Originally Posted by Machka

Except for the fact that I've got a constant trickle down my throat from my sinuses. I choke on that when I accidentally inhale it. I choke more when I drink water ... I have to be sitting bolt upright when I drink water. I choke in the night when the trickle pools and trickles into a lung. And when I'm breathing hard, it seems like there's even more trickling down my throat for me to choke on. I choke about once a day on average.

Apparently that's not normal ... but it is quite common for someone with a deviated septum and enlarged turbinates.


But yes, I've been told many times to breathe through my nose when I cycle except maybe when I'm climbing a hill or going hard. I've never been able to breathe through my nose when exercising. I've often wonder how that's possible.

Even just sitting, I need to breathe heavily through my mouth every now and then to kind of catch up.