this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
39 points (93.3% liked)

Ask Lemmy

26707 readers
2439 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Please don't post about US Politics.


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected]. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Mild asthma here. Prescribed Advair 250 diskus 2x daily for maintenance (diskus better than inhaler, IMO), with salbutamol as my emergency inhaler. I actually only use the Advair 2x daily when I start feeling a hint of a wheeze at the edges of my breath, which is a few doses every 2-4 weeks. This keeps it well under control for me, very rarely need my emerg inhaler.

Learned the importance of maintenance medication when I wound up in the hospital with a death rattle in my chest from a regular flu at a time I was unemployed with no insurance. Would have prevented me getting so sick. After I started again, rattle went away quickly and haven't experienced that again.

Exercise: I build strength and cardio training slowly, not pushing too far too fast, then it doesn't trigger my asthma. The cardio helps me a lot, long term.

Only trigger I cannot avoid or predict: ADHD distracting me when eating/drinking (boring repetitive task, lol), something going down the wrong pipe, and my throat closes up every time without fail. Am happy this is rare, it sucks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Did you try other meds like Symbicort?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I haven't.... Started on Advair when diagnosed in high school and it's worked well for me for over 20 years. Only need my emerg inhaler maybe once every 1-2 years. Don't wanna mess with what's working, lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thats sorta crazy you take that chronically twice a day tho for mild asthma. Like, i would consider mine mild and I only take mine like on the less than 2x a week. For the combined longer broncho and corticosteroid and it gets lesser by the year

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)