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.

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