Prednisolone

I was always told to take Pred as rly i the day as possible as it will prevent you from sleeping well.

I think if your breathing is causing you that sort of level of concern, you really should seek some sort of medical advice, especially if you are getting badly out of breath or feel like it's getting worse.

Always better safe than sorry!

I hope you feel better soon

I would say yes to give the pred chance to kick in because they work wonders. Only take pred as a last resort though due to the fact that it has a whole range of not so nice side effects of taken long term. If your breathing is no better after a couple of days or if it becomes worse on the meantime seek immediate medical care.

I'm with you Linz; wait until the preds kick in. Usually a couple of days for me too.

If your reliever isn’t helping it likely isn’t your asthma......... and if they listened to your chest then they’ll have heard if infection - unless consolidated, but then it would be quiet. Did you have a chest X-ray? Have they done an ecg? Could be cardiac related if breathless x I’d phone the gp and get seen explain honey x

Hi everyone, I went back to the GP yesterday as I wasn’t doing too well and she listened to my chest properly. It turns out I do have a chest infection that was missed by out of hours so now I’ve been given antibiotics alongside my steroids. Thank you for all you advice 😊

I agree with poemsgalore1, steroids can stop you sleeping so you shouldn't take them after 6pm. I have recently had the same problem as you it sounds. I ended up needing 2 weeks of prednisolone, 1 week of amoxicillin, which the second doctor said didn't work as should have been on Doxycycline so she gave me a week of that on the second week. Like you, I didn't feel I was getting much relief from my reliever but was taking it a few times a day incase it might be doing something. I put it down to the weather being so hot and humid. It's taken me about a month for things to improve. My sats were just below my normal and my heart rate was higher than normal but not high enough that the doctors were concerned. If your breathing gets worse or if you feel the steroids aren't working on their own then I'd definitely go back to see a doctor. In the meantime, if you're concerned then NHS24 can give you advice over the phone. Remember when your asthma isn't good to conserve your energy and even use things to distract you like music or reading. Sending caring and understanding thoughts, Cat.

Oh just saw your update, that's good you got antibiotics, what are you on? Cat.

Prednisoline is I read, associated with deep lung problems like pneumonia...be careful and don’t wait around people if you are concerned.

I had a friend die, left a husband in his late 50s and two teenagers, she woke at 5 am with asthma and he went downstairs to make her a cup of tea. She was dead when he went upstairs. So be sensible,