Good for you,Sims!  You're using your head.  

The more you learn, the more you'll be able to tinker with your
condition.   With a little luck thrown in your disease may never
progress.

You can be your own best doctor when you bother  to gather the
information.

---Jack (A more "progressed"  sickee who gets away with using quite a
lot of Pulmicort)  

Hi Sims,

Thanks for your reply.

I did the same thing as you, stopped overnight. What struck me in your
reply was the part about the ache in your joints. The same happened to
me, except it was concentrated in my knees. Ache in my knees is not
new to me, however this was different and at the time I could not
place it. I did not do anything to cause it. Perhaps it is
coincedence, but your reply made me think.
I am using Salbutamol as well and since I stopped taking the
Pulmicort, the use is down to 25%! Before I stopped, I had to inhale
every morning at least 2 times and even then the short of breath was
not gone totally. Now I wake up with no problems at all, or very
slightly.
When I consulted  my doctor I got same advise as you did, 'increase
the dose'. But I found  my bronchitis to get worse.
About two years ago I tried to use it a bit in the same way you are. I
used a smaller dose though. At the time I thought it worked. After
consulting my doctor, she told me this could not work because this a
long term medicine. I talked about this later on with her some more,
but she was persistent in her opinion. So what will you do with such a
remark? She is the expert, you think. And she is possibly right for
most of the users.
For now, I am going to try this too and will experiment with the dose
when the time comes when I need it.

Thanks again, Dick.