Breathing

[theanxiousone]

I mentioned in an earlier thread that I've been having asthma problems, but I was also diagnosed with anxiety. I had my brain checked with an MRI, MRA, and a CT about a month ago. Is it possible they missed something?

I was just laying down to sleep and after a few minutes I felt almost like my brain was telling my body not to breathe. I wasn't exhaling/inhaling for maybe 2 seconds and I became scared and quickly sat up and resumed breathing. I don't have sleep apnea but my anxiety seems to be pretty bad especially because of my asthma. When I was in the hospital last month, they ran a bunch of tests and didn't find anything wrong with me and said its anxiety. I felt lightheaded, weak, pressure in my head, etc. A lot of these symptoms went away but sometimes I feel as if I'll pass out or stop breathing and when I'm sleeping it seems worse. 

I get pretty scared about things like this because I'm only 15 and can't drive myself to the doctor. My mom is the only who will judge whether or not a trip to the hospital is necessary. So is it possible for my brain to just give out? Can it actually make me stop breathing or would my entire brain have to stop working before something like that happened? I'd be more comfortable if my entire brain just gave out if I was going to stop breathing. 

And is it possible its my anxiety? Can my anxiety make me feel that way? Can it make me feel like I am going to stop breathing and actually make it pause for a second if its bad? Was my mind making it pause because of the anxiety? I don't know what to do anymore. I'm a wreck and very scared.


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And I doubt I have sleep apnea, I haven't had anything like this before. I've only had things like this happen ever since the day I went to the hospital last month -- which leads me to believe its either anxiety or my brain. I just need to know what exactly would happen if it was my brain.

[strangerdanger]

Anxiety is the issue.  What you're experiencing is an irrational fear.  You're not going to forget to breath.  I've had anxiety my whole life and I've dealt with so many irrational fears.  I always think I'm dying of one thing or another despite being healthy.

The more you focus on something, the more real you make it to yourself which makes the anxiety worse.

Just know that you're not alone in what you're experiencing.  When you lie down, think of something positive instead of fixating on your breathing.

[theanxiousone]

Thanks. Its good to know I'm not alone, but I just can't help myself. I just wish there was a way for me to know if there was something wrong with my brain. Sometimes I wish there was a way for me to just peek in. I know that the doctors did all these scans but I can't help but think they missed something. Like, there was a lady I read about. She had an aneurysm but it was in a part of her brain that the doctors couldn't really see on the scan. So the doctor just went in, did the surgery, and found it. He had guessed where it was. Are things like that rare? For something to be going on in a part of your brain that the doctors can't see?

I just feel so weird sometimes. I feel like I might just die any second, have a seizure, stop breathing, pass out, etc.
The list goes on and on. Sometimes I wonder if these are really irrational fears or if something is happening to me and its not getting the medical attention it deserves. Sometimes my face feels a bit tight and I know that can be caused by anxiety, but what if its the brain? Sometimes my eyes feel weird, I haven't read about that being cause by anxiety, but I guess anything is possible.

Anyway, humor me. I read that the medulla oblongata is what controls breathing. Is it relatively easy to see on a scan? If something was wrong, they would of seen it?