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Why is my breathing really slow, almost to the point where i feel like i am skipping breaths, and my heart rate really fast when i take my pulse?
3 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Not worrisome: Slow breathing normally is not a symptom that anyone notices. I worry that your anxiety is causing excessive illness concern + making you pay too much attention to normal body functions. Please tell your therapist if you are precoccupied. Can't tell whether your heart rate is "really fast" unless you give us a number, but adrenaline from anxiety can make heart race to 100, even 110.
Answered 8/3/2016
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Anxiety: It sounds like your anxiety problem is involved. You should consult your anxiety therapy folks so they can help.
Answered 9/21/2016
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Why: It's impossible to know why without you telling more about your condition as to what circumstances those occur, how long they stay, what makes them worse and what causes them to go away, etc.
Answered 10/29/2015
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