Can't sleep

[-Butterfly-]

So frustrating as im so tired, just can't sleep. 4th night in a row I've been woken at 1am by the elephant on my chest. Always around 1am?!

I don't cope well with little sleep 😴

[emmasue]

Poor you! It is no fun waking through the night. What does your doctor say?

[-Butterfly- in reply to emmasue]

This is new, have been well controlled except for the exercise until just recently. I needed to go back to the asthma nurse to discuss other options for the exercise seen as montelukast didnt help anyway, so will discuss this then too. My appointment isn't until a week on Wednesday, but i am going to try and get that sooner.

Urgh feel like a zombie today

[emmasue in reply to -Butterfly-]

Yes, I would try to get there sooner. You shouldn't be waking at night with symptoms. Something is up. Hope you feel better soon. x

[-Butterfly- in reply to emmasue]

Always 1am too 😢

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador]

Sorry to hear your having night symptoms - it’s no fun trying to function on little sleep and breathing issues! Definitely worth ringing you GP sooner rather than later to try and get it sorted - you don’t want to spiral in the interim and end up in hospital!

Hope you start to feel better soon xxx

[-Butterfly- in reply to EmmaF91]

No, I don't function on little sleep at the best of tines without the breathing issues too! Ha ha

Yeah hopefully the nurse can fit me in sooner, although she only has a clinic on a wednesday so gets booked up. I have rung the doctors and explained the situation, they're just trying to get permission to over book her clinic so I can be added to the end of her clinic.

I've never needed hospital treatment before so am keen to avoid it, but to be fair I never get that bad. I think my asthma isn't that bad.

[emmasue in reply to -Butterfly-]

Asthma can creep up on you when you think all is well. I hope they get you that appointment. I don't function well with little sleep either. Sleep is so important. Good luck and let us know how you get on. xxx

[-Butterfly- in reply to emmasue]

Thank you, will do x

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador in reply to -Butterfly-]

I struggle to function with little sleep even when my breathing fine too! Just remember that even the mildest form of asthma can cause attacks if triggered or poorly controlled!

Hope you got that appt xxx

[-Butterfly-]

Apparently the clinic is already overbooked. 😕

If anyone cancels they'll give me that slot though.

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador in reply to -Butterfly-]

😔 You can always book in with your GP as an emergency (Breathing is quite an important function!), or have a phone consultation with one. Any changes you’re AN makes to your meds usually has to be run past a doc first anyway.

[-Butterfly- in reply to EmmaF91]

Yeah that's true, everything does get run by the gp 🤔

[baroque570]

Feel better soon! Montelukast didn't work for me either. Neither did Asmanex. Now they've switched me to Breo. Apparently, that takes a few days to begin working. Maybe a different medicine would help keep your asthma better controlled. Good luck!

[Ummnoor5]

Hi Butterfly,

I have also got fed up with having phlegm in my lungs for months due I think only to the asthma. I wake up coughing every night. I have felt well and apart from some asthma attacks, have felt able to do most things, only one puff of ventolin for each attack and/ or use of a salt pipe.

However, maybe what I have found beneficial will help you too. I have realised that when I live near the sea, my asthma is nearly non existent! I think this is the Magnesium rich salt in the air. I have put a medium sized Himalayan rock salt crystal salt lamp in my house to try to recreate the salt air and had a few baths with Magnesium flakes, Epsom salts and Himalayan Rock salt. I will try to do this more.

When I take Magnesium Citrate regularly ie 750mg every 1 or 2 days, the number and severity of the attacks goes down quite dramatically in only a few weeks. Eating green leafy vegetables, cashew nuts, almonds and avocados can also give you more magnesium. Magnesium Glycinate Chelate is supposed to be the best, most absorbable and least laxative form of magnesium, so later I hope to try this.

Also, taking a walk each day or every other day pr doing some vigorous exercise has helped me (not too strenuous but exercise that gets my heart beating faster and my blood moving well throughout my body). Exercising regularly eg. Swimming has cured some people! However it seems to trigger others.

I have read also that people have cured asthma just using higher doses of Vitamin C! I think vitamin D3 with K2 is also important as our immune systems really need this in the winter.

Also something that really helps asthma that I have read about and will try to take regularly now is turmeric with a little black pepper, honey, mustard oil and black seed- 1 teaspoon a day.

I hope you can benefit from some of these and I pray that your health improves.