Fairly consistent gaspy coughing coming from kiddo’s room tonight. Worried she has a sinus infection on top of the #allergies and #asthma. 😮💨 I gave her some puffs of her inhaler which has worked almost instantly to quiet the cough. Except now she’s so quiet I need to creep in the doorway to make sure she’s breathing, because I’m anxiety-riddled.
@MotherDucker Understandable 😔 I hope she gets better soon!
@MotherDucker How’s your little one (if you don’t mind sharing). I hope she had a better day today ❤️
Best advice I can give on the rescue inhaler is "Who cares why?". It's only purpose is to make breathing easier.
Maintenence inhalers are a different thing and increased use of rescue inhalers may affect how they are prescribed, but puff away.
Keep a record so you know if usage is increasing (tho refills show this as well).
I had to learn the inhaler journey due to covid and the FNP that said, "Honey, if you can't breathe, suck. We'll figure out why later." was a game changer.
@MotherDucker @Cosmichomicide
FYI... At my latest yearly... The Nurse Practitioner asked me how often I used my rescue unfortunately
Inhaler... Told her couple times a day...
She was shocked.. told me if it's more than 3x/month I need better control off my asthma...
She prescribed Breo... It's been 19 days inhaling it at bedtime and it seriously had changed things for me...
Nothing like feeling impotent as a parent... From experience...
Good luck. Be well...
Yep - if you use a rescue inhaler regularly, it's time for a maintenance inhaler.
That's how I moved to mine - rescue the first year post covid, then Symbicort when I was eating rescue inhalers.
I also experienced the same when I went to a maintenance inhaler - OMG, breathing all day long again!
I have a rescue in my car, purse and office and I'll pull them out now and then. But definitely better not to need them.
Weird fact - I lost 44 pounds when I started Symbicort. It's not a normal side effect - apparently only a very small number of women taking it experience weight loss.
The first freaking positive side effect EVER! Yay, go me! 😜
Oops - and in the #NewsYouCanUse category - ask if your maintenance inhaler is available in a generic. Several are now and the price difference (and in some cases formulary entirely) is dramatic.
I had the same fear with myself. Emergency inhalers can be used every 4-6 hours usually (check your prescribing instructions). If that doesn't help the breathing, see someone. If it does, yay for sleep. 💤
@Cosmichomicide this is very helpful and I appreciate you sharing. 💛
There’s so much fear in parenting of getting it wrong, overdoing it, under-doing it… it’s enough to make my head spin.