So since Friday I've had my yearly cold as the seasons have moved towards Winter (happens every year and is the only time I'm usually unwell)...
Yesterday evening though started struggling with an asthma attack (I had asthma yet this is my first attack) which resulted in the paramedics having to come round and give me oxygen.
Went to bed last night feeling completely fatigued and despite waking up a few times in the night where I felt fine; I have absolutely no energy this morning and have had to take the day off work.
Are there any other Asthma sufferers on here who can advise what to do to recover and get my strength back as quickly as possible?
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I'd also see the asthma nurse and check your meds are right and your inhaling technique if you use inhalers.
Good luck.
Completely my fault yet ran out of the brown on Friday which I guess would have protected me from the attack had I got some replacement sooner
The blue inhaler - Ventolin/Subutamol - is a 'reliever' medicine.
Both the brown and blue inhaler have totally different functions. For me, I have 2 puffs morning 2 puffs evening of Becotide but then I don't ever use my Ventolin pump unless I'm wheezing which is not very often these days.
Pollution and damp air really affect my breathing.
I would seriously suggest you ask to be prescribed Seretide, as I said earlier, it has transformed my Asthma almost to a point where I forget I have it.
Agree with comment about air circulating in bedroom especially.
I am sure there is some medical correlation to a bloke having sex, then rolling over and falling asleep, but I genuinely found this to be help.
Obviously if you feel chesty like this on a train, prob best not to try this method.
My asthma is exercise induced asthma which started about 18 years ago. Ironically exercise is now one of the best ways for me to control it. If I'm well or unwell and don't do my usual 20 miles a day cycling then the wheezing starts.
My route is mainly on the Greenway so it's not really an issue for me.
Good luck @ForeverAddickted - its really worth investigating your options.
Moved onto it about Year and half ago and has been much better than any previous inhaler.
The brown inhaler - Becotide - is a steroid 'preventer' medicine.
The blue inhaler - Ventolin/Subutamol - is a 'reliever' medicine.
Both the brown and blue inhaler have totally different functions. For me, I have 2 puffs morning 2 puffs evening of Becotide but then I don't ever use my Ventolin pump unless I'm wheezing which is not very often these days.
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I did the other week have a very sleepless night which was night on a asthma attack and there was no explanation, made me feel ill and was struggling to breathe.
I used to rely alot on the Ventolin(blue), probably still use it more often then i should, although try to have the brown one dailly.
Thanks for the advice on here as i feel it might be worth checking some other options, normally i am ok 99% of the time so might be fine what i am doing.
“Oh, I see your on symbicort 100”
“Yup”
“That’s for kids under 12. You’re not under 12 are you?”
“Nope, I’m 53”
“Let’s just check how long you’ve been in that dose. Surprised no one has spotted it. Oh. 15 years”
Ho hum.
When I was in the UK, it was just simply blowing into the 'pipe' and that's it - whereas in South Africa I had all sorts of tests and stats and graphs that came out like a corporate dashboard - that's where they suggested Seretide instead of the fob-off Ventolin that most docs seem to advise here.
Last night it got to the stage where once again the Ventolin and Qvar were having absolutely no effect when taken so got on the phone to my GP who reckons the Asthma Attack was partly caused by a chest infection (something I did wonder) - Have now been given Antibiotics to clear that and steroid tablets to try controlling the breathlessness which rears its head in the evenings.
12-hours in and it appears to be having an effect so hopefully in seven days I'll be chest infection clear and the size of a body builder, rather than a stickman
I take seretide, montelukast and salbutamol (ventolin).
Which hasn't been reviewed for a long while. So I'm going to request a review when I pop in later this week for my repeat scrip.
Apparently its wrong to have a w*nk in the middle of a Town Centre and if you try you end up talking to the Police for most of the day!!