Can anxiety really cause you to be short of breath? i have felt short of breath for over two years now the doctors checked my heart and i did a lung function test to check for asthma which both came back fine. the doctor then told me i have anxiety and ga

Hello. : Hello. I can't diagnose your condition. Panic attacks are a form of anxiety. They are discrete episodes in which a person feels overwhelming anxiety;can breath rapidly; feel short of breath;have chest tightness, pressure or pain; nausea or knot is stomach, dizziness, numbness or tingling just to mention a few symptoms.

Panic attacks?: Ruling out physical causes, have you yet tried any form of psychotherapy? Typically, the optimal combination of things to treat emotional issues such as symptoms you describe is medication (which, on your best day, is supposed to take the edge off symptoms) but the real gruntwork takes place in psychotherapist's consulting room.