Has this ever happened to anybody else?? Any adivce??!

**Toby's my baby** · 02-23-2006, 06:11 PM

Just got back from the doctor. . . .I got an inhaler ( Albuterol) but they dont think I have asthma. I have to go see another doctor (the one i went to today, was just the doc on call, cause it was an "emergency") tomorrow, a pediatritionist or whatever, and he is going to see if I have exercise induced asthma. . wish me luck!!

**jesse_3** · 02-23-2006, 08:49 PM

I also take albuterol (for asthma), and trust me, if you do have asthma, you can definetely play. The way you were describing it, sounds like an anxiety attack over asthma though, and breathing into a bag usually makes an asthma attack worse (at least from my research and my doc told me).

Good luck!! - you'll be in my prayers!
Steph, Jes, and Splinter

**Toby's my baby** · 02-23-2006, 09:27 PM

Thanks steph! I took the inhaler a little bit ago, cause I was having some trouble, and I didnt seem to make a difference. . . .. ? I did it EXACTLY how they said, but it doesnt seem to help. . .

**Lizzie** · 02-23-2006, 10:41 PM

Do you know why a bag is used? Forgive me if you already know all of this, but just in case you don't.... Anxiety attacks make breathing difficult, you feel suffocated, and you end up overbreathing. You take in far more oxygen than you should which can make you feel light-headed, sweaty, trembly and disassociated from your surroundings. The bag forces you to keep inhaling your exhaled air which contains more and more carbon dioxide, and less and less oxygen. This gradually lowers the toxicity in your system caused by over-oxygenation. As the symptoms subside, your anxiety drops and you feel able to breathe normally again. If you have asthma, on the other hand, you need oxygen and shouldn't be breathing into a bag. Did the inhaler just not make any difference at all, good or bad? I'm glad you are going to another doctor soon.

**Toby's my baby** · 02-24-2006, 07:09 AM

Thanks Lizzie, I did not know this. The inhaler didnt make any difference at all. . . .
The lady that helped me, and gave me the bag, told me I wasn't getting enough carbon dioxide. What you said, sounds exactly like what happened to me. Thank you so much for giveing me this great advice! I'll update this when I get back from the doctor this afternoon.

EDIT: the nurse scheduled my doctor appt. wrong, she typed it in as MARCH 24th

so now it isnt for 2 more weeks. . ..