Short of breath for months with long COVID, no improvement on inhaler or propranolol

Summary

Crane 35690, 28, developed almost daily shortness of breath after COVID in December 2021 and was still breathless about eight months later, needing to yawn to get a full breath and with a sore back from breathing. Her doctor called it anxiety, though she said she had never had anxiety. Xanax, propranolol and an albuterol inhaler did not help, and hydroxyzine only made her sleepy. A lung function test was scheduled and she reported no improvement.