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So I've gone from yesterdays happy feeling of "ok it's asthma, now I can have drugs and feel better" to being on a bit of a downer. Asthma is a pretty serious and horrible thing to have At the moment I am on a short course of prednisolone and seretide twice daily, until I can get down to not needing a reliever 3 - 4 times a day but whilst I can breathe for the first time in months, my heart is racing and it took me forever to get to sleep last night with aching legs and tachycardia. I know the heart thing is a side effect of the amount of drugs I'm on, but if I have to keep taking the seretide long term will it continue and is the insomnia related to the drugs or more likely just the diagnosis? And also is the prednisolone likely to be prescribed again if I get a cold or something, or is it just because I let things get so far out of control? I know it's early in the game but I'd love to hear from someone who has been taking these drugs a bit longer so I know what to expect. Please ignore the fact I am an almost qualified nurse, I have all the books in front of me but TBH theory and living with something are worlds apart.

The doctor I saw yesterday was a young registrar and didn't normally work in general practice so he gave me great advice for an acute attack but not so much with the long term management. I am seeing my own GP in two weeks and will hopefully get more advice then but can anyone tide me over meantime?