Couldn't sleep last night and was up late (Friday night etc...).
Rolled over and thought I'd do a few puffs on my inhaler as I was slightly wheezy, so I took the lid off, inhaled, then sputtered. I thought there was a bit of wood in the back of my throat...
I took it out, ran to the toilet as it made me gag...
When I came back, I realised it was an earwig... AN EARWIG!!! And,
IT WAS ALIVE!!!!!!! 
I then got a tissue, put it down the toilet, threw up a few times, then brushed my teeth and gargled mouthwash a few times...
AIBU to feel totally traumatised by having a live creature in the back of my throat? Oh my goodness, it was utterly horrible and I can't get it out of my head!!! I thought it was a bit of wood or something as it was all spikey.
Thankfully, DH comforted his woman and took my mind off it all, helping me to settle to sleep nicely. When I woke this morning, it hit me again and I have to consciously stop myself gagging when I think about it!!!!
AIBU?
To not expect an earwig in my inhaler - yes, AN EARWIG!!!!!
PurpleLostPrincess · 29/10/2011 10:58
Thing is, I keep my inhalers in a small set of plastic drawers, so goodness knows how it got there 
. We only decorated last month, so it's all lovely and clean in the bedroom (for a change!).
They're horrible little things - anybody know what their purpose is?
Just a quickie from Yahoo Answers:
"The word 'earwig' comes from the Old English 'earwicga', which means ear beetle. It was once believed that earwigs would crawl into the ear of a sleeping human at night and lay their eggs in their brain. In reality, earwigs are harmless to people. First they serve a purpose to the food chain usually as scavengers or sometimes omnivores. As scavengers they are beneficial because they feed on decaying matter to clean the environment. They make good prey for predators. When earwigs eat plants, they prefer to feed on weeds. They not only eat the weeds themselves, they also consume the seeds of the weeds. The earwig's mulching abilities can enhance the soil that it inhabit, making the soil even more ideal for planting."
Ah, bless them 
But OP, that is really you poor thing. I always wondered why there were plastic caps on inhalers - guess I know now. But you had yours in a drawer as well...the ingenuity of nature huh?
I've nearly asphyxiated myself huffing pocket fluff from my inhaler, but never a minibeast I tried to be appalled but now I'm laughing so hard I've unlatched DD by mistake
Oh dear lord two people on here have had this??! Urgh how AWFUL earwigs are terrifying things .
I very often have a half asleep puff on my inhaler in the night. God I'll be worrying about this forever more now.
Moomin I've done that with the fluff too. I thought I was going to choke to death.
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