Hello group, I'm a new member. I think I'm experiencing MVPS but
have not been diagnosied officially yet. I do have a MVP,
diagnosed 5 years ago. I'm 40 and very active with two kids, a full
time marketing job with lots of travel and a very aggressive
Triathlon and running habit. Over the last few years, I've had
palpatations and chest pain but it's always been minor. However,
three weeks ago, I had a full blown panic attack after swallowing
too many vitamins at once and feeling like I was going to choke. I
ended up in the ER, they did a full range of tests (EKG, CT-scan,
thyroid workup, etc) and I came out healthy. They sent me home.
Subsequently, I had two more panic attacks caused by fear of eating
and food getting stuck. My doctor has diagnosed anxiety and has me
on lorazapam and Zoloft.

I'm feeling much better now except for one symptom that just won't
leave and that's shortness of breath. I've had shortness of breath
for three weeks now and it only is relieved when I'm sleeping or
running. It's troublesome as I want to go back to work (I've been
off since the first attack) but I'm having difficulty talking for
long periods of time since I can't catch my breath and most of my
job is phone calls and presentations. The doctors say I'm getting
100% oxygen so they don't know why I can't catch my breath.

I've been all over the internet looking for ways to alieviate this
symptom and have found nothing. I cut out caffienne and that
stopped the chest pain and palps annd I'm working on the sugar (that
is much harder for me to cut out) but nothing speaks to the
breathlessness. Any ideas?

Thanks and I'm happy to have found this group!
Kelly