emergency room visit

United States
April 11, 2007 7:16am CST
I had to be rushed to the emergency room the other day because of a bad asthma attack. During the asthma attack I felt really calm, I am not sure why and my heart rate dropped and they had to give me two doses of epiniphrine in my IV to increase my heart rate to normal. It seems strange that my heart rate would slow down not speed up...Has this happened to anyone?
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gharinder
@gharinder (2044)
• India
13 Apr 07
i have to take my daily medications, one-third part of the medicine plus my inhaler, but by god's blessings, i havent been in such a situation, well i really know how depressing it is to be an asthmatic, hope you are doing well now, good wishes
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runner0369
@runner0369 (641)
• United States
13 Apr 07
thank you! I am doing better.
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leighannmohr
@leighannmohr (156)
• United States
12 Apr 07
I've never had that happen to me. But then again my anxiety makes it hard to be calm even without having an asthma attack so I'm alot worse off when one hits. Hopefully you're feeling better now? :)
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runner0369
@runner0369 (641)
• United States
13 Apr 07
thank you, i am feeling better, they have me on predisone and asmanex and they seem to be helping a lot.
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kelly60
@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
15 Apr 07
Thankfully I haven't had that happen to me during an asthma attack. I know that it had to be scary though. I'm glad that you are ok.
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cher913
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
11 Apr 07
yup, they ended up giving a script for progesterone and a new inhalor...i find the summers particularily bad here in smoggy southern ontario (canada)
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cher913
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
11 Apr 07
yup, they ended up giving a script for progesterone and a new inhalor...i find the summers particularily bad here in smoggy southern ontario (canada)
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viperkid
@viperkid (61)
• Philippines
12 Jun 07
im sorry to hear that. well, ask for me i had my worst asthma attack about 7 years ago and the nurses needed to blast me off with full blast oxygen with ventolin nebulized at the same time! the worst is dat i actually forgot wat happened to me dat day and after around 8 hours of sleep, i thanked God my memory is back. though i haven't felt any slowdown with my heart rate then coz u know wat is like inhaling ventolin nebules, it makes our heart beat faster especially if we take high dosages.. rest well and be happy!
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