for a half hour and then who isn't short of breath.

when i saw my mdoc i told him the tightness and shortness of breath were new symptoms that sometimes occurred with or before the cough, and that the cough per see was not new but these things were. however, yesterday and today i have had several episodes of this without coughing any.

mdoc referred me for a chest xray and spirometry which are now scheduled for August 25th, but he did not listen to my heart or breathing or do anything besides sit behind his desk and turn out scripts.

i am not sure what to do. i have no reason to believe this has anything to do with the Zoloft.

my mother is concerned it could be heart rather than breathing. that occurred to me too. i don't know what to do. it is scary that it is becoming more frequent and also i feel tired/weak when it happens.

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