asthma question

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i was wondering if anyone can answer this for me. my doctor has not

yet even discussed with me anything about asthma severity with me. I

was diagnosed in july last year and have had moderate/severe problems

since. I have heard that in acessing severity of asthma is based on

frequency of symptoms before any treatment. is this true? i think the

problem is that all my tests were normal but still have had problems

with my asthma. How can everything be normal and i'm stil having all

this difficulty? my doctor really seems kinda baffled by all of this,

and i think he actually thought that when he gave me inhaler and

singulair that i'd not have any more problems and when i did he

really was floored. now i do symbicort,singulair, a rescue inhaler(

until just recently 1-2X a week and before the symbicort inhaler

nearly everyday and occassional nights) prednisone ( but not

everyday) allergy shots and 2 allergy meds. when i first went to see

my doc. in jan. '07 i was having nighttime symptoms 1-2 X a week and

daytime symptoms everyday usually allday. ti's much better now than

it was but it's taken 2 years and alot of reading and trying to

educate myself about my asthma that no one takes seriously but me. i

have to live with it everyday and i've resigned myself to the fact

that some will think that becasue it's better that it wasn't bad and

is " gone away " as if asthma could " go away. I don't understand why my

asthma can be this bad but my tests are always normal( whatever that

is) i've learned to respect my asthma, i don't dwell on the fact that

i have it and as much as possible i try to live like a normal person

but i always keep in the back of my mind this knowlege that at

anytime i could have an attack- my inhaler is like american express,

i never leave home without it.