Hi everyone. Great to meet you all.
I've been diagnosed with asthma since childhood . It went away but came back when I was 18 yrs old.( foolishly started smoking) I'm now 44 and presctibed ventolin and becotide 100) I've been poorly managing my asthma, I hardly ever took my becotide, I just took ventolin reliever about 3 times a day instead, for years. I also wasn't taking my inhaler correctly.... 3 puffs at a time!! I believe it all came to head beginning of the year. When I lay down to sleep, I stopped breathing !! I couldn't inhale, it's like my chest was too tight to take a breath in whilst I was nodding off to sleep. Constant shallow breathing. This went on for over a week, I visited my doctor everyday to be told my lungs are clear and oxygen saturation was good. The stress this caused was so scary, I was trying to self diagnose every night I couldn't sleep. Finally , a doctor prescribed Fostair 100/6 for chest inflammation. A pharmacist kindly explained how I should be taking my inhaler , and that 3 puffs at a time would result in inhaler residue sitting on my chest causing tightness, which would all make sense to my problems. I've also been suffering with post nasal drip which was also triggering off everything. I was constantly bringing up white thick phlegm every morning, to the point of choking . I now realise this isn't right ! I've been on Fostair for nearly 4 weeks now and I'm still bringing up phlegm but not as thick , more fluid like . I'm hoping this will stop after a few more weeks as it will take time to clear my lungs after years of miss treatment. I've also been diagnosed with mirtazapine for sleeping as I was traumatized from the no sleeping / no breathing for over a week. Chest still feels tight sometimes so I have to use ventolin still. Been off work since beginning of year due to this. By God's Grace my lungs will settle down soon and I've been prescribed avamys nasal spray for my post nasal drip .