As I laid awake at 3:30 a.m. this morning, I was thinking back to all the things I had read on this forum, and something came to me that I had forgotten about. I wonder if this has to do with MG. A year and a half ago, I fell and dislocated my elbow. In the ER, my blood oxy fell into the 80s. I was put on oxygen, arm set, casted, and so forth. As I was lying in bed waiting to be discharged, the nurse came in and said you need to start breathing, so I can get a blood pressure. Well, I thought I was breathing, so I started taking deeper breaths, and she stated that was better. In October, after being diagnosed with MG, I had a CT with contrast. After the test, I was lying there waiting for the nurse to remove the IV. Some voice from behind a wall kept saying breathe, breathe, breathe. I thought I was. My question. I know MG affects breathing, but is it normal for a MG patient to breathe more shallow when they are not in a crisis and not realize just how shallow. You don't think about breathing, unless you are short of breath and can't get enough air. Before diagnosis, I could get up at night to use the restroom (approximately 10 steps away), and when I would lie down, my heart would beat so hard, I would lie in bed and count the beats, just because I could feel it beating so hard and could not go to sleep. One night it would beat 10 beats, skip a beat, 10 beats, skip a beat. They usually lasts about 10 to 20 min before it calms down. Is this normal. My cardiologist said the only thing he could find was the top part of my heart was adding extra beats and a beta blocker would help, but I could live fine without it. Is this normal with MG. busy