Hi,
I just can't breathe, and it's been happening most months about 12 days to my period all day and at night. I also get sore throat and cough, but I don't care about that.
The breathing is like I can't get a full breathe in where I end up wheezing because of it. It's like I'm about to drown or have a plastic bag over my head all the time
It is really messing with my mebtal health where I've been thinking of ending it as I'm finding it hard to cope. No amount mindful breathing is helping or meditation.
Peak flow shows I don't have asthma, oxygen levels are good and had an ecg a few months ago and my heart is fine.
I get so scared that it might be serious like lung cancer or a clot in my hesrt.
Just so tired living like this and feeling afraid of dying. I look at my partner at night when we're in bed just doze off to sleep, breathing effortlessly. And I cry.
I want to feel a little normal. Give me hot flushes, mood swings, throw anything at me, but just not the drowning. This is a terrible existence
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