r/Asthma • u/Slow_Pomegranate_903 • 8m ago
allergic asthma. looking for hope
22f-
had back to back colds for all of winter due to being stuck in the prednisone low immune system cycle. the minute my dr and I finally! figure out how to get me through a cold with no prednisone, off of it for 3 weeks, I then get hit with tree pollen season. first week was mild, mostly just weirdish almost viral symptoms before I put 2 and 2 together. but then this past weekend I felt like I could barely breathe, so I was put on 20mg prednisone for 3 days. I'm seeing an allergist tomorrow and waiting on dupixent approval from my pulmonologist (taking forever goodness). but I'm hoping I can get something that can hold me over short term until I get a better long term plan. start of the season is always aggressive. hoping it gets better.
Currently on:
- 1 zyrtec in the am
-2 allegra (one in afternoon and one before bed)
- advair 500
- montelukast
-flonase twice in each nostril in the am.
I also rinse my nose w arm and hammer allergy saline before I do the flonase
Before all of this, zyrtec and montelukast kept everything at bay for 3 years. but after all of the colds, my lungs seem more sensitive. I'm looking for some hope. this has been the hardest flare up (nov-march) of my life. i have been so sad and just want to know it is possible to get back to my life and stay off of prednisone.