I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis, it must have been a shock. We can all feel vulnerable with a diagnosis like that and asthma attacks are really terrifying.
If you are struggling to use your inhaler properly, then you are not getting the medication you need to control your condition.
My best advice is to make an appointment with your surgery's asthma nurse, who will be able to support you. That is part of her job!
I nearly died over forty years ago, when I developed late onset asthma and it was erroneously diagnosed as stress related, due to my final exams!
I was in intensive care for six weeks, and had just I had got married. My husband was told to " expect the worst".
I have brittle asthma and take three inhalers, but I'm still here, more than forty years later. There have been many flare ups, but despite my condition and another lung condition, I'm determined it won't beat me.?
Inhalers do help, but they need to be taken consistently. There are lots of new inhalers available, which do a much better job than the ones I was prescribed away back in the old days!
Please phone your surgery tomorrow and explain how you are struggling. Inhalers take time to work, so don't expect miracles immediately.
There are lots of Gransnetter coping with lung conditions and I know we all will rally round to support you.
Please seek help ASAP, the sooner the better.
Please take care of yourself, you are not alone.
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