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Is chronic anxiety preventing me from exhaling fully or is the asthma? i have extreme anxiety and stress issues and i don't know how to fix my breath.

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Med eval: Because some of the symptoms can be similar - it would be important to be medically evaluated to differentiate the two. If you do have asthma, it doesn't mean that there isn't overlying anxiety.

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Answered 10/4/2016

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A member asked:

Is chronic anxiety preventing me from exhaling fully or is the asthma? i have extreme anxiety and stress issues and i don't know how to fix my breath.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Dr Ali agreed

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