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Air Hunger

Author: jrain54
Date: 2017-08-19 12:01

Hello all,

I have been struggling of late to, in my everyday life, take a sufficient breath. If you google 'air hunger' you may be able to understand more what I mean. I do have mild asthma when my allergies are bad, or in cold weather, but it's not really having a 'wheezy' breath, but rather being unable to take a satisfying breath, and trying to yawn a lot to get one...

I have posted on here about having troubles breathing when playing the clarinet twice before, and looking back each post was made at around the same time in the year - around Winter to Spring, when the weather was cold and windy and allergy season was at a high.

I am young and fit and do regular exercise, so it's definitely not anything to do with being unfit / age induced issues / smoking, so I'm inclined to think it's the seasonal weather that affects me.
For anyone who'll tell me I need to see a doctor - I have, last year when I was having the same problem. They tested me for asthma but at the time, and like now, I was not having any asthmatic symptoms so they said I looked clear.
Having experienced asthma before, I know the difference myself - and again, rather than having a 'stuffy' chest and 'wheezy' breathing, what I'm feeling is simply being unable to take a good breath.

The reason I make this post is to find out if anyone here has experienced the same thing, and what you have done about it as it is seriously affecting my ability to play the clarinet (as it has done in previous years too), which is not great especially at this time, where in the coming week I have a practical assessment and am really needing to be practicing a lot for an upcoming AMEB exam.

Jess

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