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Coughing, can't breathe
18/F
First off, I know that nobody here is a doctor. I'm asking this question solely for an opinion of someone who may have had or know someone that had what I do right now and to have an idea of what's wrong before I can get to an actual doctor.
I'd also like to say I don't have asthma and I've never really had allergies and I've lived in a home with a smoker for 18 years but I spend most of my time in my room that is smoke free aside from candle burning.
I noticed around last week while our power was out because of Hurricane Sandy that every once in awhile, my throat would sort of close up or get blocked and I'd have some trouble breathing properly. It would sound kinda like I was wheezing when I exhaled. It would last from around 5 to 10 minutes and usually stop when I took my mind off it.
Fast forward a couple days, my power is back and I've been getting a stuffy nose, sometimes it runs and I'm taking basic cold medicine to help it but I haven't had any issues with breathing.
Fast forward a couple more days and the breathing issue is back, I've been waking up around 6-7am every day because I can't breathe in my sleep, it feels like there's a ton of phloem in my throat that builds up while I'm sleeping only too eventually clog my air way. I can't really cough is up. I'm woken up at 6am after taking Niquil and falling asleep at any time. I'm just so frustrated and I have no idea when I can get to a doctor so hopefully someone can understand why I'd look for some possible answers until then.
Thank you for reading.
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Just a thought...are you getting really vexed/stressed about something or burning the candle both ends a bit, as they say? I had symptoms which sound remarkably similar to yours about 4 years ago. Now I'm no youngster, and I've smoked a long time, so you can guess what I thought I had eh? Spoke to the doctor, of course while they don't exactly help. he couldn't simply blame the cigs. I'd been doing some quite high pressure jobs and keeping some late hours, pretty relentlessly for about a year. I felt pretty fried mentally at the time. Seems it's not unusual for stress to target your throat and breathing, and once you get in that 'itch-scratch' coughing cycle the irritation and inflamation all build up until you're a bit of a wheezing wreck, losing your voice all the time. That was my case anyway, you're younger and don't smoke...so don't take it up! Stress makes you smoke more, because it does 'help'(??) but you're shooting yourself in the foot big-time!!! I recall he gaze me cetrazine hydrochloride. It's really a hayfever and allergy treatment, of which I had neither. But it really calms down your throat muscles and lining of your air/breathing passages. It dries up the phlegm and stuff.About ten minutes after taking one I thought...I can't cough if I want to! In my case it broke the cycle and cracked it within about a week. I remember the name, because I kept what was left of the pack ages, thinking "If I get run-down again and get in the same state, they might come in handy." Thankfully I haven't since, chucked them away when they went out of date! Bit of a long answer, but have a chat with your doctor if it goes on. They've seen everything, I reckon. Best wishes!
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sounds like you've developed asthma (my husband has developed it). I just took my husband to the doctor and they said they were looking for wheezing on the exhale.......asthma. If your parent has been smoking your entire life - you could be suffering from second hand smoke issues.
I don't want to alarm you - but 2nd hand smoke is extremely dangerous. The smoke sticks to the walls and furniture, etc......you probably have become used to the "smell". But that smoke is still in the air.
Also - there is bacteria in the air from the storm and you may have an infection.
Get to a doctor and get antibiotics.
Better to be safe than sorry. Get better sweetie - and when you find out what it is - please let me know :) I'm a mom and would love to know that you are okay :)
Katie
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