Posted by Larry Hoover on December 10, 2004, at 12:07:06
In reply to Re: URGENT! Please help me with asthma and panic » Larry Hoover, posted by KaraS on December 10, 2004, at 11:24:34
> Larry,
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> > Kara, selegiline exacerbates my own asthma, so maybe there's a link to that drug.
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> 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 just use my puffers a little bit. Not a biggie, but I tend not to need them in the winter.
> 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.
Long gone.
> > 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.
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> I increased my magnesium last night to 500 mg. of the citrate version. That should be enough, no?You could go higher, but that should be lots.
> > Niacinamide directly antagonizes histamine release from mast cell degranulation, so I think this could also be a symptomatic treatment.
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> 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?)That's the maximum dose I would recommend. Yes, best to make sure that any day you're using niacinamide, you also take B-complex, just to try and anticipate any imbalances.
> > 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.html
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> That 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?The niacinamide is within twenty minutes.
The NADH was certainly on lesser doses than that. I think later in the trial I was only taking 5 mg 2 or 3 times a week, and that was the oral form.
I have no clue why I'm not taking some right now, considering the asthma thing. Back in a sec.
Ok. Where were we?
> 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 know the one I use has systemic effects. C'est le vie. Breathing is a priority.
I never really gave it much thought, but I bet that I should.
Do you see why I like getting into these discussions? I need the proper stimuli to even manage my own self-care. You have no idea how absent-minded I can be.
> 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.http://www.marryacanadian.com/
> Lastly,
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> > I hope you feel better soon.
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> > Lar
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> Thanks so much.
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> KYou're welcome, hun.
Lar
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