Posts by Betty Williams30

So, here’s my situation—I’m 22 now, and I’ve been dealing with these similar symptoms for about four years. It was honestly such an exhausting ordeal, dragging myself from one specialist to another just to get a straight answer... I went through all sorts of different diagnoses over the years, but this latest one actually seems to make sense. For what it's worth, I don't smoke, yet I would occasionally experience these episodes where, after a particularly "heavy" breath—if you know what I mean—my breathing would suddenly spike and my heart would start racing uncontrollably. Lately, those episodes have been happening more frequently. Eventually, they figured out that I have a pinched nerve in my spine that runs toward my ribs, which turns out to be the culprit. After a few sessions with a chiropractor and some physical therapy, the symptoms actually cleared up for over six months, though they're slowly starting to creep back in now. Given that I have scoliosis, it all kind of adds up... I’d really suggest reaching out to your primary care physician first; I wasted so much time seeing cardiologists, pulmonologists, neurologists, and whatnot, only to find out it was something else entirely... I hope this helps somehow...