Asthma folks: what is the lowest dose regimen you've done well by and what other things do you do to keep the Asthma-monkey off your back? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Trisha816@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Did you try other meds like Symbicort?

[-] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've been on symbicort for the last decade, basically made me not have asthma at all, only had attacks when my allergies picked up strong. And my new doctor gave me montelukast and inhalan plus for those and I've been kinda living like a normal person ever since.

Well as long as I don't run out of the stuff

Initially I was prescribed two doses of symbicort a day but during the pandemic I couldn't afford it so I started stretching it out by using it only once a day and realized that was enough for me so I've been using it only once a day since then

This new doctor also tried to get me off symbicort but the tests showed I couldn't breathe properly without it so we decided to try again on the summer with better weather to see if maybe I can go into a different schedule that is even more reduced in uses

[-] Trisha816@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

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

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 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

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