New the asthma/Getting worse

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Hello Everyone!! About 4 months ago I was diagnosed with asthma for the first time (I'm 25 years old with no other history of asthma) and was given Venolin inhaler. Well the past few weeks I have been getting much worse where I feel like my chest just squeezes and I cant get air back in my lungs for the life of me. This has been happening about 4-5 times a day. I dont know if this means I should go get seen by a doctor again for something diffrent?? My insurance only allows me to see one doctor's clinic that is kinda a free/low income clinic so it's impossibl to get seen by a doctor, like today I called and couldnt get an appointment til march 20th. And no I have no choice of switching doctor offices, I could risk losing my insurance all together (I'm on state insurance and on restriction). This clinic does have a urgent care, but you have to wait FOREVER to be seen, it's really crazy. But I dont know if all these attacks warrent an emergency visit to a doctor. Also I dont see one doctor, these clinics have over 20 MRAB, PAs, ARNPs, so everytime I go in it's someone diffrent, so they have to review my info EVERYTIME I go in. Medical care just isnt very fair around here. But I would love to be able to do things without suddenly feeling like my lungs just close up on me, it's a scary feeling. Also what are the choices for people like me in medicine?? like advair? singuluar? flovent (isnt this a kid's med)?? Thanks for reading.

-lovemydegus
 
I'm sorry for your situation. But you need to see a pulmonologist if they have one on staff. If they don't, then whoever there is best versed in asthma. You should be on a daily med - the rescue inhaller will only help so much if you aren't on a daily med. And no, Flovent is not a kid's med. I've been on it for 13 yers and I'm 63 now. Works well for me. Tell whatever doc that you see that you understand that new guidelines were put out last year by the NIH (National Institutes of Health ) and the pulmonology group that outline the proper methoRAB for diagnosing and controlling asthma. One of htem is to have a written plan for your care - including a method to get your asthma under control if oyu have a flare up. As an example, I am on one puff of Flovent daily. Two summers ago we had 2 weeks of 100 degree plus weather in August. I woke up the second night having trouble breathing. I took a puff of Albuterol (rescue inhaler) at that time and the next day upped my Flovent to 2 puRAB - per my plan. By the 3rd day I was fine and I stayed iwth that regimen until the weather moderated. That's what you need to be looking for.

Good luck!
 
I have just been prescribed Flovent, but I have been reading so much about adverse affects and many testimonials opposing it. Some of the major complaints worry me, like trouble sleeping, anxiety, irritability, and trouble concentrating. Have you experienced any of that?
 
I've been on Flovent since it was first available and have never had any of the side effects you mention.

You might also want to check the credibility of those complaints. Trouble sleeping, anxiety, irritability and trouble concentrating are not side effects normally associated with inhaled corticosteroiRAB (yet they're fairly common with inhaled bronchodilators which are often taken along with Flovent).
 
And I've been on it about 14 years and have never had any of these side effects. it does not have the bronchial dialator corabination that is usually the source of these issues.
 
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