Posted by KaraS on December 10, 2004, at 11:24:34
In reply to Re: URGENT! Please help me with asthma and panic » KaraS, posted by Larry Hoover on December 10, 2004, at 7:16:21
> > I've been having problems breathing. I think that asthma is involved which is then triggering panic disorder. From what I've been observing, I think that the trigger is dry hot air. I know that sounds strange but that is listed in articles I've read as a possible cause of this problem and it seems to match what I've been experiencing.
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> > What are good alternative and traditional treatments for this - both in terms of acute help and prevention? Can Sudafed help in the short- term? If so, can I take this if I've been taking 2.5 mg. of selegiline with DLPA? I actually took that for the last time this past Sunday (4 days ago).
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> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm really panicking here.
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> > Thanks,
> > Kara
Larry,
> Kara, selegiline exacerbates my own asthma, so maybe there's a link to that drug.This problem started before the selegiline. I had read in one of your posts that selegiline exacerbated your asthma so I was reticent to try the selegiline. I was taking only a small amount of it (2.5 mg.) most days so I'm not sure how much, if any, affect it had on the problem.
I last took 2.5 mg of it on Sunday. Is it safe to assume that it will be completely out of my system by now or in a week's time? I don't want to take anything now that might interact with it esp. ephedrine or an MAOI.
> There are three supplements that I know can have a direct effect on asthma, and those are magnesium, niacinamide, and NADH.
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> Low magnesium will make bronchospasm more likely, and persistent. Low magnesium also increases histamine release.I increased my magnesium last night to 500 mg. of the citrate version. That should be enough, no?
> Niacinamide directly antagonizes histamine release from mast cell degranulation, so I think this could also be a symptomatic treatment.I also remember you saying that niacinamide does this from previous posts so fortunately I ordered it a little while back and received it yesterday. I will start on it today. It should also calm my panic down (hopefully). (500 mg., 4x a day right? - along with a B-complex?)
> It was pure coincidence, potentially, but during my trial of NADH in '03, I had virtually no symptoms of either inhalant allergies or asthma. That was totally unprecedented in more than thirty years of suffereing therefrom. See: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030802/msgs/247722.htmlThat is amazing! Was that on 10 mg. of ENADA sublingually? (or did less suffice?) How long does it take to see the benefits from this and/or the B3 treatment?
If that isn't enough for me, I am wondering about the various medications that a doctor might give me. Taking steroids scares me. Dr. Weil said that Aerobid Inhaler is the best of the steroid inhalers because it has the least amount of systemic involvement. That could be old information by now though.
I wish I knew how much of this is asthma/allergy related and how much is anxiety/panic. I guess I really need to see a good doctor. No easy feat without health insurance.
Lastly,
> I hope you feel better soon.
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> Lar
>Thanks so much.
K
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