Breathlessness or respiratory problems
Hi i posted a question on another site but no one replied. I hope someone replies here.
I was wondering if anyone of you have breathlessness with your other bunch of symptoms. I've had it each of the 3 " relapses" I used to think it was adult onset asthma but this third time it pretty bad and lasted quite long. And the inhaler and prednisolone didn't help and the Drs kept saying my chest was clear. But God bless him , my Dr then gave me Gabapentin and Miraculously i could breath again! As in i didn't get out of breath talking or going to the loo.
I really want to compare my experience with someone else because so far i haven't spoken to anyone who has had this as part of a neurological problem. Which is kind of isolating.
Well, the success of the gabapentin plus the tie-in with your relapses do suggest that this is MS-related. I expect your neuro will have seen it before, but probably not surprising that your GP hadn't. I don't know the mechanism of gabapentin - whether it can only be taken as and when needed or could be taken as a preventative. Maybe something to ask the neuro?x
@cosine , I think you may have been suffering from an MS symptom called Banding. It's also known by the misnomer, the MS Hug. It's when the intercostal muscles go into spasm. These are several groups of muscles that run between the ribs, and help form and move the chest wall. The intercostal muscles are mainly involved in the mechanical aspect of breathing. These muscles help expand and shrink the size of the chest cavity to facilitate breathing. There's more details here:- https://www.mstrust.org.uk/a-z/ms-hug