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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Asthma / November 2003I stopped breathing last night ....
Hi ,I'm new here but needed some feedback ,badly. Last night i went to bed at around 10 ish only to be woken up in a total panic three hours later ,i couldn't breath in or out ,it was like my lungs just weren't working (it took almost 2 miniutes to start breathing again ) my blue puffer (ventolin helped)so did my husband :).Has anyone out there had this happen to them (and no it's not sleep apthnea) ?I felt like i was going to die ,now it's a few hours before bed time and i truly don't want to go to sleep because of this ............ I am asthmatic but usually I'm fine if i don't have a cold (though i do tend to get bronchitis about 6 times per year and pneumonia 2 times atleast per year , I've always had rotten lungs and my cough always sounds like a whooping cough (it;s exhausting and I'm only 33) ......but right now I'm cough free (it's rare ) . Thank you to anyone for any input....Ellie >Hi ,I'm new here but needed some feedback ,badly. Last night i went to bed >at around 10 ish only to be woken up in a total panic three hours later ,i [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >right now I'm cough free (it's rare ) . Thank you to anyone for any >input....Ellie Call Your Doctor! (If I were your husband I would have taken you to the ER.) -- There can be no triumph without loss. No victory without suffering. No freedom without sacrifice. Y o u say you don' have sleep apnia! You probably have emphysema as well. You need good care. If you are anywhere close to a University with a medical school, look for a lung specialist there. Yes I am saying this to alarm you. So you will get help. > Hi ,I'm new here but needed some feedback ,badly. Last night i went to bed > at around 10 ish only to be woken up in a total panic three hours later ,i [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > right now I'm cough free (it's rare ) . Thank you to anyone for any > input....Ellie If you're on long-acting medications, e.g., Singulair, Advair, they sound like they're not working and you ought to discuss that with your doctor asap. If you aren't on them, it sounds like you ought to be. -S- Take it serious Ellie, I never thought it would happen to me either, but during a severe asthma attack in 1995 my breathing completely shut down to the point where I went into full respiratory and cardiac arrest. The paramedics performed CPR on me on my front porch. I was extremely lucky. My point is not to let your guard down ever and take your asthma very seriously. I have a website with all the research I compiled on the relationship between asthma and the bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae and mycoplasma at http://www.AsthmaStory.com if you're interested. I no longer have asthma. Jim Quinlan http://www.AsthmaStory.com > Hi ,I'm new here but needed some feedback ,badly. Last night i went to bed > at around 10 ish only to be woken up in a total panic three hours later ,i [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > right now I'm cough free (it's rare ) . Thank you to anyone for any > input....Ellie |
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