#albuterol

[empathwitchliv]

10 seizure-like episodes total as of Nov 11th 2025 11pm

19 seizure-like episodes total as Nov 12th 2025 9:30am

Until we know what these are, I'm calling them stress seizures or tachy-seizures bc they always kick up my tachycardia. I slept great but around 8am Nov 12th they tried a breathing treatment.....

(had many before growing up with the physical therapy, respiratory therapy, and occupational therapy after having my first ever sickle cell pain crisis at the age of 10 months)

so technically not new medication in either respect, this was a continuation of unfinished tests from November 11th. Two puffs of albuterol. ONLY TWOOO.

It triggered something..... that's why I'm at 19 episodes

Medically? They can't be called seizures bc I'm conscious everytime. Meaning like, I'm wildly aware + awake every time this happens. It hurts and it's really fcking scary 👌🏾 Aside from losing consciousness, they're so seizure-like if you weren't knowledgeable you'd assume it's an actual seizure 🙃

Consulting Cardio, Hematology, and now Neurology is on the docket for getting some important tests done.

I will post more about potential updates later, currently our priority is getting my tachycardia stable enough to run tests that weren't completed yesterday before all this started happening. And then add new tests.....

Because this shit is still like, actively problematic. Fun.

She's a shit listener so 🤷🏾‍♀️

I'll let the internet decide her fate.

[arctic-hands]

[Image Description: the "The Air Hurts My Face" meme, showing a sad little doodle person in a knit cap and scarf, this time with a crudely doodle red rescue inhaler floating beside them. The text has been edited to say "the air wants to kill me. Why did we create a world where the air wants to kill me". End I.D]

[shortandsweet]

I blinged my inhaler lol

XOXO GG

[oneshortdamnfuse]

why must albuterol make you feel like a shivering wet chihuahua

[porcelain13un]

Photo of me using my nebulizer

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The inhaler in the picture delivers puffs of salbutamol (also known as albuterol or, more commonly, as Ventolin®), which is a potent synthetic bronchodilator used in the treatment of asthma.

"Chemistry" 2e - Blackman, A., Bottle, S., Schmid, S., Mocerino, M., Wille, U.

[smallswingshoes]

Not sure if this is a tech question but regarding inhalers. In America we have to get a prescription for Albuterol but around the world you don't need that. Why is that? What can I do as an American to just get inhalers that I know I need I've been using them since I was a baby without needing to sell my soul for a prescription?

I'm actually surprised other countries don't require a prescription for that. It seems irresponsible to me.

Again, I'm a technician, so a pharmacist is probably better to ask about why, but I think it can increase your heart rate, which means if we let people just buy it otc, they could unintentionally harm themselves with it. Determining what can be an otc can be complex, but a lot of it has to do with how much harm people could do to themselves because of lack of understanding of it. (It's not a perfect system, ofc, but I generally think it's better to keep a lot of meds rx-only.)

I'm surprised it sounds like it's hard to get an rx for tho? Albuterol inhalers aren't controlled substances and doctors aren't particularly precious about them, in my experience.

If it's for asthma or another specific condition, I'd think you could just... tell your primary care provider that you have asthma and have used albuterol inhalers before and you'd like a script for it please. If the doctor is being weirdly withholding about it, I'd try a different doctor tbh.

But I don't think albuterol should be hard to get ahold of in general. You'll probably just need a yearly check up, which is standard regardless of med cuz they should be checking up on you once a year anyways.

[sarahwrightart]

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