Asthma and medicines

[michiexile]

I seem to have lost my inhalator with my drugs against my asthma recently. No big deal, I thought. I'll use the prescription I have to get a new one.

So today, I realize in the morning that my asthma is acting up on me. So, I go to the pharmacy, and hand them my prescription. "Sorry. We can't give you this. The prescription is too old. It stopped working in october last year."

And I found myself trying to find arguments why they should give me the stuff anyway. Please? I'm in suffering here!

I didn't. Of course. It'd be silly - and I'd be deeply ashamed of myself. But still, it annoys the hell out of me - because I'd need the medicine *now* please? I cannot quite breathe properly, and it tends to scare me? And I found out too late to make an urgent appointment to my doctor. And I don't really quite have the time today to run off to see him. And .... blech.

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[kaninchenzero.livejournal.com]

Yikes. That is scary. Even worse than my not being able to find my glasses, I'd expect. Not being able to breathe provokes more hardwired reflexes. It's pretty simply neurobiology, it's not just you being neurotic. The vagus reflex is triggered by high levels of CO2 in your bloodstream, telling you that you need to breathe right now. It feels really panicky, especially when you're not in a situation where you can alleviate it.

I'm so sorry. I hope it got straightened out.

Hugs (New and improved! Guaranteed cat dander free!),
Me.

*deep breaths*

[michiexile]

Yeah, it's better now.
After a lot of hazzle and stuff, finally both my dentist called (to tell me how to use me strong barbs in a week, before going there to have my tooth either pulled or rebuilt. See earlier LJ entry) and at the same time the people from my doctors to tell me I could pick up my meds at the nearby pharmacy.

So now, I can breathe. I'm dressed up as a sissy post-modernistic Toreador literature critic. And I've eaten. (Tends to do Good Stuff with my mood as well. Go figure :)

But yes, nothing triggers panics as well as asthma. Low key asthma is probably worse than the "There's a cat. HERE." kind... The deeper asthmas I know will pass, since I know I'll drug my head off to get rid of them. The low key ones make me irritable - and then there's just the question of how long it'll go on before I realize what's going on. :)