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Went to a dinner at friends , Ive been coughing with some virus for 7 days and continued to cough and cough and cough all night. Gp thinks I may have mild asthma and has given me a symbicort inhaler this week.
So we left their house to go home, all calm , nothing to be panicked about. My coughing fit continues in the car and then suddenly Im finding it really hard to breathe and speak. Im trying to deep breathe and calm it down , but I started to hyperventilate , I used my inhaler and the coughing stopped , but by that time it was too late for the reaction to acute hyperventilation.
cue 10mins later and Im strapped up to a pulse and heart monitor after dh has carried me in under the arms (sliding me accross the floor !!!!) as I locked up completely, couldn't speak and my hands went into claws and my legs went rigid.
After calming down , they sent me out to the waiting area to wait several hours to see the doctor. Came home eventually at 3:30 am and tried to sleep , not easy after such a weird night, (on top of which saw someone being carried out in a body bag ).
He gave me another toy to add to my new collection , which was a reliever inhaler and wouldn't say one way or the other whether I had asthma or not. The one relief was that he said it wasnt anxiety or panic disorder related , but may be brought on by the coughing related to asthma.
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Fun night in A&E last night with acute hyperventilation attack , possibly from asthma????
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melsy · 18/11/2007 12:45
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