Normal Peak Flow Rate For Me?

[iamloco724]

and for the past 3 nights not last night the 3 nights prior i took one puff of xopenex i didnt really feel much difference im scared to take anymore then one puff the first night i felt a little difference but after taking it the next day my throat was bothering me so i didnt take it last night and i went to sleep and didnt wake up choking or anything when i woke up i did my peak flow it was the same numbers as its been but i still have that feeling i dunno if its possible that im sort of hyperventaling for days on and off now i dunno if thats even possible

[MillyMollyMandy]

Hi
This sounds more like anxiety/panic attacks than asthma. I don't know too much about anxiety, but I believe it can cause similar symptoms. The fact that the rescue inhaler isn't helping much seems to back this up. If you're hyperventilating, the old trick of breathing into a paper bag really does help. See the Doc as soon as you can, in the meantime try to relax if you can. (I know that's easier said than done sometimes!). Wishing you the best of luck, let us know how you get on, Mandy.

[iamloco724]

thanks for your comments im still going through the same thing not any better not any worse.. i keep doing my peakflow and its still 450-500..i hoping my insurance goes through soon so i can get to a dr and get every test possible for my alleriges and asthma

[t_panic411]

It gets worse at night because if I remember correctly, something to do with mold spores multiply around 4AM (I start having trouble like clockwork around 2:35am to 4:30am with stuffy nose, slight increased trouble breathing). That's just means from what my allergy specialist said, it's a mold allergy. You might have dust & dust mite allergy too. If you can get a decent allergy cover for your bed & pillow. They make them without that annoying all plastic all over now too. It helps a lot with the dust/dust mite allergy but only if I wash it once a week in as hot of water as possible with a cup of bleach added to the water. I gotta take it easy on the bleach tho... It bugs my lungs.
The only thing so far that helps me with the night time problems (and I have tried a lot, singulair, clarinex-d, claritin, nasacort, allegra -i'm on this now for outside allergies, umm... you name i've probably tried it. Most either give me mild heart beat issues or make my anxiety go up except for the allegra. BUT for sure, my life saver so far for night time & even day time if I get too much fluid in lungs or nasal stuffiness is generic mucinex & generic mucinex with phenylephrine HCI. All mucinex is, is "Guaifenesin". I have some Guaifenesin pills without phenylephrine HCI & another bottle with it. The phenylephrine HCI is a decongestant that does not have any Pseudoephedrine in it (that's what causes the heart issues). My asthma & allergy doc said to take 600mg of guaifenesin every 4 hours as needed. The phenylephrine I only take when I have a stuff nose/swollen nasal passages. Be careful taking this though. If taken regularly can cause blood pressure to go up. It happened to me only once though in a year. That time I was taking it every 4 hrs for 2 days straight which I never do. I take it is my situation is very bad or just right when I need it. It lasts for 4 hrs.
I'm also on azmacort steroid inhaler & xoponex as needed (rarely now).
Good luck & if you need anything, just ask.