clairee22
18-11-12, 21:46
Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and have been suffering with health anxiety for eight years on and off. I have for the last four-five months been putting up with chest tightness, dry back of the mouth, coughing and coughing up clear/white flem and a pesistant mild burning feeling in my chest. I am seeing the docs about 3+ a week and last week went to a.e twice. The doc are half and half thinking its ether asthma or aniexty and I have my pulmonary function test tomorrow. I am currently on seretide Steroid inhalors twice a day and have a ventolion blue inhalor and a have been given a short course of diazapam which today I took 1mg which didn't seem to help. I keep feeling that the inhalors are not helping because I don't get a signifgant improvement from them, my chest xray was clear, my chest is always clear and my peak flow is above average and my oxgyen sats are always above 98. I don't know what to do I'm 23 years old in the middle of my nursing degree and looking after my 4 year son by self :( just need to know if anyone else is having a similar experiance and if they think this asthma thing is in my head? Thanks xx
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Any reassurance would be much appreciated :) just going through such a rough patch in my life where I'm constantly thinking I'm going to have an asthma attack and won't get help on time because I'm on a train or a bus or a home alone :( I have had two "asthma" attacks but have nether needed any treatment because they calmed down thus me thinking is it asthma or aniexty. What should I do? :(
---------- Post added at 21:46 ---------- Previous post was at 20:56 ----------
Any reassurance would be much appreciated :) just going through such a rough patch in my life where I'm constantly thinking I'm going to have an asthma attack and won't get help on time because I'm on a train or a bus or a home alone :( I have had two "asthma" attacks but have nether needed any treatment because they calmed down thus me thinking is it asthma or aniexty. What should I do? :(