Asthma flare up and/or treatments can account for all the symptoms you described. Leaves me short of breath, hypoxic and therefore irritable. Everything takes more effort. Having to speak in the first place is exhausting; having to repeat myself is torment. Having said something once in plain English and having another person respond "Huh?" left me ready to snap someone's neck or weep at times (maybe that was the pneumonia episode?). Anyway, just being short of breath will account for those symptoms. All the work of breathing with increased resistance in the lung fields causes our lungs, heart and kidneys to work harder to do the basic metabolic work with less oxygen, increased C02 and exhaustion is the logical outcome. Beta-agonist rescue inhalers can cause irritable feelings.
Could even account for wanting to watch Reservoir Dogs..
If this feels worse than you've ever felt before with asthma, it might be time to rule out other things.
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asthma acting up
Date: 2007-03-01 03:27 am (UTC)Could even account for wanting to watch Reservoir Dogs..
If this feels worse than you've ever felt before with asthma, it might be time to rule out other things.
Hope get some relief soon.