A guy
06-27-2007, 01:06 PM
today I had an attack where I felt this sinking/squeezing, heavy pressure in my upper stomach/lower abdomen, followed by the rest of my chest, and tingly arm/hands, and even somewhat swollen hand, it was really weird. I felt like breathing was very difficult, it took alot of strength to inhale and even exhale, like my chest was working against me and choking me. I felt really dizzy like I was going to pass out, my chest also had a burning sensation, and I couldn't even remember what day/time it was.I'm not sure if that classifies as bad or just moderate, because I didn't get ANY coughing or wheezing, i never do. But my symptoms are scary enough.I knew it was asthma because as soon as i took ONE puff of my albuterol inhaler, i got better.is this deadly? to let the asthma symtpoms escalate as much as i did? I kept thinking maybe it will just go away on its own. does it ever? Was i anywhere close to the lethal stage or death? how do u tell BAD from moderate/scary?