[QUOTE=Darzog]Yeah, the preventive inhalors help bunches. You might look into something other than steroidal inhalors though, I've heard lots of bad things about chronic use of them (not to mention the impact to your immune system when you start/stop use). I've been told that steroidal inhalors can cause scarring on your lungs (think about stretch marks). I used to take AdVair (like a combination of Serevent and Flovent) which has components to act as a preventive inhalor and help heal damage to your lungs all together.[/QUOTE]
*sigh* Yes.. I do need to explore that further. Though, if I use something other than a steroidal inhaler I will need to cut my use of it slowly, while increasing the other. I'd like to find something naturopathic, if possible.
I also used to suffer very badly from eczema, and I tried cutting the cortisone cream cold turkey... the results were disastrous... they had to hospitalise me and give me massive dosages of internal cortisone and antibiotics. Once out of the hospital though, I very slowly began weaning myself off of the steroids, while gradually increasing my daily dosage of more natural medications. Now.. you wouldn't know I had skin problems, and I only use steroid creams once in a blue moon.
Damned doctors and the war between conventional physicians and naturopathic doctors. I have found a combined approach works best. It is the patient who suffers when healers don't work together.
Anyway, I am hoping to find a good naturopath in town sometime soon as it is, so hopefully I can start looking at ridding myself entirely of steroids
[QUOTE=Aramant]I used to be on beclovent and ventalin, but my asthma went into remission long ago. When I was little (5 years and younger) I had to have a respirator, though, and I was hospitalized a couple of times due to severe attacks. Apparently one time I almost died. My mom thinks my small stature is due to all the steroids that were pumping through my system when I was little.[/QUOTE]
It wouldn't surprise me if the steroids had an effect on your stature...
Thankfully, treatments are slowly changing across the board. It seems the medical profession has finally realised that pumping people full of things like antibiotics and steroids causes far more harm than good...
[QUOTE=Magrus] I get like that when I do too much at once. It's more the precurser to an asthma attack though. I notice I haven't taken a breath in a while, try to, and can't. Then I have to force myself to stay calm and slow breath.[/QUOTE]
I find coffee can help with that as well, since it causes an adrenalin rush which causes the breathing passages to open. Though... I'm trying to cut back on coffee these days because it is an appetite suppressant, and I don't really need the extra jitters it can cause.
