I`ve had (what I`m guessing) a chest cold for about 2 weeks. Nothing super major,just a lot of snot in my nose and spitting out some extra thick loogies.
I also got screwed with asthma since I was 10 or 11(I`m 32 now).
So now,whenever my asthma combines with a chest cold,my weeze kicks up into high gear and I use my inhaler/meds much more than normal.
A few days ago I noticed something different after I dosed anywhere from 20mgs to 60mgs of ethylphenidate. If I was sitting down reading a book or playing video games I was fine. But if I walked up a flight of stairs or shoveled my drive way(Western New York had a Blizzard here last week) my asthma became horribly worse.It wasn`t so much that I weezed more but a total inability to catch my breath. It was actually very scary for me. The only thing that seemed to help was trying to stay calm.
Looking back on it,it was almost like a heavy asthma attack mixed with a panic attack once I realized I wasn`t catching my breath.
My meds had no effect.
My girlfriend asked me if the EPH could be making my breathing worse. I didn`t think it was,so I told her no. The next day I did a small test.
I went up and down the stairs a few times when I woke up(bedrooms upstairs and living room,kitchen,etc,etc) and noticed only my regular chest cold symptoms : out of breath/light weeze,neither last more than 2 or 3 minutes.
Then I took 20mgs of EPH(a light dose for me). After feeling the effects,I went up and down the stairs again. Only this time I had more intense and a longer lasting "episode". It was nowhere near as bad as the first 2 asthma attacks I had from the previous day( I had also taken a 40-60mg dose and dosed more than twice that day).
I was surprised that the EPH turned out to be a factor.
I`ve been using EPH on and off for about a year. This is the first time that I`ve noticed it having a negative effect on my breathing. Seeing as how I still have my cold,I`ve also taken a break with the EPH. Hopefully once my health returns I wont have the same negative issues with the ethlyphenidate.
One thing I wanted to mention. One of those attacks happened early in the morning after a full nights rest. If any EPH was in my system it was from the day before.
Otherwise I would be wondering if this was a kind of amphetamine psychosis.