Why do I have problems with breath when I lay down?

When I go to bed at night, I have to have two pillows because otherwise I can't breath. Is there a reason for this, because everytime I lay on my back I have breathing problems.

You may have seen me before.. Sorry... I'm very a very anxious person, and I like to get different opinions and answers. I have been sent to a psychologist, and she suggested bipolar disorder (or manic depression), but she would leave it to the mental...

I'm a 29 year old female and according to 4 doctors I'm healthy the problem is that I feelike I can't breath properly. When I was 19 or 20 I had some breathing problems but I think that it was from smoking and partying I even had pnamonia when I was...

This is lengthy. Three days ago I started having difficulty breathing. It felt like I was breathing in hot air, and breathing out hot air. I couldn't get a satisfying or refreshing breath. Then I started getting an anxiety attack because I couldn't breathe...

Sometimes my nose gets so stuffed up I can't breath usually when I lay down to go to bed at night. Its not a runny nose it completely dry like the membrane in my nose is swollen, its doesn't restrict my breathing it completely closes off can't breath...

Im 17 years old. I was born with 4 heart problems. They are bicuspid aortic valve, moderate aortic stenosis, mild aortic regurgitation and mild enlargment of the ascending aorta. So now my problem is i get shortness of breath just walking up stairs,...

It's finals week at my college and last night I smoked a cigar to relax a little and drank a monster energy drink. I usually don't drink energy drinks but it's finals week and I need energy. I smoke a cigar on occasion, maybe once every couple of weeks...

I am an 18 year old female, pretty athletic (a wrestler and a swimmer), yet lately I have been feeling increasingly worse. I have IBS and acid reflux and have been on medications for those for about 3 or 4 years, yet recently my nausea has gotten out...

I am 20 years young (feel like im over 50) and over the past 3 years now this little situation is slowly breaking me apart..just now starting to get to my head! Right now These are my symptoms..score of 1 is average 2 means it happens frequently(2-3times...