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Have found something that actually helps with the Asthma, no side effects, no badness.
No clue why.
One of the Emergen-C packets - the evil black cherry death tasting packet - one to two of those per day, and I can walk for blocks, at a semi-normal speed. Can get out of breathe without an worrying about an asthma attack.
But by all that is green and growing, it tastes nasty. Horrible.
I actually look at the cup and try to convince myself that breathing is optional. Sadly, it's really not, and something that doesn't make me sick that lets me start to get my life back - it's a miracle, and I really, really need to learn to put up with the taste.
One person has commented that' it's probably a placebo effect. My answer to that is that I will take a placebo effect if it means I can walk more than a block or two, and that I can, you know, be outside for more than few moments again. Don't knock a placebo effect if it, you know, works.
I am perfectly willing to let a delusion help me, thank you.
Then again, one of the ingredients is at the 'does this do harm' stage of testing for asthma (not even 'is this effective' stage - just the 'is this going to do more harm than the ailment stage'). So, perhaps I just lucked into something that helpful.
I am hoping that I won't need to drink it forever, that my lungs will heal somewhat, and I can go back to my normal, just don't run life. The one where I could take dance classes, practice outside, and still breathe kind of life.
No clue why.
One of the Emergen-C packets - the evil black cherry death tasting packet - one to two of those per day, and I can walk for blocks, at a semi-normal speed. Can get out of breathe without an worrying about an asthma attack.
But by all that is green and growing, it tastes nasty. Horrible.
I actually look at the cup and try to convince myself that breathing is optional. Sadly, it's really not, and something that doesn't make me sick that lets me start to get my life back - it's a miracle, and I really, really need to learn to put up with the taste.
One person has commented that' it's probably a placebo effect. My answer to that is that I will take a placebo effect if it means I can walk more than a block or two, and that I can, you know, be outside for more than few moments again. Don't knock a placebo effect if it, you know, works.
I am perfectly willing to let a delusion help me, thank you.
Then again, one of the ingredients is at the 'does this do harm' stage of testing for asthma (not even 'is this effective' stage - just the 'is this going to do more harm than the ailment stage'). So, perhaps I just lucked into something that helpful.
I am hoping that I won't need to drink it forever, that my lungs will heal somewhat, and I can go back to my normal, just don't run life. The one where I could take dance classes, practice outside, and still breathe kind of life.
