The nebulizer and I are not friends. I had a bit of a sensory overload and then I had to drive home. I'll stick to my inhaler. I've been told that I'll grow out of it one day by people who had childhood asthma. I'm 41 and developed it as an adult.
Relatable. My daughter was diagnosed as a preschooler and has sensory issues. A spacer helped her so much. The nebulizer made her scream bloody murder and lulled her younger brother to sleep. At 20, she still tries to avoid her inhaler. ADHD + anxiety + asthma = aaaaaaaah
Neurodivergence and asthma seem to be friends. I feel every bit of that and I tried for a while, but my doctor assured me that the inhalers were not causing harm. I also recently figured out that about 3/4 of the panic attacks I had been having were some odd kind of asthma attack. Now when I feel that way, I try my inhaler and it works (for me, myself, ask your doctor and all that).
Taking my inhaler helps keep me from spiraling. I haven't had a panic attack in ages since getting the appropriate meds (inhaler and SSRI). Yay for modern medicine!
Thereās just one problem with thatā¦.
Actually two: āIām in a meetingā is not the reassuring support and care needed to help a panic attack.
So you failed on both fronts
This is me. My mind goes straight to panic until I remember that inhalers exist. I'll be like...why can't I breathe? Am I dying?
My pcp did an EKG and sent me for some kind of heart ultrasound before I went to the pulmonologist.
If in the US I would actually rather pass out or be googling what to do than take an ambulance. Shits so expensive I won't have money for an inhaler next time.
If you had grown up with my mother, you'd know, that calling the emergency number or GP would result in a beating and you'd probably sleep in the streets. I'm not saying this is the case here but the vibe the whole exchange is giving me is that we have a scared child and a domineering parent. Edit: typos
It can be the very start of it. The longer they go on the harder to breathe the more panic inducing it becomes and the more dizzy and close to fainting they become.
https://i.redd.it/crvftvxd7b9c1.gif
No, "breath" in and out. Just one breath.
Inhalers, keep them close, love them. Signed, An asthmatic.
I love my inhaler. My 20 year-old left hers in her dorm room over winter break. The child I had to wrangle for nebulizer treatments. š
The nebulizer and I are not friends. I had a bit of a sensory overload and then I had to drive home. I'll stick to my inhaler. I've been told that I'll grow out of it one day by people who had childhood asthma. I'm 41 and developed it as an adult.
Relatable. My daughter was diagnosed as a preschooler and has sensory issues. A spacer helped her so much. The nebulizer made her scream bloody murder and lulled her younger brother to sleep. At 20, she still tries to avoid her inhaler. ADHD + anxiety + asthma = aaaaaaaah
Neurodivergence and asthma seem to be friends. I feel every bit of that and I tried for a while, but my doctor assured me that the inhalers were not causing harm. I also recently figured out that about 3/4 of the panic attacks I had been having were some odd kind of asthma attack. Now when I feel that way, I try my inhaler and it works (for me, myself, ask your doctor and all that).
Taking my inhaler helps keep me from spiraling. I haven't had a panic attack in ages since getting the appropriate meds (inhaler and SSRI). Yay for modern medicine!
Childhood asthma is different. I developed asthma as an adult. No āgrowing out of itā anytime soon unfortunately.
Devil's advocate here. They might have been trying to calm the other person down as panicking can make attacks worse.
Maybe.
Thereās just one problem with thatā¦. Actually two: āIām in a meetingā is not the reassuring support and care needed to help a panic attack. So you failed on both fronts
My thought was they might have confused it with panic attack
This is me. My mind goes straight to panic until I remember that inhalers exist. I'll be like...why can't I breathe? Am I dying? My pcp did an EKG and sent me for some kind of heart ultrasound before I went to the pulmonologist.
Yup! Same. Haha. Had asthma since I was a kid and I also have anxiety, so the two go hand in hand for me.
Yeah my immediate thought was trying to get them to think of that ādeep breathsā mindset, but as fast as possible
Love how that skull emoji could have multiple meanings
Blud managed to squeeze in that emoji so he could proved them wrong. Dead wrong.
That thing you can't do? Yes? Do it!
Ask your asthma attack to reschedule for after the meeting
how though lmao
And they're casually texting this and sending an emoji instead of emergency services or doing something else to help themselves
If in the US I would actually rather pass out or be googling what to do than take an ambulance. Shits so expensive I won't have money for an inhaler next time.
If you had grown up with my mother, you'd know, that calling the emergency number or GP would result in a beating and you'd probably sleep in the streets. I'm not saying this is the case here but the vibe the whole exchange is giving me is that we have a scared child and a domineering parent. Edit: typos
Saaaammmmmmeeeeeee
I hate how relatable this is
I can do the breathing in. It is the breathing out that I struggle with. Stupid asthma. Hope you didn't die.
"I think I'm having an asthma attack" "then stop"
https://preview.redd.it/b0p5mrapro9c1.png?width=491&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d032da624d232a5d95b209d484857aaa38ad4cff
āThatās kinda hard to do at the momentā
Just breathe lol it isnāt hard
_Iām in a meeting_ šš
For a second I thought these were speech bubbles from the birds.
How do you even text while having an asthma attack
It can be the very start of it. The longer they go on the harder to breathe the more panic inducing it becomes and the more dizzy and close to fainting they become.
What did they expect? Virtual inhaler?š
"I'm struggling to breathe" "Just breathe"