Perhaps not, but
Gasping Embrace can be dispeled.
[Thu Oct 31 19:44:09 2013] You begin casting Gasping Embrace.
[Thu Oct 31 19:44:15 2013] You feel a shortness of breath. You have taken 50 points of damage.
[Thu Oct 31 19:44:15 2013] You are encumbered!
[Thu Oct 31 19:44:16 2013] You haven't recovered yet...
[Thu Oct 31 19:44:18 2013] You begin casting Cancel Magic.
[Thu Oct 31 19:44:21 2013] You can breathe again.
[Thu Oct 31 19:44:21 2013] You feel a bit dispelled.
Joking aside, what happened to you was likely the same issue that occasionally affects probably all dispelable detrimental spells, also described
here and
here.