Not so good times.
Today I had a nervous breakdown (again) and ended up crying to my NCO. I sat in her office sobbing my eyes out and hardly able to breathe. Nothing will come of this. I don't feel better. I'm starting to doubt all of my life choices.
Unrelatedly, my body is retarded. I have alot of trouble breathing when I'm upset or working out or anything that might alter my breathing. So I go and get tested. The first test reveals it's not asthma, so yay for that. The second test says it's not cardio induced asthma (which is really what we thought it was). Finally, the doctor goes "I think I know what this is" and proceeds to shove a scope up my nose and down my throat.
What this test reveals is that my vocal cords freak out when my breathing gets strange. Normally, when you breathe in the flaps at the top of the vocal cords expand to allow air into the lungs. In my case the vocal cords pull together closing off air entry. It makes all the muscles in my neck constrict and it feels like I'm suffocating.
There is not a specific known cause for the condition. It is permanent. The treatment is speech therapy and relaxation. Basically the only thing that can be done is to try not to panic and hope for the best.
Boo, stupid body.
Unrelatedly, my body is retarded. I have alot of trouble breathing when I'm upset or working out or anything that might alter my breathing. So I go and get tested. The first test reveals it's not asthma, so yay for that. The second test says it's not cardio induced asthma (which is really what we thought it was). Finally, the doctor goes "I think I know what this is" and proceeds to shove a scope up my nose and down my throat.
What this test reveals is that my vocal cords freak out when my breathing gets strange. Normally, when you breathe in the flaps at the top of the vocal cords expand to allow air into the lungs. In my case the vocal cords pull together closing off air entry. It makes all the muscles in my neck constrict and it feels like I'm suffocating.
There is not a specific known cause for the condition. It is permanent. The treatment is speech therapy and relaxation. Basically the only thing that can be done is to try not to panic and hope for the best.
Boo, stupid body.