Many years ago I was big into mountain bike riding and always took an inhaler with me in case of an asthma attack on the trail. I stored it in a zippered bag on a rack on the back of my bike. One evening after a ride, I grabbed the inhaler and brought it inside, put it on my dresser. That night, I needed to use the inhaler and, in the dark, grabbed it and took a big puff. I instantly knew something was wrong and rushed into the bathroom coughing, eventually coughed up a live, still squirming earwig. I always put my inhalers in ziplock bags now.
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I was looking at the front page and happened to see the title of this post and had to see. I was just recently diagnosed with allergy induced asthma and just the other day I had to get the 90 days worth of inhalers (three of them) due to how the insurance works. And I am having the same difficulty with knowing where in the heck to store them. My husband has had asthma his whole life so he just keeps his inhalers in the medicine cabinet but there is no room for my new inhalers. Then we have a son with anaphlaxis to peanuts so we have epi-pens all around the house too.
For now I am storing my inhalers under my bathroom sink and I have one by my bedside. I will carry one in my purse.
Will try to come to this site to read up on my condition. Right now I am in a bit of denial that I could have yet another chronic illness. I already have Multiple Sclerosis.
This is Merely Me, by the way, from MyDepressionConnection.
Thanks for the comment. I actually wrote a post a while back about asthmatics in denial. You might find it interesting. Here's the link. Rick.
Thanks for this link...
Here is my story...I was experiencing chest tightening and just this feeling I have never had before. I thought I was having a heart attack. I thought...perhaps this is a reaction to a medication. I got scared. Then my husband said...gee...that sounds like asthma to me. But I have never had this in my life.
Went to the doctor...and did the breathalizer test...and failed. The nurse said...come on you are not trying hard enough. But I really was. The doc prescribes a type of inhaler...I think it was red. I forget the name of it and also allergy meds. He said that I was probably experiencing "allergy induced asthma." So my question is...is this really asthma? He thought that it would go away at the end of June. It didn't. When I stopped taking the inhaler it got worse.
So now I am on Advair. And it helps so much. But I am still thinking...well...maybe this is just going to go away? Can it happen? This is why I need to read the information here to understand what I am dealing with.
I just don't want to think I have another chronic illness. It is like...give me a break. But I also realize it happens all the time.
Sorry for the novel.
I will definitely be reading more of the posts here. Thanks.
If the Advair is working then perhaps asthma is what you really have, although I can't really say for sure. The nice thing about asthma is that although there is no cure, asthma can be controlled and prevented, so long as you strive to be a gallant asthmatic. I think you've come to the right place for asthma wisdom. By hanging out here you should be able to learn quite a bit. Good luck. Rick.