ASTHMA of the moderate to severe persistent variety has been threatening a hostile takeover lately. I have extensive allergies and the other typical triggers of asthma like stress and cold air. I'm only in my twenties and otherwise physically healthy. This is still quite a shock for me... I used to be very physically fit but with the asthma and allergies that are difficult to tame, I hardly do much. When I was first diagnosed in late May 2008, I missed so many classes that I had to drop out of school. When you can't breathe, nothing else really matters, but the professors didn't care. Of course this is very upsetting to me, but I'm at a loss.

I've been having a hard time eating and sleeping the last few days due to severe mucus production that is only now starting to calm down a little bit. BUT.... it's 1242 AM, I've been up for two days, and lacking in sleep for four days. I've barely ate much because I have difficulty with the food going down the right tube due to the mucus production---it tends to try to aspirate my lungs instead.

I have bronchoconstriction and inflammation of course (as all asthmatics do), but my primary exacerbation symptom is mucus production.
I have been under a great deal of stress lately that I have not been effectively managing. Just when I thought I had the stress in my control, the asthma jumped in and started making every moment a struggle for air.
The problem is that the doctors haven't been very helpful.
I don't know the triggers sometimes... very disturbing when anything can trigger it.

I'm just complaining... I'm not much of a complainer usually, but this is really affecting the quality of my life. No one seems to understand. My asthma is complicated and severe, but everyone just thinks it's nothing because they hear the word "asthma" everyday. There are different kinds of asthma, and any way you look at it, none of them are fun.

I'm not letting the asthma (or allergies) beat me though; I simply feel overwhelmed. Does anyone else here have the same problems I mentioned?