Advair - withdrawal?
For context: lifelong mild / cough variant asthma. Treated as a kid and then ignored for my 20's. Had a life- threatening bout of flu/ bacterial pneumonia earlier this year, and have been on Advair since. Started on 250/50, dropped to 100/50 (per my request, minimize exposure to steroids, etc). Stopped taking it two days ago to see if I'm able to go back to only occasionally using albuterol, and it was OK until this afternoon.
To be fair, it's pollen season. I also live in the country, and the farmers are all planting / spraying, and it keeps raining so everything is permanently damp and musty. But I can't breathe, and I'm wondering if it's Advair withdrawal, or just a sign that I'm better off staying on it at this point in my life. Chest is tight, can't get air in, and the first bit of air flows out fine, but the rest of it, I have to force out.
Thoughts?
*edit*
I resumed taking Advair tonight after a couple doses of albuterol didn't improve things enough to really feel comfortable relying on it. May be seasonal, may be post illness (still having lingering issues), or maybe this is just my new reality.