20th August 2007
About 2 yrs ago I started having trouble getting a deep breath and it got worse and worse. I had no heartburn, but occasionally got a cough and the feeling of something stuck in my throat. I went to the dr and she sent me for a chest xray, asthma specialist and for an upper GI. The asthma test showed "mild" asthma, yet none of the asthma medications made a difference. The upper GI showed some acid in my stomach so my dr put me on Prevacid, and it improved alot, but would come back on occasion especially if i drank a lot of coffee (caffeine?). In the meantime another asthma specialist told me to try advair, so i went off the prevacid and the advair also worked. I ended up going back on prevacid and stopping the advair as the symptons were still there to a slight degree with the advair.
I went to a gastro dr and he switched me to Nexium, which also worked, then he did the test when they put the probe in for 24 hrs (can't remember the name), but it came back normal, so he told me i didn't have acid refulx. I had stopped the prevacid for the test, but took advair for that time so I was feeling great when they did the test. I went to an ENT and she said it sounded like LPR and she told me to increase the Nexium to twice a day. About 1-2 months later I started having major problems with my breathing again, even though I am now taking the Nexium twice a day. I even tried doing the Advair as well but nothing seems to help. Now I don't know what to do. But I have discomfort with my breathing 24/7 and have had for the last 3 weeks. I just want to be rid of this for good, but no drs. seem to know much about what I am going through with the breathing. Has anyone got symptoms like me where the medication has stopped working??? I really don't know what to do and my MD doesn't know where to send me next. I am starting to feel like a hypocondriac. I am scheduled for a gastroscopy on Sept 15th but am afraid that nothing will show up.
I went to a gastro dr and he switched me to Nexium, which also worked, then he did the test when they put the probe in for 24 hrs (can't remember the name), but it came back normal, so he told me i didn't have acid refulx. I had stopped the prevacid for the test, but took advair for that time so I was feeling great when they did the test. I went to an ENT and she said it sounded like LPR and she told me to increase the Nexium to twice a day. About 1-2 months later I started having major problems with my breathing again, even though I am now taking the Nexium twice a day. I even tried doing the Advair as well but nothing seems to help. Now I don't know what to do. But I have discomfort with my breathing 24/7 and have had for the last 3 weeks. I just want to be rid of this for good, but no drs. seem to know much about what I am going through with the breathing. Has anyone got symptoms like me where the medication has stopped working??? I really don't know what to do and my MD doesn't know where to send me next. I am starting to feel like a hypocondriac. I am scheduled for a gastroscopy on Sept 15th but am afraid that nothing will show up.