It completely controls my life at times and scares the hell out of me (My Experience of Asthma)

Member Name: kazimojo692

Product:	My Experience of Asthma
Date:	07/10/08 (55 review reads)
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Advantages: None - what advantages are there to not being able to breath & be constantly weezy

Disadvantages: Effects your life, those around you, can make you feel so ill

AsI have had a few bad attacks lately I thought I would write about it and it may help others.

I was diagnosed with Asthma at the age of 6. Nothing in particular triggered it- except what seemed to be excitement about Xmas! The doctor I saw as a young child was a great believer in mind over matter and insisted to my parents that " I could control it"!

This was embedded on my mind and I have struggled to control it ever since as I err away from medication.

It was apparent when I was younger and after spending every xmas in bed, wheezing and feeling awful, that my trigger was stress or excitement. My asthma only reared its ugly head when these events were happening.

It also went in 6 year cycles. Every 6 years I would be wheezing and coughing almost constantly for about 12 months and then it woudl disappear.

I find it hard to live with when I am wheezy and now use Ventolin & Beclotide inhalers on a regular basis.

I now get it (still in 6 year cycles - which then last a year) when I get a cold. I have flu vaccinations every year (thankfully free for me) to help prevent a bad doze of the flu which could make my asthma worse.

I have had a very heavy cold recently and have really struggled with my asthma. Especially as we have just moved house and haven't had chance to register with a new doctor as yet, but my father in law has also passed away in the last couple of weeks.

So as you can imagine, stress, cold, exhaustion and my asthma - I have had a couple of really bad attacks recently and am convinced - unless some sort of cure or fantastic remedy comes on the market - that this will eventually kill me.

I get pannicky as I cant get to my inhaler (if I can find it in my bag, whilst struggling to breath) and it makes the attack worse. It is also expecially scarey for those around me - who start panicking as well.

I long for the day when some sort of cure comes out or a drug which controls it straight away. Lets keep our fingers crossed as it will bring so much relieve for so many people.

Summary: We need to find a cure for this