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Medication to help with breathing ?

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Hi all,

My doctor prescribed a reliever inhaler (ventolin) and a preventer inhaler (clenyl modulite.)

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these and have they helped the breathing rate at all?

Is there a medication that stabilises the breathing rate ? If so I could do with some but I'm just wondering...
 
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Yes. Benzos. But they're crazy addictive, and very quickly, you'll lose your ability to breathe in a stable way without them, in increasing large doses. Nothing beats practicing it yourself.

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I have COPD and sleep apnea so I use several medications such as a Ventolin inhaler, a Trelegy inhaler, and a CPAP and oxygen machine at night.

For anxiety that causes breathlessness:

I recall the sound of the ebb and flow of the ocean tide, ...in and out to the count of four. (Inhale to the count of 4 then hold for a count of four, exhale for the count of four, then hold again for the count of four. Repeat. This was discovered by accident, but it seems to help me a lot with shortness of breath due to high anxiety.
 
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