About three years back.. I woke up in the dead of night.. gasping for breath. It felt like someone was sitting on my chest.. and the amount of air I could get in... was like if I had been breathing through a coffee straw. I seriously thought I was going to be rushed to the hospital that night. I called my girlfriend at the time cause maybe talking to someone would calm me down. (she was never any help. "You're going to die!") I stumble out of bed.. and wake up my mom... telling her I think I needed to go to the hospital... but... somehow mom's have a way of fixing things. So.. the main attack was over... and was now just dealing with labored breathing. I went to the docs the next day... gave me some meds and inhalers.. and a breathing test...
Got a few attacks over the next week or so.. but.. the meds and inhalers helped. And.. soon... I was good to go.. with out a problem.

Weird.

The only other case of asthma I ever had was after I would run meets in cross country in high school.. but... I never did anything for that... because it was really just coughing fits. I think my doc was lying to me.


As for Advair, my mom is on it... so is my gf's sister... supposadly the side effects are weight gain.. but I haven't seen it in either party... but.. my mom complains about her teeth hurting