shortness of breath

I have perpetual shortness of breath. That's just a given. Let's not even mention the feeling I get in my chest snd throat sometimes. It's so raspy and dry. Like the gutteral cough of a smoker. Its like a wheeze, almost. But it's not. It just feels like it could produce one. But I only do it if...

It was very intense, very scary. I was as if I was choking. I felt like everything was closing in on me. I was convinced something was wrong in my body. Like I was bleeding, or something I didn't know was attacking my body and health. Still recovering from it. My entire body and all my limbs...