Health: Today, I forgot my inhaler. I had an asthma attack and had to...

By jlover42 - 01/05/2009 21:07 - United States

Today, I forgot my inhaler. I had an asthma attack and had to go to the ER. The doctors told me it wasn't an asthma attack. It was just a panic attack from worrying about whether I would get an asthma attack. FML

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By pikachu_43 - 21/03/2015 15:14 - United States - San Francisco

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By Anonymous - 16/02/2011 05:14 - United States

Today, I had an asthma attack. I grabbed my inhaler and found peanut butter on it. I'm extremely allergic to peanuts. FML

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By Hamish - 22/07/2021 06:01 - United Kingdom

Today, I had an asthma attack while walking home with my friends. As I was struggling to breathe, they thought I was attention-seeking and left me on the floor. FML

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By asthmasucks - 19/09/2009 07:47 - United States

Today, due to the heat, I had a deadly asthma attack. Where was my inhaler? My dad pawned it for beer money. What did my dad do about my attack? Told me to quit being a Drama Queen. I had to go across the street and beg for a ride to the ER from my neighbor. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/05/2021 20:01

Today, I had a panic attack while giving a presentation on how to breathe to avoid having panic attacks. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/02/2019 17:00 - United Kingdom - Derby

Today, I had a anxiety attack about taking my anxiety medicine. FML

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By anxiety - 16/11/2011 05:11 - United States

Today, I had an anxiety attack because I thought I'd lost my anxiety medication. It ended up being on the shelf right where I left it. FML

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By ohtheirony - 10/12/2015 19:49 - United States - Reno

Today, while trying to explain to my friends what an anxiety attack is like, I had an anxiety attack. FML

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By alipallie - 10/03/2014 00:36 - United Kingdom - Ipswich

Today, after running across London to catch my train, I collapsed, panting, into a seat across from a concerned elderly woman. She leaned over to ask whether I had my inhaler and I smiled and nodded. I didn't have the heart to tell her that I'm not asthmatic, just really unfit. FML

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By trying2breathe - 22/11/2009 16:49 - United States

Today, I woke up to find my car broken into. They also took the inhaler that fell out of my bag the night before. The one I needed to stop the asthma attack I had from the stress of having my car broken into. FML

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sweetjosephine 0

Saturday 2 May 2009 2:31

That sucks. And to the people saying "lame", "YDI", etc. Asthma is serious business. People die without their inhalers. That's like worrying about not having a parachute while skydiving. the OP had every right to freak out for forgetting their inhaler.

purple5 0

Saturday 2 May 2009 2:37

Aw, that's one of those things that isn't funny at the time but you'll laugh about it later. I don't have asthma but panic attacks are never fun :( And to all the people who leave comments saying YDI or that you should just get over it - unless you have asthma or know someone who has and suffers from attacks I don't think you have the right to judge whether this is a true FML. Also - have you never left something important behind before? Hope you feel better now though x

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fmlFrank 0

Saturday 2 May 2009 3:38

That sucks. I've done it myself. Now I make sure that my inhaler is in my right pocket and my cell phone in my left. I never forget my inhaler now.

24788 6

Saturday 2 May 2009 3:48

Wow, that confused me :(. That sucks though.

SergioFML 0

Saturday 2 May 2009 3:52

as I read this, I said, aw that sucks so, thats what I wrote(:

f_this_s 0

Saturday 2 May 2009 3:54

Try not to take all the BS comments to heart, you know it was serious, this happens to lots of asthma sufferers, my mom and in-law included. It can be very scary knowing that if you have an attack you dont have your life-saving device handy... maybe get a couple and stash them all over just in case, thats what I do for my son.

philadelphianus 0

Saturday 2 May 2009 3:56

when i was in preschool my teacher died from an asthma attack.

cefarix 5

Saturday 2 May 2009 4:01

Freaking out never does anyone any good. If the OP forgot their inhaler, the best thing to do was to remain calm and think through the situation. So, YDI.

skivt 0

Saturday 2 May 2009 4:03

ATTENTION ALL ASS HOLES SAYING SUCK IT UP: i have asthma and have for my whole life. i have had 2 attacks without my inhaler on hand and both times while unable to breathe i was literally carried my my friends to the nurse where there is a spare inhaler in case of an emergency. the second time i blacked out from loss of oxygen but only for a few seconds. just a few days ago i was at lax practice and i started having an attack. as always, i had a few seconds of panic when i think if i brought my inhaler with me. i could easily see someone who has a history of panic attacks to have one in this situation or if they at any time realized they didnt have their inhaler.