Shortness of breath after stopping smoking

I was having bad pains under my ribs on the right side and I just so happen to be going to the doctor that day and told the doctor about it. He took an x-ray and showed me it was a gas bubble. Have it occasionally but take a couple of gas X and its gone shortly. At least for me it was gas. Each person needs to be checked I guess

Hey all just quit almost 2 weeks ago. I'm 36 smoked since I was 17, some shortness of breath and a little wheezie every now and then but glad I finally quit. I did notice I am alot more hungry now too

I quit smoking after 23 years and feel the same way been to doctors all test are normal told its anxiety

So true I have anxiety and it comes out of no where then I'm in a full panic attack I quit smoking and feel worse then when I smoked I have no energy to do anything i had lung test done echo ekg all normal so why do I feel short of breath at times I'm told it's my anxiety

It is and sometines it takes a while. You just have to remind and convince yourself. Think of things that truly make you happy. For me i used to look at a picture of my wife while i was away on work...i sometimes travel. Porn works too..j/k

ive been packed in smoking 10 months ago im breathless just walking upstairs i been doctors and done asthma test thought i had copd had chest x ray and blood test all came back clear then on my border line of blood test its to do with my heart so waiting to go for a heart x ray

Hi! I tried quitting with Champix a couple of years ago, but I couldn't handle it, so I went back to smoking. I had severe SOB (been a heavy smoker for about 17 years), I couldn't concentrate, had a lot of anxiety and really didn't even feel like myself. It was truly horrible. Now I quit 10 days ago with patches and lozenges/gum, it's called combination therapy, and it has worked so well that I don't even have what we would call a craving. I still take a gum here and there, but I'm off the patches and I didn't even feel the difference. Of course, I feel slight irritation here and there and sometimes I have "moments of depression", but it is normal and to be expected. What has really bothered me the last couple of days is SOB and CT (chest tightness). So yes, it can happen even if you don't quit on Champix. I am so happy that I found this site and got some clarity as to what is going on with my respiratory system. SOB was probably the main reason I started smoking again a couple of years ago. It caused more anxiety in me, and that increased the SOB, to the point where I couldn't handle the panic. Now I take a gum when I get these severe SOB attacks, because I figure there is no need to top if off with nicotine withdrawal panic

I am well aware that this SOB that we are experiencing is to a large extent physiological. I do however believe that it is also psychological and emotional on a conscious AND subconscious level. For us who have smoked for so so many years, we have dealt with a lot of shit simply by putting a cig in our mouth. It has been our way of dealing, and it is a way to repress feelings. Now when we are moving out of the fog it's not only tar and other physical shit that needs to come out, it is also emotional shit. I decided that I would stay with my baggage this time around and breathe through whatever would come up. Yesterday evening I could really not get a full breath, and I laid down to do an angel meditation as an attempt to calm down. I felt that it got worse, I felt almost feverish and out of control of my emotions, and an old memory came back to me. My dog was taken away from me to go another family because my little brother was allergic. She, Ronja, was my only true friend as a child. We were inseparable, and suddenly she was taken away from me. I remembered how we used to cuddle, play, explore and have amazing times together. And as I remember this I was crying like a baby, the tears were just pouring out. I was so surprised about this experience... I hadn't thought about her for decades... but it is one thing g that I never dealt with as a kid, and my childhood was traumatic in many ways, so this had left a deep deep cut. We often smoke to turn off, now when we stop, we are turned on again. So physically and emotionally and spiritually we may have some catching up to do. I hope that we take the opportunity to DEAL and to be gentle with ourselves. Because the reality is that we have been stuck in a behaviour of self-punishment, self-denial and perhaps even self-hatred. And now, we are free.

I quit about a month ago and now mabe one day or two days a week I get tightness in chest and hard to breath and coughing and flem than the next day it's gone what could it be it's very annoying

Hi Tenorten. Im happy to find your post even if it is a year old. I quit 1 month ago also. smoked a pack for 40 years. I feel like death! short of breath, my throat feels like someone painted dry glue on the back of my throat. I have zero energy, most if tge day, i wanna kill some one. My whole body hurts. Grrrr. please tell me this will end?

Hey I just read your post I was wondering if you are still getting better or what?

171 days, CONGRAT ! How r u feeling now? I have 138 days smoke free.

Yeah exactly the same. im 39 male and have been given up only two weeks. I had smoked 15-20 a day from the age of 15. I was born with asthma but have had absolutely no issues with that or breathing until i stopped. I cannot get my breath properly and even after the shortest walk i'm out of breath. I constantly on my inhaler which haven't used for years so to be fair feel pretty wound up as feel there's no point whatsoever stopping if the benefits well.............

Oh my god this is what exactly happens with me

Oh my god this is what exactly happens with me