You would think feeling like you can’t breathe very well feels the same all the time, no? That couldn’t be farther than the truth. I feel asthma in so many different ways. I think it has to do with what’s triggering the flare, what my “baseline” is at the time, and probably my mood and mental status. Here are a few descriptors I use. They are good for mixing and matching too; they work in any combination.
Tight-chested
Short of breath, puffy
Air-trappy
Cough-y
Wheezy
Hurty
Generally feeling icky, fidgety, and whiny
Do you have any more to add? How do you feel a flare? It’s taken me awhile to associate each type of breathlessness with particular triggers, weather patterns, time of day etc. Of course I haven’t figured it all out yet and probably never will. Asthma is not as straightforward as it appears, there must be so much going on down there. Anywho, not sure why I thought of this just now. Enjoy your day!
You would think feeling like you can’t breathe very well feels the same all the time, no? That couldn’t be farther than the truth. I feel asthma in so many different ways. I think it has to do with what’s triggering the flare, what my “baseline” is at the time, and probably my mood and mental status. Here are a few descriptors I use. They are good for mixing and matching too; they work in any combination.
Do you have any more to add? How do you feel a flare? It’s taken me awhile to associate each type of breathlessness with particular triggers, weather patterns, time of day etc. Of course I haven’t figured it all out yet and probably never will. Asthma is not as straightforward as it appears, there must be so much going on down there. Anywho, not sure why I thought of this just now. Enjoy your day!