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Dec. 22nd, 2017 05:06 pmI have things to say about last night's choir concert, but I'm sufficiently tired that I'm not sure I can quite articulate them. At this point, I'm mainly staying up in order to take my medications. I last ate about an hour ago, so I'll be up at least another hour and a half.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with that time because reading is mostly out.
I am thinking that I might try stopping the Flonase nasal spray over winter break to see whether or not stopping it changes my rather sudden asthma problems back to the state that was normal for me last year. I'm very, very suspicious of the timing of the asthma relative to starting the Flonase, and I really don't think that adding a twice a day inhaled steroid that's going to run me $30-$40 a month is the best solution if the underlying problem is the Flonase.
I just want to know, one way or another, so that I can weigh factors. Using the Flonase makes using the c-PAP regularly more feasible which is pretty hugely important, but I really need to avoid asthma problems because I have zero options for a rescue inhaler that won't cause serious problems (basically, if I use Albuterol*, it's because the other option is going to the ER and getting Albuterol there because that's all they have. If I'm going to deal with huge physical anxiety symptoms, racing thoughts, etc. I really prefer to do it at home where it doesn't cost $$$).
*I had one pulmonologist, a decade ago, suggest Xopanex, but looking at the research on that, it's still Albuterol, and the studies that looked good didn't show any improvement in side effects over regular Albuterol. Xopanex is Albuterol that's been filtered to remove either the left handed or the right handed molecules. Can't remember which, and it doesn't matter. The theory is that one of them is the cause of all the side effects while the other is the cause of all the benefits. Which... Sounded like snake oil when the doctor told me and, judging by the research I looked at then, was also no better than the unfiltered version, really, really expensive, and not on our prescription provider's list of things they'd pay for. I decided it would be kind of like paying through the nose to get organic, artisanal Twinkies. You know, really expensive but, even in the best case, still a Twinkie.
I really am more than a little punchy...
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with that time because reading is mostly out.
I am thinking that I might try stopping the Flonase nasal spray over winter break to see whether or not stopping it changes my rather sudden asthma problems back to the state that was normal for me last year. I'm very, very suspicious of the timing of the asthma relative to starting the Flonase, and I really don't think that adding a twice a day inhaled steroid that's going to run me $30-$40 a month is the best solution if the underlying problem is the Flonase.
I just want to know, one way or another, so that I can weigh factors. Using the Flonase makes using the c-PAP regularly more feasible which is pretty hugely important, but I really need to avoid asthma problems because I have zero options for a rescue inhaler that won't cause serious problems (basically, if I use Albuterol*, it's because the other option is going to the ER and getting Albuterol there because that's all they have. If I'm going to deal with huge physical anxiety symptoms, racing thoughts, etc. I really prefer to do it at home where it doesn't cost $$$).
*I had one pulmonologist, a decade ago, suggest Xopanex, but looking at the research on that, it's still Albuterol, and the studies that looked good didn't show any improvement in side effects over regular Albuterol. Xopanex is Albuterol that's been filtered to remove either the left handed or the right handed molecules. Can't remember which, and it doesn't matter. The theory is that one of them is the cause of all the side effects while the other is the cause of all the benefits. Which... Sounded like snake oil when the doctor told me and, judging by the research I looked at then, was also no better than the unfiltered version, really, really expensive, and not on our prescription provider's list of things they'd pay for. I decided it would be kind of like paying through the nose to get organic, artisanal Twinkies. You know, really expensive but, even in the best case, still a Twinkie.
I really am more than a little punchy...
