When I had asthma (mine was childhood and went away), I used it. I didn't have trouble with it until I was nearly grown. Then I found that instead of using two puffs as they say, if I used one, my heart would race unpleasantly but not as bad. But my reactions were mild enough that I could afford to, by then. I don't get the impression that that applies to you.
Definitely time to go back to a specialist and see what else is out there. Hopefully by now they have more options for you (even if it's just something where you have to take the albuterol at first, then follow it up with something that's intended to address an ongoing attack but slower to act - I don't know if such a thing exists, but...).
ETA: Also, I'm sure you would and do anyway, but make sure they know that once you get into that state you have ongoing attacks for a while. That's not true of all asthmatics (it wasn't of me: acute attacks were addressed with albuterol, and one or two puffs and that was it as long as I didn't continue to expose myself to whatever triggered it). I'm sure they're considering that scenario, but...just in case.
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Date: 2008-12-19 04:56 pm (UTC)Definitely time to go back to a specialist and see what else is out there. Hopefully by now they have more options for you (even if it's just something where you have to take the albuterol at first, then follow it up with something that's intended to address an ongoing attack but slower to act - I don't know if such a thing exists, but...).
ETA: Also, I'm sure you would and do anyway, but make sure they know that once you get into that state you have ongoing attacks for a while. That's not true of all asthmatics (it wasn't of me: acute attacks were addressed with albuterol, and one or two puffs and that was it as long as I didn't continue to expose myself to whatever triggered it). I'm sure they're considering that scenario, but...just in case.