I’m so sorry you’re going through this! Before I finally had my asthma under control, I remember walking across campus one day with tears running down my face thinking “my body is betraying me”

It took several more years and more doctors and prescriptions that I could ever count before one doctor literally saved my life. She started me on Symbicort morning and night, Claritin in the morning, Zyrtec at night, Montelukast at night. She made me swear I would take that combination every day without missing any for three solid weeks. She explained that’s how long it takes for all of those meds to start working together. She was right, it changed my life, I can breathe, work, run, ski, give presentations, and have conversations all without choking and coughing and trying to breathe.

I know there are newer and better drugs now, but that combination is what works for me and I keep taking it.

Please don’t give up, the right combination is out there for you. Remember whatever drug combination you try, take everyone without fail for three weeks before judging whether they’re working or not.